E WASTE MANAGEMENT

GROUP MEMBERS

SREEJITHNIKHILROHITHVISHNUABHIJITH

AGENDA

INTRODUCTION

• What is E-waste?

• Is e-waste hazardous?

• What is e-waste management?

Toxic constituents in e-waste

COMPONENTS CONSTITUENTS

Printed circuit boards Lead & cadmium

Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) Lead oxide & Cadmium

Switches & flat screen monitors Mercury

Computer batteries Cadmium

Capacitors and transformers Poly Chlorinated Bi-phenyls

(PCB)

Printed circuit boards, plastic Brominated Flame Retardant

casings cable

Cable insulation/coating Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)5

Growing EEE Industry in India

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Information and telecom fastest growing industry verticals

PC sales crossed 7.3 million units in 2007-08 growing 16%;

installed base of over 25 million units

Consumer electronics market growing at 13-15% annually ; 120

million installed base of TVS

Cellular subscriber up by 96.86% over last year; Indtalled base to

cross 300 million by 2010

Recycling scenario in India

E-waste recycling is presently concentrated in the

informal (unorganized) sector

No organized collection system prevails

Operations are mostly illegal

Processes are highly polluting

Recycling operations engage in:

dismantling

sale of dismantled parts

valuable resource recovery

export of processed waste for precious metal

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Concerns: Informal Recycling

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High-risk backyard operation

Non- efficient and Non-environmentally

sound technologies

Occupational and environmental hazards

Loss of resources due to inefficient

processes

Impacts vulnerable social groups-

Women, children and mmigrant

labourers

E-WASTE MANAGEMENT

RecyclingProcessing techniquesBenefits of recycling

HOW E-WASTE AFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT?

It has become a uncontrollable issue

Contaminated leachates pollute the ground water

Uncontrolled burning and disposal are environment problems

Causes acidification of soil

Not only leaching of the mercury poses serious problems

HOW E-WASTE AFFECTS OUR HEALTH

Several health issues associated with the toxins found in the e waste

Damages kidney & liver

Cause retardation, high blood pressure

Disrupts endocrine system functions

Cause eye and throat irritation

Legislations/Framework governing e-waste

Various legislations cover different aspects of e-waste

– The hazardous waste (management and handling ) rules, 1998 as

amended in 2008 for Toxic content – registration mandatory for

recyclers

– Municipal Solid Waste Management & Handling Rules for non-

Toxic content

– Basel convention for regulating transboundary movement

– Foreign Trade policy restricts import of second-hand computers

and does not permit import of e-waste

– ‘Guidelines’ by Central Pollution Control Board ( 2008)

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GLOBAL ORGANISATIONS

STEP(Solve The E-waste Problem)•Initiative in late 2004 which has grown to a 50+ members initiative today• Includes member from industry, international organizations, governments, NGO’s etc.

Address The Mess. Com•Increasing the awareness•Encourage recycling•Utilization of renewable energy and carbon offsets

Silicon Valley Toxics(svtc.org)•Promoting human health and addresses environmental justice

Basel Action Network(ban.org)•Addressing global environmental injustices•Economic inefficiency of toxic trade•Promoting sustainable solutions and attempts to ban waste trade•Works for human rights and environment

The World Reuse, Repair And Recycling Association•Improving the quality of exported electronics•Improving trade practices through fair trade principles•Encouraging letter recycling standard.

CONCLUSION