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UNIVERSE
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Presentation on:-

 e -WASTE MANAGEMENT
 Presented By:-
HEMANT
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PRAJAPATI
 Definition
 Electronic waste, popularly
known as‘ewaste’ can be
defined as electronic
equipments or products
connects with power plug,
batteries which have
become obsolete due to:
 1. Advancement in
technology
 2. Changes in fashion, style
and status
 3. Nearing the end of their
useful life.
 Classification of e -
waste
E-waste encompasses ever growing range
of obsolete products classified as:-

1. Electronic devices such as

computers, servers, main frames, monitors,
TVs & display devices
2. Telecommunication devices such as
cellular phones & pagers, calculators, audio
and video devices, printers, scanners, fax
machines, refrigerators, air conditioners,
3 . R e co rd in g d e v ice s su ch a s D V D s,
C D s, flo p p ie s,
ta p e s, p rin tin g ca rtrid g e s, m ilita ry
e le ctro n ic
w a ste , a u to m o b ile ca ta lytic co n ve rte rs.

4 . Electronic components such as

chips, processors, mother boards, printed
circuit boards, industrial electronics such
as sensors, alarms, sirens,
security devices, automobile electronic
devices
 Present Scenario
• Every house having electronic equipments
•
• Business necessity
•
• More than 40-50 million tons e-waste worldwide /
year
•
• Asia-estimate of 12 million tons/ year
•
• 50-80% e-waste collected in US and other
developed countries exported to third world
countries
•
• E-waste is still the fastest growing municipal
• 2005- 2.6 m tons in India of which 12.6%
recycled
•
• Growth – 30% / yr
•
• 20 to 24 million computers and televisions
are added to storage each year
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• 400 m units to be scrapped by end of decade

•
• 8% of municipal waste in EU and 2-5% in US
•
• 1-20 kg per person/p.a and growing at 3
times faster than the municipal waste.
 quick Facts
• 1200 tons of scrap / yr , Only 11% of
e-waste get recycled .
•
• India's hospitals to see patients with
10 times the expected level of lead
in their blood.
•
• In India, a water sample revealed
levels of lead 190 times as high as
the drinking water standard set by
the WHO.
•
EFFECTS OF e-WASTE ON HUMAN
HEALTH
Chemical Uses in Electronics Health Effects
Lead Glass and PC cathode ray tubes Damage to nervous system, circulatory
as radiation shield systemand kidneys; serious effects on brain
development

Aluminum Conductivity Skin rashes, asthma, linked to Alzheimer’s

Disease
Nickel Magnetics Chronic bronchitis, impaired lung functions

Beryllium Thermal conductivity Lung damage, chronic beryllium disease

Chromium Decorative, hardener(steel) Damage to liver, kidneys, increase possibility of

lung cancer, asthma
Cadmium Battery. Blue-green phosphor Kidney disease, bone fragility
emitter

Mercury Batteries, switches Chronic brain, kidney, lung and fetal damage .
Composition of E-
Waste
DID YOU
KNOW
Over 75 million current mobile
users expected to increase
400 MILLION BY 2009 end
 EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT

 Pollution of Ground Water.

 Acidification of soil.
 Air pollution.
 e-Waste accounts for 40% of LEAD
and 70% of heavy matals found on
Landfills.
 Effect of the trade
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• 330000 tons generated in 2007, of

which 150000 tons in India
• Jun 05, 2008- half ton e-waste
generated in Mumbai
• Sep 24, 2007- 10000 tonnes in delhi,
with 25000 workers including
children
• Indian hospitals are treating patients
who have 10 times the normal level
of lead in their blood
•
• Microsoft's new operating system
launched in January -- Windows Vista
-- will make many older machines
obsolete and create a "tsunami of e-
waste" exported to developing
nations, according to Jim Puckett,
coordinator for the Basel Action
Network.
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 Reasons for growth
• Globalization
• high obsolescence rate
• Inability of technology to support up-
gradation
• Less costly components used in the
electronic equipments
• Low cost of products
• Purchasing power increase
 Process: Recycling Scheme

Return flow
Cathode ray Complex Metal Plastics
tube fractions fractions
Waste
USE

Identification

Sorting
Production Cleaning

Shredding

Grinding

Cleaning
Material Separation
producers Screening

Homogenising
Raw Grinding
material
The poisonous gases !!!
 Responsibilities of the
Citizen
 Reuse

 Donating used electronics to schools, non-profit
organizations, and lower-income families.

 E-wastes should never be disposed with garbage
and other household wastes.

 These wastes should be collected at a separate

site and they should be sent for various processes
like Reuse, Recycling, and Donating.
 RESPONSIBILITY OF
GOVERNMENT
• Government should set up regulatory
agencies.
•
• Government should provide an
adequate system of laws and
controls.
•
• Government must encourage
research into the development and
production of less hazardous
equipments
Poison
factory
 CONCLUSION
• E-Waste is going to create alots of
problem
•
• E-Waste mangement is of outmost
important
•
• Proper management is necessary to
minimize its ill effects on nature
and human beings
 CONCLUSION

Reduce

RECOVER
REUSE

RECYCLE
Come join
hands in
building a
healthier
earth
My dream –
Clean and
green world
 Thank You
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