E-Waste

A Sustainability Issue
 Electronic wastes
contain toxic materials
that poison people
and the environment
Brainstorm Individuals working in e-
waste deconstruction
facilities are exposed to
hazardous chemicals
such as mercury with no
PPE

What is the Problem?

There is very little recycling going

E-waste is the fastest on. Electronic wastes to be
Workers handle
growing waste stream recycled end up getting dumped in harzadous materials
in the world poor countries. such as printer toner
without protective
gears

Workers are unawares

of the danger that e-
waste poses to their Junk yards importing e-
lives and their wastes into poor
environment countries are unlicensed
and unregulated
 Fishbone Diagram
PEOPLE PROCEDURES

Exporting e-wastes to
unaware No developing countries
What is the problem?
training
Many e-wastes submitted for
No rules and recycling to variious reycling
regulations companies are not recycled and
Indiscriminate little recylcing process is going on.
importing Instead the e-wastes are exported
to developing nations where they
are harzadopues poisoning the
environment and people

Poisonous and toxic

No protective safety
Hazardous wastes
equipment
MATERIALS EQUIPMENT