Ethical Dilemma in E-Waste Management

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Introduction
The e-waste is defined by the Australian Bureau of statistics as electronic equipment and
waste electrical that is reliant on on electromagnetic fields or electronic currents for it to
work. The e-waste has grown into an ethical dilemma for the IT industry in Australia, 2019.
These because the IT companies progressively manufacture resources without a proper
method or managing the e-waste that will be produced in the long run. Due to the government
intervention, the ethical dilemma has been on whether to stop the production process until a
proper solution is found or go on with production despite the hazardous effect of the e-waste.
The e-waste from the IT industries constitutes of the subassemblies, components, and
consumables which are a fragment of the new equipment at the time of disposal. The sources
of the e-waste include domestic appliances, illumination devices, entertainment electronics,
power apparatuses and the equipment’s that are used for rest and sports (Debnath,
Chowdhury & Ghosh 2018). In situations where e-waste components are handled
appropriately 90%-95% can be recycled thus greatly tumbling the environmental influence of
landfill dumping. Therefore, e-waste needs to be dumped in an ethical and reliable
reprocessing plant.
The e-waste is a fundamental issue in Australia and the entire globe since the electronic
devices constitute a multifaceted mixture of various materials. A typical illustration is a
mobile phone that is comprised of 500- 100- components which several of them contain
poisonous heavy metals as well as dangerous chemicals like the brominated flame retardants.
The PVC plastics that often cause pollution is utilized on some occasions. This dangerous
substance causes critical pollution and may expose the employees at high peril when the
products are thrown out or produced. The metals like mercury and lead are highly toxic thus

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can cause harm to developing fetus, pregnant women and children at even low levels of
exposures.
Australia is a developed nation and cares about the IT advancement, a requirement for
brilliant electronic gadgets innovation is in high demand causing more E-waste which is
hardware trash, for example, cell phones, PCs, television, and home apparatuses and the
rundown is unending (Lozano Garcia, 2017). These gadgets made of various materials like
lead, mercury, cadmium, platinum, metal, and Semi-plastic that impact damage on the
environment driving it to the general public wellbeing as well as for different nations. Not
finding an appropriate clarification could put the IT business in a genuine long haul ethical
dilemma.
Innovation assumes a significant role in our present period; it has become part of our day
by day life where it has changed how we work, play and so on. In this way, the interest of
gadgets has been expanding for as long as decade as we push ahead to the difficult time. Over
the long haul, the more gadgets we have procured, the more devices we need to dispose. The
assembling for gadgets includes various materials which may damage the surroundings, for
example, lead, cadmium, mercury and so on. Australia has been consistently expanding the
interest for gadgets such as the cell phones thus leading to an increase in the quantity of the e-
waste. A significant number of waste is distributed to many developing nations where waste
management isn't controlled accordingly; it may harm nature and its kin. This e-waste issue
might be one of the most exceptional ethical predicaments faced by the IT business in
Australia.
Back Ground Analysis
(i) Harm other Countries
The e-waste causes considerable damage majorly on the developing nations because they
lack proper management systems of recycling the waste which results in an ethical dilemma