South Asialeads the world in e-waste generation, producing 22.6 million tons, followed by the Americas at 11.9 million tons. Europe (10.9 million tons), Africa (2.6 million tons), and Oceania (0.6 million tons) complete the list of significant contributors. However, when considering “per capi...
principally around the issue of police powers of search and seizure and (2) the rights of municipal or regional authorities to regulate flow control of solid waste (i.e., to require such waste to be delivered – or flow – to particular processing or disposal facilities in specific jurisdictio...
The study confirms that communities in the study areas may be at risk of cancer, birth defects and mutagens associated with exposure to unregulated landfill hazards.Keywords: environmental health,聽risk assessment,聽e-waste risks,聽waste management,聽waste disposal,聽health risk assessmentAdditional ...
This work examines the factors that influence e-waste and ELVs collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal practices. E-waste circular business models must be supported to further catalyze such initiatives in other regions of Romania. The ELVs management practices are examined in line with auto...
There is no doubt that improved hazardous waste management in mining and mineral processing will reduce environmental and health risks in South Africa. However, sceptics fear that waste reduction, appropriate treatment and disposal are not affordable within the current economic circumstances of the countr...
APPENDIX Annex 1 : Domestic e-waste generated per country in 2014 Annex 2 : E-waste collection data from oĴcial taNe-EacN systems Annex 3 : Data of e-waste disposal in mixed residual waste Annex 4 : Classiıcation of electrical and electronic eTuipment and e-waste (UNU-KEYs) 10....
So, mountains of hazardous US-based waste are growing at an exponential rate in countries like India, China, and South Africa. Exported e-waste has turned rivers in China black and towns in Ghana into some of the world’s largest dumps. The UN Environment Programme predicts that between ...
Rapid advances in technology tend to lead to larger amounts of e-waste as outmoded EEE becomes e-waste sooner. Proper e-waste management strategies are needed to control this at every stage, from production to disposal. Recycling is a valuable instrument for monitoring emerging e-waste (Ahirwar...
Due to the great expense of proper disassembly and disposal of electronics, e-waste is frequently shipped to developing countries (2). In this commentary, we focus on informal e-waste recycling sites in Asia, South America and West Africa, where the work is often performed by women and ...
South Africa recycles 9.7% of its generated e-waste, in that it is dismantled and the valuable fractions exported for recycling (beneficiation) [24]. While Ghana rather pro- cesses 40–60% of its domestically generated e-waste of which 95% is done by the informal sector [23]. The ...