E-waste and Their Implications on the Environment and Human Health

Vaish, Barkha; Sharma, Bhavisha; Singh, Pooja; Singh, Rajeev Pratap

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14184-4_12

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“…E-waste is one of the fastest-generating urban waste streams in the world [1,2], increasing by 4.5-10% per year on average [3,4]. Unlike other types of waste, e-waste is considered a profitable urban area as it contains many valuable materials [5].…”

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Evaluating Willingness to Pay for E-Waste Recycling in Vietnam

Trinh,

Giao

2023

Civ Eng J

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E-waste is generating rapidly, potentially causing risks to the environment and public health. Formal collection and recycling are necessary to reduce risk and exploit the value of e-waste. This study was conducted to assess factors affecting the willingness to hand over (WTH) and the willingness to pay (WTP) for the recycling e-waste cost of young consumers in Vietnam. The methods of descriptive statistics, regression analysis, and ANOVA were used to analyze the data of 403 interviewed students. The research results show that a high percentage of students were willing to hand over and willing to pay the cost of recycling. According to the results of the regression analysis, WTH was mainly influenced by the attitude towards recycling. Students highly assessed the importance of environmental considerations, recycling costs, convenience, and information security. Meanwhile, students seriously lack knowledge about policies, legal regulations, and information about e-waste collection and treatment programs. This knowledge factor had a major impact on students' willingness to pay for recycling costs. This study makes a meaningful contribution to the scarce data source on electronic waste in Vietnam. Dissemination of information and establishment of e-waste collection points are essential solutions that need to be taken to promote participation in e-waste recycling. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-10-03 Full Text: PDF

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Evaluating Willingness to Pay for E-Waste Recycling in Vietnam

Trinh,

Giao

2023

Civ Eng J

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“…As a result of the innovation-based drastic development of the electronic industry, usage and consumption of different types of electronic devices, especially mobile phones have increased very much. This has also led to the rise in the generation of electronic waste (e-waste) around the world, and e-waste has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world ( Dwivedy and Mittal, 2012 ; Vaish et al, 2020 ). The electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) that have reached their end-of-life either due to functional failures or ceasing to be of any value to its owners is considered as e-waste ( Widmer et al, 2005 ).…”

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“…are also toxic. The utilisation of unscientific methods of e-waste recycling leads to the reduction of the quality of air, water, soil and it even leads to hazardous effects on human health as well ( Vaish et al, 2020 ). The lithium contents can lead to diseases like vomiting, muscular weakness, diarrhoea, etc.…”

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Disposal of obsolete mobile phones: A review on replacement, disposal methods, in-use lifespan, reuse and recycling

Majhi

2022

Waste Manag Res

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Usage/consumption of mobile phones has increased rapidly around the world. As of April 2021, there were 5.27 billion mobile phone users. Meanwhile, the generation of obsolete mobile phones/mobile phone wastes is also increased mainly due to the replacement of mobile phones. The in-use lifespan of mobile phones is correspondingly getting decreased. The inappropriate disposal of obsolete mobile phones leads to adverse consequences on the environment, human health and on metal recovery. This review article provides an insight on findings from various articles on disposal of obsolete mobile phones by users/consumers. The various aspects, such as reasons for replacement, disposal methods adopted by users/consumers, impact due to the adoption of improper disposal methods such as handing them over to the informal recycling sector and storage/hibernation after its in-use lifespan, were covered. Along with this, the study even focuses on reduce, reuse and recycle (3Rs) of sustainability. Reduce means reduction of mobile phone replacement frequency. Storage of mobile phones post-in-use lifespan is the most opted disposal method, and it is one of the significant barriers to reuse, recycling and metal recovery. When it comes to recycling, the research undertaken on the recycling of obsolete mobile phones is not as in-depth when compared to the research done on recycling of e-waste in general. This article identifies future directions for sustainable end-of-life management of obsolete mobile phones.

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“…Notwithstanding, the assortment and recycling of electronic waste happen at a moderate pace when contrasted with its production which thus causes natural concerns (Awasthi et al, 2016). e-waste is a worldwide ecological issue that especially influences the natural ecosystem through its harmful synthetic substances that leached out in the distinctive natural environmental spheres in small fractions and hence initiate toxic impacts in the earth's ecosystems (Vaish et al, 2020). Scientific management of e-waste is kept on being a test in the present situation.…”

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