E – Waste Disposal

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E – Waste Disposal

E – Waste Disposal

Abstract

E – Waste Disposal contains both hazardous and non-hazardous substances in their components. Globally, the e-waste generation is estimated at 20 to 50 million tonnes annually. It represents 1 to 3% of the global municipal waste produced as 1636 million tonnes per year. The obsolete and EOL electrical and electronic equipment in large numbers made it a fast growing waste all over the world increasing at the rate of 3 to 5% per annum with respect to the municipal waste. The presence of organic toxic and hazardous substances in e-waste separates it from the normal municipal waste. These hazardous substances like plastic, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic etc. pose health hazards on the human being to the most when treated in uncontrolled condition via air, water and soil. The people engaged in the recycling and recovery from the e-waste is severely affected with chronic and acute diseases like cancer etc. The infrastructure to deal with abundant e-waste in the developing countries is insufficient in terms of technology, techniques is the root cause of concern as more than 90% e-waste is treated with rudimentary and primitive techniques adopted by informal agencies.

E – Waste Disposal

Conclusion

E-waste management has become one of the emerging problem to the developed and developing countries both as it is a fast growing waste contains very hazardous and toxic substances in their e-wasted components. It is generated more in developed countries than developing countries. The developed countries either dumped it land filling or dispatched it to the developing countries like china and India. The environmental laws for the recovery and recycling from e-waste are very stringent and money intensive in the developed countries. In spite of Basel convention, they dispatch the e-waste to the developing countries in the name of charity, recycling.