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Group-8 Ashish Majumdar (PGP04057) Prithiviraj M Das (PGP04079) Shagun Chaudhry (PGP04090) Tripti Sharma (PGP04097)
comprises of wastes generated from used electronic devices and house hold appliances which are not fit for their original intended use Contains over 1000 different substances many of which are toxic and potentially hazardous to environment and human health
Electronic tools Medical devices Monitoring and control instruments Entertainment electronics IT and telecommunication equipment Household appliances
Brigade Road, Bangalore. The city produces around 20,000 tons of e-waste per year and the figure's rising at 20% rate each year.
E-Waste Component
Cathode ray tubes (used in TVs, computer monitors, ATM, video cameras, and more)
Process Used
Lead, barium and other heavy metals Breaking and removal of yoke, leaching into the ground water and then dumping release of toxic phosphor
Printed circuit board (image behind table - a thin plate on which chips and other electronic components are placed)
De-soldering and removal of computer chips; open burning and acid baths to remove final metals after chips are removed.
Air emissions as well as discharge into rivers of glass dust, tin, lead, brominated dioxin, beryllium cadmium, and mercury
E-Waste Component
Process Used
Hydrocarbons, heavy metals, brominated substances discharged Chemical stripping using nitric directly into rives acidifying fish and and hydrochloric acid and flora. Tin and lead contamination of burning of chips surface and groundwater. Air emissions of brominated dioxins, heavy metals and hydrocarbons Emissions of brominated dioxins, heavy metals and hydrocarbons
Plastics from printers, keyboards, Shredding and low temp monitors, etc. melting to be reused Computer wires
Open burning and stripping to Hydrocarbon ashes released into air, remove copper water and soil.
Importing large quantity of second hand devices Many ports like Chennai port are found to be deluged with e-waste import
Stakeholder Ecosystem
Producers
Financing and organizing a system to meet the cost of environmentally sound management of the system
Six hazardous chemicals - Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers are banned in electronic and electrical equipment
Better infrastructure
Create awareness
Resource mobilization
Carry out baseline surveys and analysis of the E-waste threat Develop sustainable models for E-waste management Encourage set up facilities to handle refurbishment of unwanted electrical and electronics equipment and recycling Develop incentives for establishment of sustainable E-waste disposal agencies through mutually beneficial reuse and recycling schemes
Develop and popularize change management program for leaders of government and private sector institutions to embrace proper E-waste management
Develop and implement awareness campaign strategy to create general vigilance about the issues of E-waste management and ensure that the people understand to safely dispose E-waste Ensure procurement of environmentally friendly electric and electronic equipment
Increase budgetary allocation to the initiatives targeted at reducing E-waste risks Set up an E-waste fund , to be collected from sellers and buyers of electronic equipment
Applying advanced recycling fee that requires consumers to pay a recycling fee when purchasing an electronic equipment, this fee takes care of recycling the equipment once it reaches end of life
Put in place mechanism for resource mobilization from development partners
Annual surveys should be carried to gather statistics about E-waste management to ensure proper implementation of policies enforced and awareness created
Reduce ,Reuse and Recycle Create markets for the sale of used electronics Online forum for the exchange of working electronics or components Recycling electronic waste can be source of income for people with few alternative economic options Create an open-source database of best practices for managing different types of e-waste
There should have a system of collection and channelization in a place with proper regulatory mechanisms. Collection canters can be created so that e-waste material can be accumulated at one place. All Central & State govt. departments, PSUs and other bulk consumer should channelize their e-waste disposal so as to safeguard and protect the environment. Government can provide incentive to set-up E-waste processing units for quick disposal. Giving incentives for setting up more units within the same state - movement of material can be avoided and the disposal can be ensured in a environmentally sound process which will also ensure higher revenue to the state. There should be a pragmatic approach for fixation of Reserve Price of such E-waste material because most of Government Dep't and PSUs is generally on the higher side.
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