E-WASTE

Aditya Chaudhry (12FN-006) Soumyarup Banerjee (12FN-132)Sahil Bansal (12DM-124) Atharv Tilak(12DM-042)Ankit Goyal(12IB-009)

Section GGroup 9

Electronic Waste

Electronic waste, “e-waste” or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment is a waste consisted of any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance.

It is a point of concern considering that many components of such equipment are considered toxic and are not biodegradable.

Sources of e-waste

IT & Telecom Equipments Large Household Appliances Small Household Appliances Consumer & Lighting Equipments Electrical & Electronic Tools Toys, Leisure & Sports Equipment Medical Devices Monitoring & Control Instruments

E-waste : Safety Issues

•Discarded electronics contain hazardous materials

•If disposed improperly, they pose a potential threat to human health and environment

•May contaminate groundwater

•E-waste account for 40% of the lead and 75% of heavy metals found in landfills

E-Waste – India

A recent investigation revealed that much of the electronics turned over for recycling in the United States ends up in Asia, where they are either disposed of or recycled with little or no regard for environmental or worker health and safety.

The magnitude of these problems is yet to be documented

• The total e-waste in India has been estimated to 1,46,180 tonnes per year

Waste pilling upMumbai at present tops the list

•Mumbai : 11,017 tonnes•Delhi : 9,730 tonnes•Bangalore : 4,648 tonnes•Chennai : 4,132 tonnes•Kolkata : 4,025 tonnes•Ahmedabad : 3,287 tonnes•Hyderabad : 2,833 tonnes•Pune : 2,584 tonnes•Surat : 1,836 tonnes

E-Waste Management Options

Global Initiatives: Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) is an international initiative, created to develop solutions to address issues associated with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Consumer awareness efforts: The World Reuse, Repair, and Recycling Association (wr3a.org) is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of exported electronics, encouraging better recycling standards in importing countries, and improving practices through "Fair Trade" principles.

Take Back of Old Computers

Apple Inc. : Apple has far exceeded its commitment to increase take back of end-of-life computers. It has reportedly a 66% take-back rate in 2009

Dell and HP:  Dell developed a profitable asset recovery business for its corporate clients that assured responsible recycling and data destruction. HP in 2004 recycled 1 billion pounds of electronic products and printing supplies globally in 2007

Samsung’s way

•The Evolution Kit gives Samsung’s 2012 Smart TV models the same capabilities as the company’s newer 2013 models.

•The evolution kit upgrades the TV and facilitates new version without raising the need to buy a new TV

•Samsung has addressed the problem of disposing old TV through this innovation and thereby can contribute to bringing down the level of e-waste.

Nokia’s Initiative

Nokia India launched a 45 day “Take Back” campaign in Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon and Ludhiana in 2009

Nokia was encouraging mobile phone users to dispose their used handsets in any of the 1400+ recycling points

Over 3 tonnes of phones and accessories were collected and recycled in the first phase of this campaign

Redirecting

Rural population is about 70% of the total population in India

The use of electronics in rural India is less than that of Urban India.

The e-waste can be recycled and directed to rural India at subsidized rates.

Recyclable Electronics can be obtained from landfills and thereby reduce the hazardous effects of wastes.

Responsibilities of the Government: should be responsible for providing an adequate system of laws, controls and administrative procedures for hazardous waste management

Role of industries: use a "closed loop" manufacturing and recovery system “ - reverse production" system that designs infrastructure to recover and reuse every material contained within e-wastes metals such as lead, copper, aluminium and gold, and various plastics, glass and wire

Sustainability

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