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What is Electronic Waste?
It is the term used
to describe old,
end-of-life or
discarded
appliances using
electricity and
battery.
INTRODUCTION
E-waste defined as Electronic waste which includes
electronic and electrical equipments and products.
Electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing waste
stream today.
Composition of E-waste-
iron, copper, aluminium, gold and other metals in e-waste
is over 60%
plastics about 30%
hazardous pollutants comprise only about 2.70%
E-Waste in the Office and
Home
Office
Hospital
Government
•PC Private Sectors (e.g.
•PC Manufacturers, Restaurants)
•Monitors
•CPU •PC
•ECG Device
•Fax Machine •Boiler
•Microscope
•Xerox Machine •Mixer
•Incubator e.t.c
•Scanner e.t.c •Signal Generator e.t.c
Home: Microwave, Television, Radio, Fan, Cell Phones e.t.c
WEEE Directive
Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
Directive
WEEE Symbol
WEEE Directive
introduced in January
2007.
aims to reduce the amount
of electrical and electronic
equipment being produced
to encourage everyone to
reuse, recycle and recover it. WEEE Symbol
WEEE Categories
Large household appliances
Lighting Equipment
Electric and Electronic Tools
Toys, sports Equipment
IT and telecommunications equipment
Office, Information & Communication Equipment
Entertainment & Consumer Electronics
Medical devices
How these become E-Waste?
Changes and Advancement in technology
Changes in fashion, style, and status
Changing configuration
Attractive offers from manufacturers
Small life of equipments
Generators of E-Waste
Small business and House hold.
Large businesses,
Institutions and Government
offices.
Equipment manufacturers.
Why E-Waste A Problem?
Composed of Hazardous Materials
Products are quickly obsolete and discarded
Electronic products are difficult to recycle
Discarded electronics are managed badly
Most e-waste goes to Landfills
Most recyclers don’t recycle , they export
Constituents Of E-Waste
Hazardous materials
Valuable materials
Source of e- Constituent Health effects
wastes (Hazardous)
printed circuit Lead (PB) •Damage to
boards, computer nervous system
monitors and kidney
•Affects brain
development of
children.
Chip resistors and Cadmium (CD) •Accumulates in
semiconductors kidney and liver.
•Causes neural
damage.
Relays and Mercury (Hg) Chronic damage
switches, printed to the brain.
circuit boards Respiratory and
skin disorders
Motherboard Beryllium (Be) lung cancer
Front panel of Barium (Ba) Muscle
CRTs. weakness;
Damage to heart,
liver and spleen
BACK
Valuable Materials
Source of e- Constituent Uses
wastes (Valuable)
Cable, Housing Plastics Insulation
Funnel glass in Lead, gold Metal joining,
CRTs, PWB Connectivity
Housing, PWB, Mercury, Zinc Batteries,
CRT switches
Housing, CRT, Aluminum, Silver Conductivity,
PWB, connectors Copper, iron magnetivity
E-Waste Disposal
Methods
Recycle
Landfill
Incineration
Reuse
E-Waste Recycling
Definition:-
Recycling is defined as the
assembling, developing, promoting,
or buying of new products, which
are prepared from waste materials.
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Steps in Recycling
Dismantling of E-Waste
Removal of hazardous materials such as
PCB, HG, removal of plastic etc.
Strong acids are used to remove valuable metals
such as gold, lead, copper etc.
Methods for recycling
Consumer recycling
Donation
Take back
Exchange
Corporate recycling
Advantages
Recycled materials can be used in developing
new equipments
Valuable Materials are retrieved
Helps environment by avoiding pollution
Land filling
Definition:-
Land fill is also
known as dump, is a
site for the disposal
of waste materials by
burial and is the
oldest form of waste
treatment.
Disadvantages
Metals like mercury, cadmium, lead leaches into
the soil and ground water making them polluted
Requires large amount of space
It is not a environmentally sound treatment
Incineration
Definition:-
It is a controlled and
complete combustion
process, in which the
waste material is burned in
specially designed
incinerators at a high
temperature (900-
1000oC).
Incinerator
Advantages Disadvantages
Reduction of waste Emission of harmful
volume gases and residues
Utilization of energy of Emission of cadmium
combustible substances and mercury
hazardous substances
are converted into less
hazardous substances
Re-Use
Definition:-
It constitutes direct use
or use after slight
modifications to the
original functioning
equipment.
Advantages
Electronic equipments like computers, cell phones
etc. can be re-used.
This method also reduces the volume of e-waste
generation.
no wastage of time and money
What should be done?
Proper laws and policies should be made
Awareness among consumers and manufacturers
Recycling should be preferred
Products should be made recyclable
Make usage of recycled products
do not throw away old equipments
