E-waste Environmental Issues and Concerns

Abstract

Increasing usage of electronic equipment has resulted in loads of e-waste. Existing e-waste management in India leads to many challenges which are harmful to human life. This results in toxic materials entering the waste stream with no special precautions. In this paper we are trying to illustrate the environmental issues due to e-waste and the current scenario of handling e-waste.

Keyword: E-waste, E-waste management, E-waste recycling.

Cite this Article
Sreeja S.S., Rashmi Vipat, Shaziya Shaikh.
E-waste Environmental Issues and
Concerns. Research & Reviews: Journal of
Ecology. 2019; 8(2): 22–27p.