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CHAPTER- V 5.0 Metal s recovery proces s E-waste contains several valuable base metals, rare metals, and precious metals. Metals are in general recycled infinitely. Earths Metals Resources are depleting very fast due to increased exploitation of the earth resources over the years. Bulk of the base metals, such as Mild Steel, Aluminum, Copper and Alloys such as Stainless Steel, Brass etc., are directly recovered during the process of dismantling and segregation of E-waste. Metals are mainly obtained from Equipment Casings, Chassis Sub assemblies like Hard Disks, Floppy drive, CD drives, SMPS etc. Metals are also recovered from Circuit Board, Printed Wire Board. Thus recycling makes product waste becoming raw material by closing the loop (Meskers etal, 2009). Metals recovered can thus be recycled infinitely which also improves the purity. 5.1 Impac t on Ecology Every ton of Steel recycled makes the following savings: (www. wasteonline. org. uk/resources/.. ./metals) • 75% of the energy needed to make steel from virgin material • 40% of the water required in production 1.28 tons of solid waste • Reduction of air emissions by 86% • Reduction of water pollution by 76% Every ton of Aluminium recycled makes the following savings: • 6 tons of bauxite • 4 tons of chemical products 14 MWh of electricity It takes 70%) less energy to recycle Plastics. It takes 40% less energy to recycle Glass Every ton of Paper recycled saves 17 fully grown trees.( /wiki/Recycling) Society uses metals derived from primary and secondary sources. Secondary sources include all metals that have entered the economy but no longer serve