Rapid internet-based technological developments have a tremendous impact on the production of electronic devices. The management of electronic waste or e-waste has become a problem for both developed and developing countries. In global scale, e-waste is the fastest growing waste, around 3-5% per year or about three times faster than normal household waste generation. Accordingly, Indonesian government classified e-waste as hazardous and toxic waste. Yet, Indonesia has not provided an adequate and comprehensive electronic waste management system. It is caused by lack of relevant environmental policy and regulations made specifically to handle e-waste management. This research aims to investigate the environmental regulations and the methods of managing e-waste and the role of the government in managing the recycling of e-waste by considering the intertwined interests to balance a clean environment in one side and economic growth on the other. By using an empirical juridical approach, the results showed that insofar the relevant regulation to cope with the problems is Government Regulation No. 101 of 2014 concerning Management of Toxic and Hazardous Waste. There are some provisions to manage e-waste in Indonesia such as by clinical processing methods, physical processing methods, biological processing methods and hazardous waste disposal method. However, in general electronic waste in Indonesia until now does not have clarity in management, regulation, and economic potential that can be worked on.
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