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E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy

The socio-environmental impact of rapidly increasing piles of electrical and electronic waste or E-waste at global level has been evaluated in detail. Malaysian scenario was selected as a case study to analyse various issues regarding generation, storage, transportation and disposal of E-waste. Gene...

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Main Authors: Askari, Arameh, Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh, Gomes, Chandima, Ishak, Mohd Bakri
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Published: International Institute for Science, Technology & Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37547/
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/10206
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spelling my.upm.eprints.375472015-09-14T11:13:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37547/ E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy Askari, Arameh Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh Gomes, Chandima Ishak, Mohd Bakri The socio-environmental impact of rapidly increasing piles of electrical and electronic waste or E-waste at global level has been evaluated in detail. Malaysian scenario was selected as a case study to analyse various issues regarding generation, storage, transportation and disposal of E-waste. Generation of E-waste has been estimated to be about 652909 tonnes in 2006 and was extrapolated to reach around 706 000 tonnes in 2011 and about 1.2 million tonnes in 2020 in Malaysia alone. E-waste basically includes disposed materials of refrigerators, calculators, alarm clocks, computers, printers, televisions, monitors, audio setups, electronic thermometers, laser printer, etc, most of which contain batteries and other components. They carry traces of heavy elements and toxic compounds that threaten human and animal health and various other parts of ecosystem. As per the estimation, over 75% of subjects interviewed in this study has lack of knowledge in storage and disposal techniques of E-waste. The situation may be worse in some other parts of the world. Finally, this paper proposes viable procedures for the safe management of E-waste. International Institute for Science, Technology & Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed Askari, Arameh and Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh and Gomes, Chandima and Ishak, Mohd Bakri (2014) E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy. European Journal of Business and Management, 6 (1). pp. 37-46. ISSN 2222-1905; ESSN: 2222-2839 http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/10206
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description The socio-environmental impact of rapidly increasing piles of electrical and electronic waste or E-waste at global level has been evaluated in detail. Malaysian scenario was selected as a case study to analyse various issues regarding generation, storage, transportation and disposal of E-waste. Generation of E-waste has been estimated to be about 652909 tonnes in 2006 and was extrapolated to reach around 706 000 tonnes in 2011 and about 1.2 million tonnes in 2020 in Malaysia alone. E-waste basically includes disposed materials of refrigerators, calculators, alarm clocks, computers, printers, televisions, monitors, audio setups, electronic thermometers, laser printer, etc, most of which contain batteries and other components. They carry traces of heavy elements and toxic compounds that threaten human and animal health and various other parts of ecosystem. As per the estimation, over 75% of subjects interviewed in this study has lack of knowledge in storage and disposal techniques of E-waste. The situation may be worse in some other parts of the world. Finally, this paper proposes viable procedures for the safe management of E-waste.
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author Askari, Arameh
Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh
Gomes, Chandima
Ishak, Mohd Bakri
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Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh
Gomes, Chandima
Ishak, Mohd Bakri
E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
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Ghadimzadeh, Azadeh
Gomes, Chandima
Ishak, Mohd Bakri
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title E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
title_short E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
title_full E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
title_fullStr E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
title_full_unstemmed E-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
title_sort e-waste management: towards an appropriate policy
publisher International Institute for Science, Technology & Education
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37547/
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/10206
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