Visualization of materials & prices of computer components

Some things you didn't know about Desktop Computers in Delhi What's inside your computer? What happens to your computer? 2-2.5 kilos of plastic in one monitor Sold for 40-75 Half kilo of iron in one monitor Si Sold for 10 Refurbished and resold as monitors/TV Silica Plastic Sold for 700 per peice Plastic Fe Ground into glass and sold it to factories making glass bangles in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh Iron Iron Sold for 0.50 per kilo 1 piece of circuit board in one monitor CRT AT Aluminium Sold for 200-250 1 piece of circuit board in one mouse Cathode Ray Tube Sold for 70-80 per kilo 1 piece of circuit board in one keyboard Copper Cu Sold for 100-125 .... . I -.. 1 piece of plastic casing in one mouse Lead Pb Circuit Board Sold for 55 per kilo 1 piece of plastic casing in one keyboard Zinc Trace metals Sold for 55 per kilo & elements Zn Gold & Silver 100g of wire in one mouse Plasting Casing Sold for 55 per kilo 100g of wire in one keyboard Including arsenic, cadmium, mercury Sold for 55 per kilo and chromium. Wire An average PC contains 1.72kg of lead and around 0.055 g of mercury. In 2011, India was estimated to have generated Some of the lead is recovered (no estimates) but mercury is completely 4811094 units of pc waste.That would mean around 8275 released into the environment. There are few resources to dispose of and tonnes of Lead and 2.4 tonnes of mercury. recycle hazardous compounds and elements in electronics. Data is based on interviews conducted in some computer dismantling units in Delhi and from the Microelectronics and ComputerTechnology Corporation (MCC), Austin, TX. All plastics resold to plastic wholesalers in Mundka for further recycling and sale.