Research Paper on E-Waste | Assignment

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The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of the growth of the electrical and
electronic equipment leading to the increase of waste hampering the environment of the globe.
This in one hand is directly contributing the growth of technology and smoothening path for the
growth of humanity and all the other factors associated with it but negatively affecting the
environment challenging sustainable growth. This is an important aspect of sustainable growth in
this world hence many environmentalists and scientists have shown their concern. In order to
discuss about this matter three articles have been chosen. The forward paper that has been chosen
for this research was published in 2003, the central paper was published in 2007 and backward
paper came out in 2015. Therefore it can be understood that this problem of e waste is bothering
the environment of the earth for long.
Mechanical recycling of waste electric and electronic equipment: a review by Jirang Cui,
Eric Forssberg discuss about the process of recycling to be an essential and most effective e-
waste management. In the central paper of Electrical and electronic waste: a global
environmental problem also, the waste management of electric and electronic equipment have
been analyzed contributing the most dangerous factor for environmental degradation. Both of
these two papers are well connected with the forward paper namely, E-waste in India and
developed countries: Management, recycling, business and biotechnological initiatives.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews by Garlapati Extended Producer Responsibility
(EPR) and Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) to be successful in the waste
management process of managing e-waste in a great extent.
After the industrial revolution the usage of non-renewable energy and resources are being used in
the industries for increase production in less time. With the improvement of Technology the
electrical and electronic goods production have increased the large and small household

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appliances, cellular telephone, computers, games and peripherals, portable electronic devices,
MP3 players, camera, electrical tools and video and audio equipment come under electronic and
electrical goods. In addition to this different everyday commodities like air cooler air
conditioner, refrigerators, television, VCD, VCR, set top box and most importantly mobile
phones are embedded in the commodities other than computers. These also contribute a larger
part in the electronics and electrical appliances which are becoming a major concern to e-waste
management problem. This products are used properly and come to the end of their life they
become electronic waste. They use electronic current and electromagnetic fields to work and
help in generating transferring and measuring current. All of these devices after being used go to
disposal and when these e waste are not properly managed then the actual problem arises.
WEEE is one of the fastest growing industry waste and the disposal rate is accelerating
divided. This is due to the fact that the demand of these electronic and electrical appliances in the
markets are high and the customers are trying to jump to the latest technology every time. For
example if a mobile phone is introduced with high quality feature then the customer try to grab
this offer immediately. However, the technological changes get upgraded every time the already
bought product gets lagged behind in terms of latest technology one for that matter features.
Then again the customer decides to dispose this latest phone he had bought a year ago and buy
the latest model. Now this mobile phone which the customer had bought a short while leads to
increase the e-waste immediately. This is taking place every day because the customer Trend in
grabbing the latest technology is increasing. With larger population having the buying capacity
of the latest technology leads to higher number of WEEE and in the case of highly developed
countries the rate of WEEE growth is higher. The per capita waste production in the developing
countries on the other hand is relatively small but these are becoming the fastest growing