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What is the issue?
As technology becomes more and more advanced and applied vastly in the lives of Malaysians, the amount of e-waste in Malaysia is rising drastically. Adding in to the fact that the majority of e-waste from US is sent to southeast Asian countries beginning 2018 when previously e-waste is sent to China, but the government of Beijing drastically announced "National Sword" policy to ban hazardous materials. After this, the e-waste recyclers turned to southeast Asia.

What is the goal of the analysis?
1. To observe the actions that are undertook by our government towards this issue
2. To discuss and provide any possible suggestions that can be taken by students to combat this issue

What is the context of the problem?
1. Disposal of e-waste has reached an all-time high, but the issue has only been met with lukewarm concern from the public and the local councils
2. Consumers don't know where to throw the waste out
3. Most recycling points in town do not have separate compartments for e-waste to ensure safer storage

What key facts should be considered?
People and Machines
Policies

What alternatives are available to the decision-maker?
1. Hold campaigns to the public about buying less electronics, choosing well, and making it last.
2. Buy environmentally friendly products.
3. Establish laws that enforces recycling centres to properly store and sort e-wastes

What would you recommend- and why?
Hold campaigns to the public. This is because the majority of the people in Malaysia are still not informed about the proper use of electronics, how to prolongue its life, and how to properly dispose it.

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1.E-waste landfill take a lot of space

2.Products contains toxic chemicals
a)harmful for humans
b)harmful for nature

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1.Use your products for as long as possible. This is the single most effective thing you can do to minimize e-waste and the negative effects on our planet.

2.Choose products that are designed to enable a more circular model and can live multiple lives by being repaired, upgraded and refurbished.

3.Consider if someone else might find the product useful when you no longer use it. Sell it ​​or donate to charity.

4.Make sure the product is recycled in a safe and responsible way at the end of its usable life.

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In 2014, approximately 41.8 million tons of e-waste was generated worldwide. Only 6.5 million tons of total global e-waste generation in 2014 was treated by national electronic take-back systems

Based on National Geographic, Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a Year https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/e-waste-monitor-report-glut/

According to the EPA, only about 1 million tons of over 3.4 million tons of e-waste generated in the U.S. in 2012 was recycled, resulting in a recycling rate of 29 percent.

24.9 percent in 2011

19.6 percent in 2010.

Roughly 80 percent of e-waste generated in the U.S. is exported to Asia, a trade flow that is a source of considerable controversy.

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When electronics end up in landfills, toxics like lead, mercury, and cadmium leach into the soil and water.

When e-waste is warmed up, toxic chemicals are released into the air damaging the atmosphere. The damage to the atmosphere is one of the biggest environmental impacts from e-waste. When electronic waste is thrown away in landfills their toxic materials seep into groundwater, affecting both land and sea animals.