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E-Waste Management PDF
E-Waste Management PDF
Strategy of E-
Waste
Management
By
Prayakarrao Sukanya
Solid Introduction
Waste
Municipal
waste
Electronic
waste
Biomedical
waste
Industrial
waste 2
40 Million ton E-waste produced globally
• Mobile phones
• Telephones
• Telephone exchanges Wireless Equipment cables and related scrap material
• PC and TV
Electrical Waste:
• Switches
• Relays
• Connectors and related Scrap Material.
Electronic Waste:
Cable Waste:
• PVC
• Pre Insulated Copper and Aluminum Cable waste.
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1 Metric Ton of
Electronic scrap
contains more gold
17 Ton of Gold
from gold ore
Facts and
than Figures
3.5 kg
Silver
539 pound
of fossil
48 pound fuels
of
chemicals
6000
130 gm mobile
1.5 tons of
340 gm water
of
phones of Gold
Copper
gives
1 PC
140 gm of
Palladium 6
Leaching of
heavy metals
from Landfills
and
Incinerators
Exposure to
Legal
workers &
framework
communities
Issue and
Challenges
Unawareness
Collection (brand new
system items are also
kept in waste)
Less reuse
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Ways of
• Fumes of Heavy
Treating E-
Incineration
metals released in
atmosphere Waste
• Municipal incinerators
are giving dioxins
Landfills
• Leaching problem
(70% of Heavy metals
in landfills are because
of E-waste) Reusing and
recycling
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Receipt of E- Flow Sheet of
Waste
Recyclers or
Sorting /
Recycling Units
Processing
Repairing Dismantaling
Component
Upgrading Residual Disposal
Recovery
Recovery of
Testing Captive Use Packing Scarp
Precious Material
Environmentally-
Refurbishing Sale
friendly disposal
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Recycling scenario
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Recycling of CRT
CRTs ready to be
"crushed" for recycling.
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The CRT crusher is completely
self-contained in a
transportable shipping
container.
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Other components from
electronics are separated and
sold as commodities to various
recyclers.
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How to Dispose E-waste
Send waste
goods to
authorised
If PC are out of recycling facility
order then return for proper
it to the disposal.
manufacturers.
(HCL and Wipro in
Donate working India has best take
older equipment back service)
to schools colleges
or government
entities in need.
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Probable Solutions
Need for stringent health standards and environmental protection laws in India,
Producer-public-government cooperation,
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References
• A report on “Managing Electronics Waste (2007). Dumping old TV, First read the
rule”, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi Edition, , 15 October, p.1
http://www.industelegraph.com/story/2005/9/2/33438/ 17285.
• S. Chatterjee and Krishna Kumar (2009). “Effective electronic waste management
and recycling process involving formal and non-formal sectors”.
• LARRDIS (Research Unit), (2011) E-Waste In India, Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
• Gao Z, Li J, Zhang HC (2004). Electronics and the Environment, IEEE
international Symposium pp.234-241.
• http://www.attero.in/ E-waste Treatment In Ghana: A Case Study
• Informal electronic waste recycling: A sector review with special focus on China
Xinwen Chi a,⇑, Martin Streicher-Porte b, Mark Y.L. Wang a, Markus A. Reuter c
• Contribution to resource conservation by reuse of electrical and electronic
household appliances Nina Truttm nn, Helmut Rechberger .
• Science direct
• Internet
• Google
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