Dive summary:

• An e-waste recycling facility is being built out of recycled e-waste in Taiwan.
• The ceilings will be constructed out of plastic from CDs and DVDs and the walls will be made of glass fiber from computer motherboards.
• Taiwan produces more electronics relative to their population than any other country in the world and, as a result, has been running out of places to discard e-waste, forcing the country to enact a recent zero-waste policy.

From the article:

He claims the e-scrap plant will make a big difference to Taiwan's population of 23 million. For the island, home to a host of electronics firms such as Asus, Acer, Via, Foxconn and HTC, produces more electronics per head than any other country.

For a long time, landfills were the number only practical to getting rid of Taiwan's large volumes of e-scrap, Huang noted. However, space soon ran short because mountains cover more than 70% of the island. The government introduced a zero-waste policy in response, and this led most of the population to start disposing of their waste products by using one of six large incineration plants located across the country. ...