This document discusses e-waste, which is defined as old, end-of-life or discarded electronic devices. It notes that e-waste includes items like computers, office equipment, and entertainment devices that are no longer wanted and have been discarded. The document provides examples of the types and quantities of e-waste collected at Mount Abu Public School, including 120 mobile phones, 180 chargers, and 145 batteries, as well as 75 kg of other e-waste. It also includes brief updates on issues related to e-waste such as the number of child laborers involved in e-waste recycling in India and projections that developing countries will produce twice as much e-waste as developed countries by 2016.

1. E-WASTE

3. E-WASTE
SOME EXAMPLE OF E-WASTE
SOURCE OF E-WASTE
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT OF E-WASTE
E-WASTE MANAGEMENT
REDUCE
REUSE
RECYCLE
GLIMSE OF ACTIVITES AT MAPS
UPDATES

4. What Is E-Waste?
 It is the term used to describe old, end-of life or
discarded appliances using electricity and battery.
 E-Waste is a shortening of electronic waste.
 It may be defined as computers, office electronic
equipments, entertainment devices which are
unwanted, broken and discarded by their original
users.

12. GLIMSE OF ACTIVITIES
AT
MOUNT ABU PUBLIC
SCHOOL

14. ITEM QUANTITY
Number. of Mobiles 120
Number of Chargers 180
Number of Batteries 145
Weight of other E-
Waste
75 Kg
Our E-Waste Collection
Data

31. Over 4.5 lakhs child labourers engaged in various e-waste activities in India:
ASSOCHAM study
LUCKNOW: In India, about 4.5 lakh child labourers in the age group of 10-14 are
observed to be engaged in various e-waste (electronic waste) activities, and that too
without adequate protection and safeguards in various yards and recycling workshops.
50m tonnes of e-waste generated every year – and it is increasing
Better links between designers, manufacturers and recyclers are needed to stem the
tide of electronic junk
Developing world will produce double the e-waste of developed countries by
2016
Developing countries will be producing at least twice as much electronic waste (e-
waste) as developed countries within the next 6-8 years, according to a new study
Global E-Waste Will Jump 33 Percent in the Next Five Years