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“A STUDY OF E-WASTE MANAGEMENT ON THE
SUBJECT OF
AWARENESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS”
Amit Kumar
Scientific Assistant (Adhoc), Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical
Education & Sports Sciences, B-block, Vikaspuri, Delhi

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INTRODUCTION
E-Waste : A popular informal name of electronic and
electric products nearing their end life.
Post a threat to human health and also for the environment.
Monitors 10%
Television 10%
Computers. Televisions, Fax,
printers, etc.
15%
DVD/VCR player, CD Player,
Radio etc
15%
Refrigerators 20%
Washing Machine, Dryers, AC,
Vaccume cleaners etc
30%

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TYPES OF E-WASTE
:-- White goods: Household appliances.
:-- Brown goods: TVs, camcorders, Cameras
:-- Grey Goods: Computers, printers, fax machines, Scanners etc
HARMFUL METHOD OF DISMENTLE OF E-WASTE

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Need a Proper Method of Dismantle of E-waste

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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
:- To find out the awareness on the subject of the
existent of E-waste in students of professional and
non-professional streams in colleges
:- To find out the awareness on the subject of risk of E-
waste in students of professional and non-
professional streams in colleges
:- To find out the awareness on the subject of E-waste
management in students of professional and non-
professional stream in colleges.

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METHODOLOGY
:- Selection of the Subject
:- Collection of Data
The data was collected from the colleges of DU and IP University. Each subject was
contacted individually & informed about the purpose of the study. Necessary with
regard to follow up of questionnaire was imported and questionnaire was distributed.
Questionnaire was categorized into 3 sections. Description of questionnaire has been
designed as under
Section A Questions on the subject of existence of e-waste.(10)
Section B Questions on the subject of danger of e-waste.(10)
Section C Questions on the subject of management of e-waste. (10)
Total (120)
PROFESSIONAL(60)
NON-
PROFESSIONAL
(60)
On the basis of the manual, the responses were evaluated and data was collected.
:-- Mean :-- SD :-- t-tests
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Objective 1:
To find out the awareness on the subject of existent of E-waste in
college students of professional and non-professional streams.
Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-value
Professional 60 8.30 0.59089 0.07628
0.00824
Non-Professional
60 8.03 0.60971 0.07871
Table 1. Comparison of awareness on the subject of existent of E-waste in college students
of professional and non-professional streams
7.8
7.9
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
Existent ofE-waste
Professional
Non-Professional
Graph 1. Graphical Presentation of
Awareness about Existent of E-Waste
between Professional & Non-Professional
Groups

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Objective 2:
To find out the awareness on the subject of risk of E-waste in college
students of professional and non-professional streams.
Table 2. Comparison of awareness on the subject of Risk of E-waste in college students of
professional and non-professional streams
Graph 2. Graphical Presentation of
Awareness about Risk of E-Waste
between Professional & Non-Professional
Groups
Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-value
Professional 60 8.10 0.354 .0457
1.3098Non-Professional 60 5.21 0.958 .1237
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2
4
6
8
10
RiskrofE-Waste
Professional
N0n-Professional

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Objective 3:
To find out the awareness on the subject of E-waste Management in
college students of professional and non-professional streams.
Table 3. Comparison of awareness on the subject of E-waste Management in college
students of professional and non-professional streams
Graph 3. Graphical Presentation of
Awareness about E-Waste Management
between Professional & Non-Professional
Groups
2.45
2.5
2.55
2.6
Management ofE-
Waste
Professional
N0n-Professional
Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-value
Professional 60 2.5833 0.869 0.1122
0.31763Non-Professional 60 2.5166 0.650 0.0840

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
meann
Existant
Risk
Management
Professional
Non-Professional
Figure 4: Comparison Between The Students Of Professional And Non-Professional
Stream On The Subject Of Existent, Risk And Management Of E-Waste

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FINDINGS
● There is no significant difference in the awareness on the
subject of existent of E-waste in college students of professional and
non-professional streams. All the students are having awareness of
existent of e-waste.
● There is significant difference in the awareness on the
subject of Risk of E-waste in college students of professional stream
with their non-professional counterparts. The students of
professional stream are having more awareness of Risk of e-waste
than the students of non-professional stream.
● There is no significant difference in the awareness on the
subject of E-waste management in college students of professional
and non-professional streams. All the students are unaware of
proper e-waste management.

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CONCLUSION
On the behalf of the results of the study it is state that the
awareness on the subject of the risk and management of e-waste
are extremely low and urgent measures are required to consider
this issue.
Being a responsible citizen we should play a role in e-waste
management as donating electronics items for reuse, which extends
the lives of valuable products and keep them out of the waste
management system for a long time.
When buying electronic products, always try for those that
are made with less toxic constituents, use recycled content, are
energy efficient, and are designed for easy upgrading or
disassembly.

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