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International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2014
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete, End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health, environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become lucrative business in the country.
E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e... more E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e-waste generation is estimated at 20 to 50 million tonnes annually. It represents 1 to 3% of the global municipal waste produced as 1636 million tonnes per year. The obsolete and EOL electrical and electronic equipment in large numbers made it a fast growing waste all over the world increasing at the rate of 3 to 5% per annum with respect to the municipal waste. The presence of organic toxic and hazardous substances in e-waste separates it from the normal municipal waste. These hazardous substances like plastic, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic etc. pose health hazards on the human being to the most when treated in uncontrolled condition via air, water and soil. The people engaged in the recycling and recovery from the e-waste is severely affected with chronic and acute diseases like cancer etc. The infrastructure to deal with abundant e-waste in the developing countries is insufficient i...
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete,
End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product
design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste
is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The
knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the
ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted
the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health,
environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound
Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned
comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the
informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from
all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become
lucrative business in the country.
E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e... more E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components.
Globally, the e-waste generation is estimated at 20 to 50 million tonnes annually. It
represents 1 to 3% of the global municipal waste produced as 1636 million tonnes per
year. The obsolete and EOL electrical and electronic equipment in large numbers made
it a fast growing waste all over the world increasing at the rate of 3 to 5% per annum
with respect to the municipal waste. The presence of organic toxic and hazardous
substances in e-waste separates it from the normal municipal waste. These hazardous
substances like plastic, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic etc. pose health hazards on the
human being to the most when treated in uncontrolled condition via air, water and soil.
The people engaged in the recycling and recovery from the e-waste is severely affected
with chronic and acute diseases like cancer etc. The infrastructure to deal with abundant
e-waste in the developing countries is insufficient in terms of technology, techniques is
the root cause of concern as more than 90% e-waste is treated with rudimentary and
primitive techniques adopted by informal agencies. The presence of these pollutants in
the atmosphere creates various kinds of diseases. To prevent the human being and
environment from contamination of these pollutants, it is desirable to study the
characteristics of various hazardous materials in e-waste so that people are made aware
about ill effects of e-waste treated in uncontrolled conditions. This paper will focus on
the e-waste categories, composition of e-waste, hazardous components, various
characteristics, ill effects of hazardous substances present in the e-waste, existing
disposal methods of e-waste in developing Nations and new innovative disposal methods
relevant to solve the existing e-waste treatment problems.
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete, End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health, environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become lucrative business in the country.
International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2014
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete, End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health, environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become lucrative business in the country.
E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e... more E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e-waste generation is estimated at 20 to 50 million tonnes annually. It represents 1 to 3% of the global municipal waste produced as 1636 million tonnes per year. The obsolete and EOL electrical and electronic equipment in large numbers made it a fast growing waste all over the world increasing at the rate of 3 to 5% per annum with respect to the municipal waste. The presence of organic toxic and hazardous substances in e-waste separates it from the normal municipal waste. These hazardous substances like plastic, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic etc. pose health hazards on the human being to the most when treated in uncontrolled condition via air, water and soil. The people engaged in the recycling and recovery from the e-waste is severely affected with chronic and acute diseases like cancer etc. The infrastructure to deal with abundant e-waste in the developing countries is insufficient i...
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete,
End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product
design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste
is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The
knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the
ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted
the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health,
environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound
Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned
comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the
informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from
all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become
lucrative business in the country.
E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e... more E-waste contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components.
Globally, the e-waste generation is estimated at 20 to 50 million tonnes annually. It
represents 1 to 3% of the global municipal waste produced as 1636 million tonnes per
year. The obsolete and EOL electrical and electronic equipment in large numbers made
it a fast growing waste all over the world increasing at the rate of 3 to 5% per annum
with respect to the municipal waste. The presence of organic toxic and hazardous
substances in e-waste separates it from the normal municipal waste. These hazardous
substances like plastic, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic etc. pose health hazards on the
human being to the most when treated in uncontrolled condition via air, water and soil.
The people engaged in the recycling and recovery from the e-waste is severely affected
with chronic and acute diseases like cancer etc. The infrastructure to deal with abundant
e-waste in the developing countries is insufficient in terms of technology, techniques is
the root cause of concern as more than 90% e-waste is treated with rudimentary and
primitive techniques adopted by informal agencies. The presence of these pollutants in
the atmosphere creates various kinds of diseases. To prevent the human being and
environment from contamination of these pollutants, it is desirable to study the
characteristics of various hazardous materials in e-waste so that people are made aware
about ill effects of e-waste treated in uncontrolled conditions. This paper will focus on
the e-waste categories, composition of e-waste, hazardous components, various
characteristics, ill effects of hazardous substances present in the e-waste, existing
disposal methods of e-waste in developing Nations and new innovative disposal methods
relevant to solve the existing e-waste treatment problems.
The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obso... more The mammoth generation of e-waste has created a new e-waste stream in the country containing obsolete, End of life Electrical and Electronics Equipments discarded after their intended use. The innovation, dynamism in product design and globalization replacing these equipments in very duration and made it fast growing waste in the world. E-waste is being generated by both indigenous and outsourced electrical and electronics equipments besides Basel Convention. The knowhow and compatible infrastructure for e-waste treatment is limited in India and informal recycling survived under the ambit of flexible legislative framework. The presence of toxic and hazardous substances in e-wasted equipments attracted the attention of the waste managing agencies in the country because these substances endanger the human health, environment, wherever present in uncontrolled conditions. The existence and implementation of Environmentally Sound Management is partial and progressing very slowly due to obvious reasons. The formal recyclers have commissioned comprehensive e-waste treatment facilities; but inadequate in proportion to the e-waste generation in the country since the informal recyclers are treating 95% of the e-waste generated with hazardous practices. The formal e-waste collection from all sources is ambiguous. E-waste contains a good amount of valuable recyclable materials also and has potential to become lucrative business in the country.