E-Waste Management in Unorganized and Organized Recycling Sectors-A State of Art

Abstract

Over the past decade, electronic advancements have revolutionized the human lifestyle. These advancements result in a huge amount of discarded or obsolete electronic items which need proper management and recycling. £-waste constitutes both hazardous and non-hazardous materials and therefore needs to be treated by an organized £-waste recycling sector having advanced machinery and adequate safety standards. Unfortunately, the present £-waste management agencies have not been able to eliminate the interference of unorganized £-waste recycling sector. Therefore, majority of £-waste is handled by unskilled poor labor who is completely unaware of the subsequent occupational hazardous. Unorganized £-waste recycling has also become a potential threat for the environment as it involves exposure to toxic chemicals and careless disposal methods. The present paper highlights various hazards of unorganized £-waste recycling and simultaneously give an insight about the organized £-waste recycling sector. Further, a three-tier set of recommendations for government agencies, industrial sector as well as for the consumers has been proposed in this paper.