This topic, ‘E-Waste’ is important for theIAS Examas it comes under the UPSC Mains GS-III paper. This article will hence talk in detail about E-waste and the E-Waste Management rules. What is E-waste in India? As India is the fifth largest E-waste producing country in the world,...
This book brings together a group of leading experts in the management of electrical and electronic waste to provide an up-to-date review of the scale of the waste problem, the impact of recent legislation such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) and the "...
Electronic waste managementdoi:10.1080/00202967.2020.1723255Trevor Crichton
International Journal of Sustainable EngineeringHester, R. E. and R. M. Harrison (2009). Electronic Waste Management: Design, Analysis and Application, Royal Society of ChemistryHester, R.E. and Harrison, R.M., Electronic Waste Management, Design, Analysis and Application, RSC Publishing, 2010....
Producer responsibility for e-waste management: Key issues for consideration – Learning from the Swiss experience extended producer responsibilityEPRenvironmental policyE-waste, a relatively recent addition to the waste stream in the form of discarded electronic and ......
As a result large quantities of e-waste are presently being managed in these countries. The challenges facing the developing countries in e-waste management include: an absence of infrastructure for appropriate waste management, an absence of legislation dealing specifically with e-waste, an absence ...
NRES rolls out stricter controls after EAIC e-waste management investigation•Jan. 8, 2025, 4:08 AM ET (The Star) electronic waste, various forms of electric and electronic equipment that have ceased to be of value to their users or no longer satisfy their original purpose. Electronic waste...
Joint forces of industry and academia can pave the way to truly foster sustainability of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management. Against this background, the WEEE ID project funded by VINNOVA (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems) developed an intelligent, automated sorting eq...
The E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016, which promote environmentally sound e-waste management and aim to increase the nation’s recycling rate, have been implemented by the Indian government since 2016 as part of its efforts to address the e-waste issue. The lack of public awareness and insuff...
The European Commission expects to begin its evaluation this year itself, and that it will last until the fourth quarter of next year or thereabouts. The evaluation’s conclusion may reveal that further steps are necessary, such as a proposal for a revision of the existing rules. ...