One imminent concern of the rapid growth of the use of electronics and e-waste in Singapore is the issue of management and disposal. Singapore, being an industrialized country, the growth of e-waste in the city-state has attracted the attention of the public and the government. According to the Singapore Economic Development Board, "e-waste is an increasingly popular, informal name for household appliances that have reached the end of their useful life, such as refrigerators, air-conditioners, washing machines, ovens, microwaves, fans, and heaters, that are no longer used for their original purposes." Although e-waste constitutes a lesser mass and volume of…
Continue Reading »