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INTRODUCTION
• Electronic waste or e-waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic

appliance.
• E-waste includes computers, entertainment electronics, mobile phones and

other items that have been discarded by their original users.
COMPOSITION OF E-WASTE
SALES
Consumer
Others Electronics
10% 14%
IT
Large
Communica
Household
tion
Appliances
Technology
42%
34%
CAUSES
• E-waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world.
• It is a crisis of not quantity alone but also a crisis born from toxics ingredients,
posing a threat to the occupational health as well as the environment.
• Rapid technology change, changes in media (tapes, software, MP3), falling prices,
low initial cost, high obsolescence rate have resulted in a fast growing problem
around the globe.
Lifecycle of EEE
E-WASTE MANAGEMENT
In industries management of e-waste should begin at the point of generation.
This can be done by waste minimization techniques and by sustainable product
design. Waste minimization in industries involves adopting:
• inventory management,
• production-process modification,
• volume reduction,
• recovery and reuse.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• Proper control over the materials used in the manufacturing process is an

important way to reduce waste generation.
• By reducing both the quantity of hazardous materials used in the process and
the amount of excess raw materials in stock, the quantity of waste generated
can be reduced.
• This can be done in two ways i.e. establishing material-purchase review and
control procedures and inventory tracking system.
• Ensure that only the needed quantity of a material is ordered.
PRODUCTION-PROCESS MODIFICATION
• Changes can be made in the production process, which will reduce waste
generation.
• Improvements in the operation and maintenance of process equipment can
result in significant waste reduction.
• Hazardous materials used in either a product formulation or a production
process may be replaced with a less hazardous or non-hazardous material.
• Installing more efficient process equipment or modifying existing equipment to
take advantage of better production techniques can significantly reduce
waste generation.
VOLUME REDUCTION
• Volume reduction includes those techniques that remove the hazardous portion
of a waste from a non-hazardous portion.
• These techniques are usually to reduce the volume, and thus the cost of
disposing of a waste material.
• For example, an electronic component manufacturer can use compaction

equipment to reduce volume of waste cathode ray-tube.
RECOVERY AND REUSE
• This technique could eliminate waste disposal costs, reduce raw material costs
and provide income from a salable waste.
• Waste can be recovered on-site, or at an off-site recovery facility, or through

inter industry exchange.
• For example, a printed-circuit board manufacturer can use electrolytic

recovery to reclaim metals from copper and tin-lead plating bath.
AI in e-waste management
▪ Employing AI in garbage sorting and disposal processes is a better method

for smart recycling and waste management.. Many intTherefore AI and
various sensors including RFID tags are usedelligent dustbins have been
developed that are equipped with AI programs and Internet of Things (IoT)
sensors in the waste management sector.
▪ Multitasking sorting AI robots have been

developed for waste management that
can sort tons of garbageon a daily basis.
❖Artificial Intelligence Techniques (AIT) are being developed for managing
e-waste, especially based on prevailing strategies such as Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA), Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA), and Extended Producer
Responsibility (EPR).
Some other methods
➢ e-Waste to Energy Concept
eWaste can also be used to generate power. It can generate power and
recovers metals for reuse by using the eWaste as an electrode. The Microbial
Fuel Cell (MFC) is a non-polluting method. It reduces the cost of treating
organic eWaste by generating power even without fossil fuels.
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INTRODUCTION

• Electronic waste or e-waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic

• E-waste includes computers, entertainment electronics, mobile phones and

• E-waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world.

• Proper control over the materials used in the manufacturing process is an

• For example, an electronic component manufacturer can use compaction

• Waste can be recovered on-site, or at an off-site recovery facility, or through

• For example, a printed-circuit board manufacturer can use electrolytic

▪ Employing AI in garbage sorting and disposal processes is a better method

▪ Multitasking sorting AI robots have been

➢ e-Waste to Energy Concept

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