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What is Electronic Waste?
How these become E-Waste?
Why E-Waste a problem?
Constituents of E-Waste
E-Waste Disposal
WEEE Directive
What should be done?
3. What is Electronic Waste?
It is the term used
to describe
old, end-of-life or
discarded
appliances using
electricity and
battery.
4. How these become E-Waste?
Changes and Advancement in
technology
Changes in fashion, style, and status
Attractive offers from manufacturers
Changing configuration
Small life of equipments
5. Why E-Waste A Problem?
Composed of Hazardous Materials
Products are quickly obsolete and discarded
Electronic products are difficult to recycle
Discarded electronics are managed badly
Most e-waste goes to Landfills
Most recyclers don’t recycle , they export
Prison recycling : High Tech Chain Gang
8. E-Waste Recycling
Recycling is defined as
the
assembling, developing,
promoting, or buying of
new products, which are
prepared from waste
materials.
9. Land filling
Land fill is also
known as dump, is
a site for the
disposal of waste
materials by burial
and is the oldest
form of waste
treatment.
10. Incineration
It is a controlled and
complete combustion
process, in which the waste
material is burned in
specially designed
incinerators at a high
temperature (900-1000oC).
Incinerator
11. Re-Use
It constitutes direct
use or use after
slight modifications
to the original
functioning
equipment.
12. WEEE Directive
Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Directive
introduced in January 2007.
aims to reduce the amount of electrical
and electronic equipment being
produced
to encourage everyone to reuse, recycle
and recover it. Weee symbol
13. What should be
done?
Proper laws and policies should be made
Awareness among consumers and manufacturers
Recycling should be preferred
Products should be made recyclable
Make usage of recycled products
do not throw away old equipments
14. 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”
Gao Z, Li J, Zhang HC (2004). Electronics and the
Environment, IEEE International Symposium pp.234-241.
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 .
