Learn about the precious metals that make up mobile phones and how £1 billion worth of e-waste will eventually be dumped in landfills. People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Reduce, reuse, recycle Learning Points E-waste is the name given to electrical items that are thrown away. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.