Electronic Waste

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the growing problem of electronic waste and the resultant environmental hazards. The paper explores various management solutions for this problem. Recent statistics about the amount of the electronic waste in the industrialized world is presented. The paper examines the method of recycling, explaining that the problem of e-waste can not be limited to partial recycling only, as there is a huge amount of trash that is left after recycling, which has no practical potential value.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Discussion of the Problem
Looking for Best Management Solution
Recycling Modern Practices
Economical Model
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The biggest part of recent environmental researches highlight the problem of the electronic waste as one of the most progressing in the waste stream of urban and metropolitan areas worldwide (electronic waste stands for 3-5 percent of urban solid waste stream in industrialized world). This problem is not limited to the concept of "solid waste", as electronic waste includes a wide amount of different hazardous products, heavy metals and toxic combinations, which pollute water, air, etc. It's enough to name some of the heavy metals with high level of toxicity that are used in electronics industry: mercury, lead, cadmium, barium."

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