E-waste for health: recycling smartphones for health monitoring
Portable digital electronic devices have been widely used around the world for different everyday tasks. However, every day there is also an increasing dumping of these electronic devices, especially smartphones, creating a public health problem called electronic waste or e-waste. This Viewpoint discusses how e-waste could be used by governments to promote digital health policies, especially in poorer countries. The use of e-waste could lower health care costs and reduce exposure to the metals contained in these materials.
Authors
- Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2904-9583)
- Bianca Callegari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9151-3896)
- Alex Harley Crisp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-9576)
- Rafael Chaves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8493-4019)
- Givago da Silva Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4525-3971)
- Edilson Brabo Almeida
- L. Da Costa
- Brena Ataíde Furtado
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Digital Health
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1495408
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.99