on

Strategy of E-
Waste
Management

By
Prayakarrao Sukanya
Solid Introduction
Waste

Municipal
waste

Electronic
waste

Biomedical
waste

Industrial
waste 2
 40 Million ton E-waste produced globally

0.8 million ton is contributed by India

E-Waste??

E-Waste: Waste of electronics / electrical goods that

have reached their end of life
Electronic products often contain hazardous and toxic
materials and should not be dumped with other wastes.
Along with China, India is largest importer of E-waste
from developed countries like US, UK and Japan.
In India 90% of mobile equipment are imported.

The rate of e-waste generation is increasing by 10%

every year. 3
Telecommunication Waste:

• Mobile phones
• Telephones
• Telephone exchanges Wireless Equipment cables and related scrap material
• PC and TV

Electrical Waste:

• Switches
• Relays
• Connectors and related Scrap Material.

Electronic Waste:

• Electronic – metal waste

• Printed Circuit Boards
• E – Equipment and Machinery
• IC
• Sockets Connectors.

Cable Waste:

• PVC
• Pre Insulated Copper and Aluminum Cable waste.
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 1 Metric Ton of
Electronic scrap
contains more gold
17 Ton of Gold
from gold ore
Facts and
than Figures
3.5 kg
Silver
539 pound
of fossil
48 pound fuels
of
chemicals

6000
130 gm mobile
1.5 tons of
340 gm water
of
phones of Gold
Copper
gives

1 PC
140 gm of
Palladium 6
 Leaching of
heavy metals
from Landfills
and
Incinerators

Exposure to
Legal
workers &
framework
communities

Issue and
Challenges
Unawareness
Collection (brand new
system items are also
kept in waste)

Less reuse

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 Ways of
• Fumes of Heavy
Treating E-
Incineration
metals released in
atmosphere Waste
• Municipal incinerators
are giving dioxins

Landfills

• Leaching problem
(70% of Heavy metals
in landfills are because
of E-waste) Reusing and
recycling

• Increase life span of

product

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 Receipt of E- Flow Sheet of
Waste
Recyclers or
Sorting /
Recycling Units
Processing

Repairing Dismantaling

Component
Upgrading Residual Disposal
Recovery

Recovery of
Testing Captive Use Packing Scarp
Precious Material

Environmentally-
Refurbishing Sale
friendly disposal
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 Recycling scenario

Takes useful COMPONENTS.

Ferrous metals sold to metal dealers.

Precious metals are recovered in a very dangerous and

hazardous manner

Rest goes to land filling / water filling- disturbs ecological

equilibrium

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 Recycling of CRT

workers manually dismantle

most electronic equipment and
sort out valuable commodities
that are sold to various
recyclers.

CRTs ready to be
"crushed" for recycling.

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 The CRT crusher is completely
self-contained in a
transportable shipping
container.

Crushed CRT glass, coated

with lead, ready for
processing by a lead
smelter.

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Other components from
electronics are separated and
sold as commodities to various
recyclers.

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 How to Dispose E-waste

Send waste
goods to
authorised
If PC are out of recycling facility
order then return for proper
it to the disposal.
manufacturers.
(HCL and Wipro in
Donate working India has best take
older equipment back service)
to schools colleges
or government
entities in need.

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 Probable Solutions
Need for stringent health standards and environmental protection laws in India,

Extended producer responsibility,

Import of waste under license,

Producer-public-government cooperation,

Awareness program, following safer and efficient methods

Choosing safer technology and cleaner substitute,

Monitoring of compliance rules,

Reduction of waste at source,

Investment opportunity in waste management sector and

Recognition to the unorganised sector in India.

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 Recycling and reprocessing units in
India
• Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana , Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,
Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
• M/s Ramky E-waste Recycling Facility (Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd.)
• Attero Electronic Asset Management Company. Unit: Roorkee. Owner: IIT
Delhi Passout.
• M/s E-R3 Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Peenya Bangalore – 560 058

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 References
• A report on “Managing Electronics Waste (2007). Dumping old TV, First read the
rule”, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi Edition, , 15 October, p.1
http://www.industelegraph.com/story/2005/9/2/33438/ 17285.
• S. Chatterjee and Krishna Kumar (2009). “Effective electronic waste management
and recycling process involving formal and non-formal sectors”.
• LARRDIS (Research Unit), (2011) E-Waste In India, Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
• Gao Z, Li J, Zhang HC (2004). Electronics and the Environment, IEEE
international Symposium pp.234-241.
• http://www.attero.in/ E-waste Treatment In Ghana: A Case Study
• Informal electronic waste recycling: A sector review with special focus on China
Xinwen Chi a,⇑, Martin Streicher-Porte b, Mark Y.L. Wang a, Markus A. Reuter c
• Contribution to resource conservation by reuse of electrical and electronic
household appliances Nina Truttm nn, Helmut Rechberger .
• Science direct
• Internet
• Google
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