Analysis of e-waste components at a computer service center of Makassar City

Abstract

E-waste is a waste of electronic devices where its number of generation continues to increase in the world. However, improper processing of e-waste in developing countries, such as Indonesia, especially from computing devices, can lead to adverse human health effects and environmental pollution. Therefore, the aims of this study are to determine the generation, composition, material flow, and management of e-waste of computer devices produced by 19 stores in a computer service center of Makassar City. Analysis of this study is based on Indonesian Government Regulation No. 101 of 2014 on the Management of Hazardous and Toxic Waste. The results of this study showed that the generation of e-waste from a computer service centre was 4.340 kg/store/day with 60.34% of plastic, 23.88% of metal, 7.81% of metal and plastic, 4.18% of metal and rubber, 3.62% of glass and 0.17% of rubber. Material flows of e-waste generation in the computer service centre are divided into sold to e-waste collectors, kept in stores, brought back by customers, and disposed of, with 38.69%, 30.75%, 26.55%, and 4.01%, respectively. Moreover, specific e-waste management needs to be done by segregating the e-waste from other types of waste by arranging waste transport time and providing a special disposal site.