ELECTRONIC WASTESaaif Khan

What’s the Problem?

Smartphones Tablets Laptops

Televisions Desktop Computers

Appliances

Average Life of Electronics:

1.63 Years

1.82 Years

5-6 Years

4.6 Years

Everyone Loves New Technologies and Products!

But everyone seems to ignore this.

Did I mention

it’s all flammable?

This, is a minor problem

This, is a MAJOR problem

Only a small

phone,

right?

Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012

Imagine 36.8 MILLION of those

Just like these, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is Obsolete

And this is where they will all go.

We Need a solution

What’s Your Idea?

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