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Session 3

Orientation to E-wasteDecember 2 , 2013

Rachna Arora19.04.23

Implemented by

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What is E-Waste?

Electronic waste or e -waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance.

E - waste includes computers, consumer electronics, phones, medical equipments, toys and other items that have been discarded by their original users.

E-Waste also include waste which is generated during manufacturing or assembling of such equipments

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What is E-Waste?

WEEE Directive (EU, 2002a)

Electrical or electronic equipment which is waste including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables, which are part of the product at the time of discarding.

OECD (2001)

E-waste is defined as “any appliance sing an electric power supply that has reached its end of life.”

E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011

E-waste is waste electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part listed in schedule -1 and scraps or rejects from their manufacturing and repair process, which are intended to be discarded

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Exercise: What is E-Waste?

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• Please state what e-waste comprises of in your understanding

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What do the E-Waste (M&H) Rules say?

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Source: UNEP

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Generation of E-Waste

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•Global quantity: approx 20-50 million tonnes (UNEP).

•Mobile phones: 700 million units (2005)

•Europe: 8.3–9.1 million tonnes annually

•US: 2.6 million tonnes annually (2005 - US EPA)

•India: 0.33 million tonnes (2007, Mobiles, television & computers)

•Rates of increase: 3-5% globally, 10-12% India.

Source: Lead and Cadmium Global impacts through e waste by Ravi Agarwal, Toxics Link

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E-waste Flow

CONSUMER

Domestic Commercial

MANUFACTURER IMPORT

Exchange with vendor for higher

configuration Vendor Lobby

Auction to Vendors

Scrap DealerWorking parts to other industries

Dismantler

CPU Other PartsMonitor

Extractors and Recyclers

Metal OtherPlastic

To other Industries

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Toxics in E-waste

Over 1000 materials, many toxic

• Lead and cadmium in circuit boards;

• Lead oxide and cadmium in monitor cathode ray tubes (CRTs);

• Mercury in switches and flat screen monitors

• Cadmium in computer batteries;

• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in older capacitors and transformers;

• Brominated flame retardants on printed circuit boards, plastic casings, cables

• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cable insulation - release highly toxic dioxins and furans when burned

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Existing Recycling/ Recovery Operation

• Backyard operation.

• Women and children employed.

• Risk awareness non-existent or low.

• Breaking, acid baths, open burning.

• High environmental and occupational

risks.

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Exercise: Develop Training Material on E-waste Basics

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Divide into 4 groups and develop training material for specific target group:

•Basics of E-waste including material flow • Informal sector• Bulk consumers

 •Hazardous substances in e-waste including Environmental and occupation health hazards

• Individual consumers• Regulators

Duration 60 minutes Group work

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Thank you for your attention