E-waste, a Global Challenge: Its Management and Impact on Public Health in India

Aditya Lama, Vibhor Kumar Vishnoi, K. Kumar, B. Kumar, Ashish Saini
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Electronic waste or e-waste is a rapidly growing serious threat to the environment. The whole process of managing the e-waste which includes collection, transportation, storage, and recycling or treatment is yet to be well controlled. E-waste disposal has become an emerging issue for public health and the global environment. The convoluted chemicals produced during the e-waste recovery and hazardous by- products raise panic situations for the industry workers and labourers. Generally, the e-waste industry workers are untrained and belong to the informal sector. These people are generally not aware of the necessary precautionary actions to be taken before handling or recovering the e-waste. The inappropriate components, which can’t be reused, are either dumped or burnt outside openly. The toxic gases or hazardous chemicals pollute the environment or can be released directly into water sources. Thus, proper recycling of e-waste in a controlled way is very necessary and ecologically desirable. By promoting the reuse of non-degradable products their extraction rate can be minimized. A formalization of rules for e- waste management and their amendments can potentially offer benefits to this industry and the workers by reducing uncontrolled extraction and providing them employment security. This paper highlights the burden of e-waste, the impact of e-waste on health, the current status of e-waste management concerning the Moradabad region, initiatives for e-waste management including legislation, and current research aspects of e-waste management.
电子废物,一个全球性挑战:其管理及其对印度公共卫生的影响
电子垃圾或电子垃圾是一个迅速增长的严重威胁环境。管理电子垃圾的整个过程,包括收集、运输、储存、回收或处理尚未得到很好的控制。电子废物处理已成为公共卫生和全球环境的一个新问题。电子垃圾回收过程中产生的令人费解的化学物质和危险的副产品引起了工业工人和劳动者的恐慌。一般来说,电子废物行业的工人未经培训,属于非正规部门。这些人一般不知道在处理或回收电子废物前应采取的预防措施。不能重用的不合适的组件要么被丢弃,要么被公开地烧掉。有毒气体或危险化学品污染环境或可直接排放到水源中。因此,以一种可控的方式适当回收电子废物是非常必要的,也是生态可取的。通过促进不可降解产品的再利用,可以最大限度地降低其提取率。电子废物管理规则的正规化及其修正案可以通过减少不受控制的提取并为他们提供就业保障,为该行业和工人提供潜在的好处。本文重点介绍了电子废物的负担、电子废物对健康的影响、Moradabad地区电子废物管理的现状、电子废物管理的举措(包括立法)以及电子废物管理的当前研究方面。
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