The Economic and Environmental Value of Electronic Waste Recycling in the GCC
countries
Presented By:Dr. Faisal AlaneziMIS Department,
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CONTENT:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODOLOGY
• Electronic Waste in GCC Countries
• Electronic Waste Production Forecast
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.
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INTRODUCTION:
GCC countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have experienced a huge growth
in population along with urbanization and living standards, Thus a Huge increase in
Waste production of all kinds including E-Waste.
Shorter Life-Span of Electronic Devices due to various reasons.
Electronic waste includes all electrical and electronic equipment discarded by endusers, and are not meant to reuse.
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INTRODUCTION:
It has been estimated that the amount of electronic waste produced globally in2016 was around 44.7 million metric tonnes (Mt) and 20% was estimated to havebeen recycled through regulated channels
This study aims to examine the economic and environmental value of electronicwaste production and recycling until the year 2040.
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METHODOLOGY
1- Review of Current E-waste Production in GCC.
2- Forecast of E-waste Production in GCC to year 2040.
3- Economic Value of E-waste Material according to current cost estimates.
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ELECTRONIC WASTE IN GCC COUNTRIES It has been estimated that the GCC countries would produce around 120 (Mt) of
waste in the year 2020 increased from 94 (Mt) in the year 2015
The quantity of electronic waste was estimated to be around 738 kilotonnes (kt) inGCC countries in 2016.
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Table 1. Electronic waste production in GCC production during 2016 (Baldé et al. 2017).
Country Population (1000)
Per capita electronic waste (kg)
Total electronic waste Kilotons (kt)
Bahrain 1319 15.5 20
Kuwait 4225 15.8 67
Oman 3957 14.9 59
Qatar 2578 11.3 29
Saudi Arabia 32013 15.9 508
United Arab Emirates 9856 13.6 134
Total electronic waste in GCC in tons 738
ELECTRONIC WASTE IN GCC COUNTRIES
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ELECTRONIC WASTE PRODUCTION FORECAST A forecast model was developed for forecasting the E-waste production in GCC
countries up to year 2040.
The model used data from UN Population Estimates for GCC countries, also datafrom other various sources for current E-waste production for GCC countries.
The Model is well detailed in the paper.
Based on current reported values of E-waste, it was calculated that the estimatevalue of 1 ton of E-waste is around 1,199.86 Euro.
This maybe considered an average cost of one ton of E-waste and maybesubject to change over time. Future work will include more detailed study of costof E-waste according to composition.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION No study has been reported so far that indicates the characterization and
composition of electronic waste in GCC countries considering all types of waste.
According to population estimates from United Nations divided to Low, Medium andHigh. We also adopted the same division for Estimating the E-waste production inGCC countries.
The same terminology was subsequently used in the Estimate of the EconomicValue of E-waste
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION There are great environmental and economic benefits in electronic waste provided
proper legislation for the effective handling of electronic waste.
The raw material contained in electronic waste if recycled will reduce the need forvirgin sources in manufacturing
The economic and environmental value of electronic waste or what is left afterextracting the valuable materials through efficient recycling plants can be used inwaste-based bio refineries that will provide an additional economic andenvironmental value for electronic waste
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Though some of the GCC have in place some regulations towards the E-waste
disposal and recycling, yet as a whole the GCC region is still in need ofcomprehensive rules, regulations, standards, and processes for the proper disposaland/or recycling of E-waste.
We propose the establishment of a free zone for the GCC countries in which all GCCcountries can send their E-waste to state of the Art recycling plants setup in theproposed free zone. However, there are some international agreements, laws andregulations that govern the import and export of waste in general and E-waste inparticular and thus proper regulation should be approved through the GCC councilin this regards.
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CONCLUSION The potential for electronic waste as an economic asset in GCC countries is evident
because even in the low estimate scenario by 2020 the electronic waste value inGCC countries would be worth 1 billion Euros.
Separating E-waste for recycling would mean taking away hundreds of thousandsof tonnes of waste that was meant for landfills, thereby protecting the environmentand reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.
Also E-waste contains Hazardous materials and by sending the E-Waste to ProperRecycling plants, the Hazardous material can be properly taken disposed.
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Thank you
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