Authors : Himani P. Patil, Prajakta Nande
Page Nos : 85-91
Description :
With the rapid advancement in the technologies and growing competition, there are lots of
new inventions and new techniques developed which ultimately lead to the rise in e-waste.
This leads to growing concern regarding the e-waste management. E-waste or electronic
waste growing exponentially with various hazardous effects to health and environment. This
article highlights certain aspects of e-waste and its consequences as it contains valuable
metals (Copper, platinum group) as well as potential environmental contaminants,
especially lead, mercury, cadmium, nickel, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Burning E-waste may generate dioxins, furans, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAHs), and
hydrogen chloride. Here, the paper mentions some of the work associated for proper e-waste
management and to increase the awareness among the people.
Keywords: e-waste, health, PBDEs, PAHs, PHAHs.
