When the waste is not disposed properly, it harms the environment and the people living in it. Similarly, if e-waste is not disposed properly,it causes huge damage to the environment and also affects the health of humans living in it. Below are the harmful effects of E-waste:

• On air: Air pollution occurs because of e-waste. When the e-waste is disposed informally by dismantling, shredding, or melting(to get the metal like copper) the material, it releases fine dust particles or toxic gases that can travel thousands of miles and cause air pollution, and also harm living things.
• On soil: When the e-waste is disposed in the regular land or it is disposed in an illegal place. Then the e-waste contaminates that soil and the underlying water. Now when the crop is planted on this contaminated land the crop becomes vulnerable to absorbing these toxins, which leads to many serious illnesses, and the soil also loses its productivity.
• On water: E-waste also causes water pollution. E-waste generally contains mercury, lithium, lead, and barium, etc. so when the e-waste is buried into the soil they leak through the earth and reach the groundwater and contaminate the water, they eventually also make their way to ponds, streams, rivers, and lakes. Because of which they harm aquatic animals, plants, human beings, etc.
• On humans: As we know that e-waste contains toxic materials like mercury, lithium, lead, and barium, etc. that cause harmful effects on the health of humans.

So, the management of E-waste is necessary to save our earth and the lives of living things.

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