Electronic waste generation, recycling and resource recovery: Technological perspectives and trends

Rene, Eldon R.; Sethurajan, Manivannan; Ponnusamy, Vinoth Kumar; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Thi, Ngoc Bao Dung; Brindhadevi, Kathirvel; Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125664

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“…Kiddee et al (2013) display in their study two ways of how electronic waste disposals may impact human health, contamination of toxic substances in the food chain and direct impact on labor in recycling areas due to exposure to toxic substances. It is supported by Rene et al (2021) which highlight the need for a proper recycling system of electronic waste because of the inappropriate disposal practices that cause severe environmental pollution and health hazards.…”

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Accountants’ IT Competencies and IT Responsibilities in Supporting IT Sustainability Practice: The Variations of Students’ Perspective

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Hatane

Wong

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This study looks at the variability of accounting students’ perceptions in Indonesia on the importance of IT competence and IT responsibility for accountants and the importance of IT sustainability practices. This study measures different perceptions of accounting students based on gender (male and female), year of study (junior and senior), and the type of university (public and private). The majority of accounting students agree with the importance of accountants’ role in IT sustainability practices by utilizing information systems. However, differences in perceptions of accountants’ IT responsibility, accountants’ IT competence, and the importance of IT sustainability practice are found in the senior and junior student groups. This finding results in junior students being higher than senior students in understanding the importance of the accountants’ role in the IT sustainability practice. Differences were also found in the groups of students from public and private universities, where students in public universities have a higher perception than students in private universities toward IT sustainability issues. There is no difference in perception in the gender group. This study can be helpful for higher education providers and teachers in accounting who play an essential role in supporting students to understand the practical implementation in accounting professions regarding their role in sustainability through the utilization of information technology.

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Accountants’ IT Competencies and IT Responsibilities in Supporting IT Sustainability Practice: The Variations of Students’ Perspective

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Wong

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“…The potentially harmful environmental and human health effects of primitive electronic-waste (e-waste) recycling processes, including manual disassembly, roasting, acid leaching, and open burning, have caused concern around the world, particularly in rapidly industrializing and urbanizing developing countries such as China, India, and Vietnam [ 1 , 2 ]. Notably, heavy metal pollution is ubiquitous in the environment and bodies of people living near e-waste disposal sites [ 3 , 4 ].…”

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Estimation of Children’s Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates and Health Risk at E-Waste Dismantling Area

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Zhang

Chen

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Due to environmental health concerns, exposure to heavy metals and related adverse effects in electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling areas have attracted considerable interest in the recent years. However, little information is available about the Soil/Dust Ingestion Rates (SIR) of heavy metals for children living in such sites. This study estimated the soil ingestion of 66 children from e-waste disassembly areas by collecting and analyzing selected tracer elements in matched samples of their consumed food, feces, and urine, as well as soil samples from their play areas. The concentrations of tracer elements (including Al, Ba, Ce, Mn, Sc, Ti, Y, and V) in these samples were analyzed. The SIR was estimated to be 148.3 mg/day (median) and 383.3 mg/day (95th percentile) based on the Best Tracer Method (BTM). These values are somewhat higher than those observed in America, Canada, and other parts of China. Health risk assessments showed that Cr presented the greatest carcinogenic risk, at more than 10−6 in this typical polluted area, while As was second. These findings provide important insights into the exposure risks of heavy metals in e-waste dismantling sites and emphasize the health risk caused by Cr and As.

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“…However, e-waste is not only a source of toxic substances associated with negative impacts on the environment and human health but also a source of a variety of precious materials which the recycling sector in many countries has a great interest in recovering as they have a high and important economic value. With referring to a study by [ 14 ], the valuable materials which the electronic equipment is made of thereby found in e-waste fraction are precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, etc., base metals such as copper, zinc, nickel, etc., and rare earth minerals such as cerium, neodymium, yttrium, etc. The study by [ 5 ] considers these materials as valuable for both the industry and the recycling companies which can help in minimizing the depletion of natural and virgin materials.…”

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“…The main challenges in e-waste management in the GCC region are the lack of e-waste related policies and recycling facilities, the poor or absence of e-waste inventory, and the scarcity in the assessment of e-waste quantities [ 14 , 17 ].…”

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Analysis of Households’ E-Waste Awareness, Disposal Behavior, and Estimation of Potential Waste Mobile Phones towards an Effective E-Waste Management System in Dubai

Attia

Soori

Ghaith

2021

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During the recent decades, the world has seen ongoing economic and technological development which resulted in the generation of huge volumes of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks among countries with large e-waste generation due to its consumers’ high spending on electronic devices thereby resulting in a high obsolescence rate in the country. Accordingly, this study aims to analyze the e-waste management and recycling practices in the UAE. It takes Dubai as a case study and conducts a structured questionnaire to analyze households’ awareness, consumption of electronic devices in general and mobile phones in particular, and the disposal behavior of e-waste. Waste mobile phones is taken as a key representative in this study, in which potential waste mobile phones is estimated using the Approximation 1 method in the period 2021–2030. Results from the survey illustrated gaps among households’ awareness and disposal behavior of e-waste, where e-waste recycling rates were noticed to be low. Based on these gaps, strategies were proposed for an effective e-waste management system in the context of Dubai, and were supported by the proposal of an e-waste legislation framework in the UAE.

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Electronic waste generation, recycling and resource recovery: Technological perspectives and trends

Cited by 186 publications

References 83 publications

Accountants’ IT Competencies and IT Responsibilities in Supporting IT Sustainability Practice: The Variations of Students’ Perspective

Accountants’ IT Competencies and IT Responsibilities in Supporting IT Sustainability Practice: The Variations of Students’ Perspective

Estimation of Children’s Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates and Health Risk at E-Waste Dismantling Area

Analysis of Households’ E-Waste Awareness, Disposal Behavior, and Estimation of Potential Waste Mobile Phones towards an Effective E-Waste Management System in Dubai

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