Reference no Ai answer E-waste: The Dark Side of Technology e-waste: Discarded, often obsolete technology; also known as electronic waste. Each year the planet generates over 50 million tons of e-waste and the results aren't pretty. Amount discarded in just one year is equivalent to throwing away all of the commercial aircraft ever built throughout history. May be toxic since many components contain harmful materials such as lead, cadmium, and mercury. Quick answer would be to recycle. Contains mainstream recyclable materials like plastics and aluminum. It also contains small bits of increasingly valuable metals such as silver, platinum, and copper. Done right, recycling produces far less CO, emissions and other pollution than mining. Sending e-waste abroad can be ten times cheaper than dealing with it at home. Through 2017, China was recycling some 70 percent of the world's e-waste, much of it processed in dreadful conditions. The reality is that e-waste management is extraordinarily difficult to monitor and track, and loopholes are rampant. Philadelphia burns half of what it collects as "recycling." Californians recycled less in 2017 than in any time since setting their goal of reducing trash by 75 percent by 2020. There is now far too much supply of all recyclables. Become worthless waste that municipalities need to pay to have carted away. Plummeting cost of natural gas due to fracking has made producing new plastics far cheaper. The U.S. lags behind in legislation regarding e-waste. The only industrial nation that has not signed on to the Basel Convention on hazardous waste. No U.S. legislation covering e-waste (handled by states), and by 2018 fifteen states didn't have any e-waste legislation at all. No solutions can make e-waste issues go away completely, but tech itself will increasingly present solutions to trash problems. Robotics and Al have gotten good enough to be economically viable for high-volume recycling. Waste Management now uses three different types of robots to separate recycling from contaminants, in some cases doing the job better, quicker, and more cost-effectively than humans. Moore's law means sensors used for detection are now cheaper and more accurate, enabling tech to help you put garbage in the right place. Managers will need to think proactively to stay ahead of legislators. They must plan for products' end-of-life and the waste they create. What is electronic waste? What are the factors that aggravate this problem? What are the implications of e-waste management from an organizational and managerial perspective? What will increased e-waste legislation mean for tech firms? In what ways have some firms already innovated to be proactive in their e-waste management