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Objectives
• To impart information on this topic
• Familiarize you with:
– hazards
– Laws
– initiatives
• Provide solutions
– e-cycle
– Reduce
– reuse
Contents
• What is Techno-trash/E-Waste ?
– Trends & Insights
– Problems
• Toxic components of E-waste
• Legislations
– International
– National
• E-cycling
•Major generators of e-waste
•Businesses, Household, Institutions, manufacturers
•What is techno-trash?
•discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or
electronic devices.
•Interchangable terms(E-waste, Digital dump, E-junk , e-
scrap, WEEE)
Introduction
How Technology becomes Trash?
• Changes and advancement in technology
– Digital TV conversion, Cell phone upgrades, software
upgrade
• Changes in fashion, style and status
• Attractive offer from manufacturers
• Small life of equipments
– Can’t change battery in your I-pod
– Disposable printers
List of most used and frequently
replaced electronics
Cell phones 22 months
Desktop computer 2 years
Television 10+ years
Portable music player 2-3 years
DVD player 4-5 years
Printer 5+ years
Every year the world tosses 20-50 million metric tons
of electronics.Only 10-18% of which is recycled.
Which
means
Sales in Electronics
Cont’d
All TV 2010 2011 2012
LCD TVs 247 million
(Displaysearch)
248 million
(Displaysearch)
254 million
(Displaysearch)
All cell phones 1.211 billion
(Gartner)
1.59 billion
(gartner)
-
E-waste by tonnes Product Recycling rate
Disposed:423,000
Recycled:168,000
Computers, laptops
and CPUs
39.7%
Disposed:19,500
Recycled:2,240
Cellphones/pagers 11.4%
Disposed:10,45,000
Recycled:181,000
Television 17.3%
Disposed:595,000
Recycled:1,94,000
Computer monitors 32.7%
Disposed:290,000
Recycled:97,000
Printers, copiers, fax
machines
33.3%
Disposed:67,800
Recycled:6,460
Keyboards and mice 9.5%
E-Waste Vs products(2010 statistics)
Statistics(USA-EPA)
• E-waste forms 3-5% of municipal waste
• 100,000 pounds of CDs become out-dated, useless or
unwanted in USA alone/month
• 5.5 million boxes of software go to landfills or
incinerators/month
Why e-waste a problem?
• Products are quickly obsolete and discarded
• Non-biodegradable
– difficult to recycle
– Discarded electronics are managed badly
– More e-waste goes to landfills
– Most recyclers don’t recycle, they export
– Prison recycling, high Tech chain gang
• Contains hazardous materials
– Heavy metals and toxins(lead, cadmium, beryllium,
mercury, and brominated flame retardants.)
Chemicals in Tecno-trash
Substance Occurance in Techno-trash
Chromium VI Data tapes, floppy disks
Lead Batteries, printing wire boards
Lithium Li-Batteries
Mercury Fluorescent lamps, alkaline batteries
Nickel Rechargable Ni-Cd batteries
Selenium Older photocopying machines
Beryllium X-ray lenses
PVC Cable insulation
Arsenic Gallium Arsenide in LEDs
Computer trash, dangerous practices
to process it and hazards
Computer/E-waste
component
Processes used Potential
occupational hazard
Potential
environmental hazard
Cathode ray tube Regunning,
breaking,removal of
Yoke and dumping
Silicosis
Glass dust
inhalation,cuts
Inhalation of P,Cd
Lead,barium and
other heavy metals
leaching into ground
water
Printed circuit boards Desoldering and
removing computer
chips
Tin,Lead,mercury
inhalation
Air emission of same
substances
Plastic from
computer,keyboard,
printer,wires
Shredding and low
temperature
melting,stripping to
remove copper
Inhalation of
fumes,dioxin
exposure
Emission of
brominated dioxins
and heavy metals
Effects On Environment
• Pollution of Ground-Water.
• Acidification of soil.
– accounts for 40 % of the lead and 75 % of the
heavy metals found in landfills.
• Air Pollution.
Effect on human health
• Damage to central and peripheral nervous systems, blood
• systems and kidney damage
• Affects brain development of children
• Chronic damage to the brain
• Respiratory and skin disorders due to bioaccumulation in
fishes
• Asthmatic bronchitis
• DNA damage
• Reproductive and developmental problems
• Immune system damage
• Lung Cancer
• Damage to heart, liver and spleen
A Global Pinball Game: Tracking E-
Waste
• Waste without frontiers
• Exports of charity or grief?
• Donated electronics without training/ infrastructure
assured.
• Donated electronics without end-of-Life Plan
• Exports of near end-of-life equipment
• Exports without a reuse market
Digital Dump: Exporting High-Tech Re-
use and Abuse
• No rigorous studies of exactly how e-waste exported
to developing nations
• 50-80 % of waste collected by recyclers ends up
getting exported
Cont’d
Huge quantities of hazardous electronic wastes
exported to China, Pakistan and India
– US exports 70% of e-waste
– China: largest e-waste importer
– Guiyu Region, China
– 100,000 e‐Waste workers
– processed in operations that are extremely harmful
to human health and the environment
E-waste destinations
( According to an investigation by an International coalition of
environmental organisations)
Annually imported under the pretext of ‘second-hand
machinery’
Pakistan as a dumping site
•Arrival in Pakistan
•separated according to the condition.
•Working machines are sold in the market
• usable parts are removed
•unusable machines are sent to the recycling
industry/people to extract metals
•E-waste management market in Pakistan is
dominated by informal sector, which includes
waste importers, scarp dealers, dissemblers, and
recyclers
•(photoessay)
How it is handled?
Dangerous practices adopted by
people in working on Techno-trash
Bashing open cathode ray tubes with hammers,
exposing the toxic phosphor dust inside.
Cooking circuit boards over open fires to melt the
lead solder, breathing in toxic lead fumes.
Burning wires in open piles to melt away the plastics
(to get at the copper inside).
Burning the plastic casings, creating dioxins and
furans

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Techno trash toxicity

  • 1.
  • 2. Objectives • To impart information on this topic • Familiarize you with: – hazards – Laws – initiatives • Provide solutions – e-cycle – Reduce – reuse
  • 3. Contents • What is Techno-trash/E-Waste ? – Trends & Insights – Problems • Toxic components of E-waste • Legislations – International – National • E-cycling
  • 4. •Major generators of e-waste •Businesses, Household, Institutions, manufacturers •What is techno-trash? •discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic devices. •Interchangable terms(E-waste, Digital dump, E-junk , e- scrap, WEEE) Introduction
  • 5. How Technology becomes Trash? • Changes and advancement in technology – Digital TV conversion, Cell phone upgrades, software upgrade • Changes in fashion, style and status • Attractive offer from manufacturers • Small life of equipments – Can’t change battery in your I-pod – Disposable printers
  • 6. List of most used and frequently replaced electronics Cell phones 22 months Desktop computer 2 years Television 10+ years Portable music player 2-3 years DVD player 4-5 years Printer 5+ years Every year the world tosses 20-50 million metric tons of electronics.Only 10-18% of which is recycled. Which means
  • 8. Cont’d All TV 2010 2011 2012 LCD TVs 247 million (Displaysearch) 248 million (Displaysearch) 254 million (Displaysearch) All cell phones 1.211 billion (Gartner) 1.59 billion (gartner) -
  • 9. E-waste by tonnes Product Recycling rate Disposed:423,000 Recycled:168,000 Computers, laptops and CPUs 39.7% Disposed:19,500 Recycled:2,240 Cellphones/pagers 11.4% Disposed:10,45,000 Recycled:181,000 Television 17.3% Disposed:595,000 Recycled:1,94,000 Computer monitors 32.7% Disposed:290,000 Recycled:97,000 Printers, copiers, fax machines 33.3% Disposed:67,800 Recycled:6,460 Keyboards and mice 9.5% E-Waste Vs products(2010 statistics)
  • 10. Statistics(USA-EPA) • E-waste forms 3-5% of municipal waste • 100,000 pounds of CDs become out-dated, useless or unwanted in USA alone/month • 5.5 million boxes of software go to landfills or incinerators/month
  • 11. Why e-waste a problem? • Products are quickly obsolete and discarded • Non-biodegradable – difficult to recycle – Discarded electronics are managed badly – More e-waste goes to landfills – Most recyclers don’t recycle, they export – Prison recycling, high Tech chain gang • Contains hazardous materials – Heavy metals and toxins(lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants.)
  • 12. Chemicals in Tecno-trash Substance Occurance in Techno-trash Chromium VI Data tapes, floppy disks Lead Batteries, printing wire boards Lithium Li-Batteries Mercury Fluorescent lamps, alkaline batteries Nickel Rechargable Ni-Cd batteries Selenium Older photocopying machines Beryllium X-ray lenses PVC Cable insulation Arsenic Gallium Arsenide in LEDs
  • 13. Computer trash, dangerous practices to process it and hazards Computer/E-waste component Processes used Potential occupational hazard Potential environmental hazard Cathode ray tube Regunning, breaking,removal of Yoke and dumping Silicosis Glass dust inhalation,cuts Inhalation of P,Cd Lead,barium and other heavy metals leaching into ground water Printed circuit boards Desoldering and removing computer chips Tin,Lead,mercury inhalation Air emission of same substances Plastic from computer,keyboard, printer,wires Shredding and low temperature melting,stripping to remove copper Inhalation of fumes,dioxin exposure Emission of brominated dioxins and heavy metals
  • 14. Effects On Environment • Pollution of Ground-Water. • Acidification of soil. – accounts for 40 % of the lead and 75 % of the heavy metals found in landfills. • Air Pollution.
  • 15. Effect on human health • Damage to central and peripheral nervous systems, blood • systems and kidney damage • Affects brain development of children • Chronic damage to the brain • Respiratory and skin disorders due to bioaccumulation in fishes • Asthmatic bronchitis • DNA damage • Reproductive and developmental problems • Immune system damage • Lung Cancer • Damage to heart, liver and spleen
  • 16. A Global Pinball Game: Tracking E- Waste • Waste without frontiers • Exports of charity or grief? • Donated electronics without training/ infrastructure assured. • Donated electronics without end-of-Life Plan • Exports of near end-of-life equipment • Exports without a reuse market
  • 17. Digital Dump: Exporting High-Tech Re- use and Abuse • No rigorous studies of exactly how e-waste exported to developing nations • 50-80 % of waste collected by recyclers ends up getting exported
  • 18. Cont’d Huge quantities of hazardous electronic wastes exported to China, Pakistan and India – US exports 70% of e-waste – China: largest e-waste importer – Guiyu Region, China – 100,000 e‐Waste workers – processed in operations that are extremely harmful to human health and the environment
  • 19. E-waste destinations ( According to an investigation by an International coalition of environmental organisations)
  • 20. Annually imported under the pretext of ‘second-hand machinery’ Pakistan as a dumping site •Arrival in Pakistan •separated according to the condition. •Working machines are sold in the market • usable parts are removed •unusable machines are sent to the recycling industry/people to extract metals
  • 21. •E-waste management market in Pakistan is dominated by informal sector, which includes waste importers, scarp dealers, dissemblers, and recyclers •(photoessay) How it is handled?
  • 22. Dangerous practices adopted by people in working on Techno-trash Bashing open cathode ray tubes with hammers, exposing the toxic phosphor dust inside. Cooking circuit boards over open fires to melt the lead solder, breathing in toxic lead fumes. Burning wires in open piles to melt away the plastics (to get at the copper inside). Burning the plastic casings, creating dioxins and furans