Public understandings of E-waste and its disposal in urban India: From a review towards a conceptual framework

Borthakur, Anwesha; Govind, Madhav

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.218

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“…Both the marketing and technology of the electronic products are subjected to rapid growth, resulting in a set of consumers who are attracted to constantly substituting their electronic goods and gadgets with newer models and technologies (Pandebesie, Indrihastuti et al 2019). There is a functional lifetime of each EEE and consequently, E-waste is generated from the obsolete electronic products after a certain period of time (Borthakur and Govind 2018). E-waste is an interesting category of waste from perspective of 'resources' and their conservation.…”

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The journey from products to waste: a pilot study on perception and discarding of electronic waste in contemporary urban India

Borthakur

Singh

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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During the recent past, electronic waste (E-waste) has emerged as a major category of toxic waste in both global North and global South. Particularly, the emerging economies such as India is a major contributor to the E-waste volume in the world today. Accordingly, we attempted to carry out this study to evaluate the journey of equipments from 'electronic products' to 'electronic waste' in the city of New Delhi in India. The purpose was to carry out an exclusive pilot study with the potential to replicate the same at a larger scale in major Indian metropolis which are mostly the hubs of intense E-waste generation. The case of mobile phones (both smartphones and feature phones) was considered as the key representative. A structured questionnaire survey was carried out with 334 purposively selected respondents in the city of New Delhi. Among several other noteworthy findings, we observed that there exists a gap among purchase behaviour of mobile phones, awareness on E-waste and disposal behaviour of these phones. For instance, the relatively high knowledge/awareness about E-waste is yet to be reflected in consumers' responsible purchase and disposal behaviour. We argue that creating awareness among citizens is central to a sustainable E-waste management system and effective policy instruments.

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The journey from products to waste: a pilot study on perception and discarding of electronic waste in contemporary urban India

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Singh

2020

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“…In this review, we restricted our assessment to journal articles only, limiting the influence of redundant publications and mitigating false-positive outcomes. Reviews, book chapters, and conference sessions were not taken into consideration, because they contain works that may have been published in multiple sources more than once [ 13 , 20 ].…”

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A Review and Bibliometric Analysis on Applications of Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Arctic Marine Environment at Metagenomic and Enzymatic Levels

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The globe is presently reliant on natural resources, fossil fuels, and crude oil to support the world’s energy requirements. Human exploration for oil resources is always associated with irreversible effects. Primary sources of hydrocarbon pollution are instigated through oil exploration, extraction, and transportation in the Arctic region. To address the state of pollution, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms and processes of the bioremediation of hydrocarbons. The application of various microbial communities originated from the Arctic can provide a better interpretation on the mechanisms of specific microbes in the biodegradation process. The composition of oil and consequences of hydrocarbon pollutants to the various marine environments are also discussed in this paper. An overview of emerging trends on literature or research publications published in the last decade was compiled via bibliometric analysis in relation to the topic of interest, which is the microbial community present in the Arctic and Antarctic marine environments. This review also presents the hydrocarbon-degrading microbial community present in the Arctic, biodegradation metabolic pathways (enzymatic level), and capacity of microbial degradation from the perspective of metagenomics. The limitations are stated and recommendations are proposed for future research prospects on biodegradation of oil contaminants by microbial community at the low temperature regions of the Arctic.

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“…Moreover, an appropriate insight of the factors that stimulate pro-recycling behaviours aids in significant understanding for policymaking processes and assists in recognizing the vital touch-points that corporations, governments and grassroots initiatives could explore to address the environmental burdens more successfully (Echegaray and Hansstein 2017). Thus, consumption, disposal behaviour and awareness of the general public should be provided due attention as those attributes are central to any effective Ewaste management initiative (Borthakur and Govind 2018).…”

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Policy approaches on E-waste in the emerging economies: A review of the existing governance with special reference to India and South Africa

Borthakur

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The stream of E-waste has observed a considerable intensification in the recent decade rendering its management a major challenge to the contemporary world. Considering the complexities associated with this toxic stream of waste, this paper is an attempt to review the existing E-waste governance in the emerging economies, taking into consideration the evidence and experiences of a number of representative countries. Emerging economies are instrumental in the growth and sustenance of the global economy today. However, certain issues such as the governance of E-waste is yet to be studied adequately in these countries and still remains an unexplored area of research. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations along with South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico are considered as representatives of the emerging countries. A systematic literature search has been carried out in Scopus and Web of Science to aid our study. A bibliometric analysis was carried out to situate the research scenario in India and South Africa in particular. We observe that the European Union's landmark WEEE Directive and RoHS Directive have considerable influence on the policies of most of the emerging economies considered for our study purpose. We argue that it is imperative to have a local specific, systematic, organize and stepwise approach towards formulating and implementing the E-waste policies in the respective countries. The fact that, a few representatives from the well-known emerging economies are underrepresented in the E-waste research necessitates adequate attention from the scientific community and policymakers. Overall, it could be concluded that, barring a handful of representative countries, E-waste governance in the emerging economies are yet to be addressed comprehensively both by themselves and the global North.

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Public understandings of E-waste and its disposal in urban India: From a review towards a conceptual framework

Cited by 102 publications

References 68 publications

The journey from products to waste: a pilot study on perception and discarding of electronic waste in contemporary urban India

The journey from products to waste: a pilot study on perception and discarding of electronic waste in contemporary urban India

A Review and Bibliometric Analysis on Applications of Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Arctic Marine Environment at Metagenomic and Enzymatic Levels

Policy approaches on E-waste in the emerging economies: A review of the existing governance with special reference to India and South Africa

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