Electronics Spectra - SMS Lucknow
Electronics Spectra - SMS Lucknow
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<strong>SMS</strong> Institute of Technology, L ucknow<br />
Department of <strong>Electronics</strong> & Co mmunication<br />
E -Waste<br />
Electronic waste, E- scrap or waste Electrical and<br />
electronic equipment (WEEE)<br />
DEFINITION "Electronic waste"<br />
may be defined as all secondary<br />
computers, entertainment devic e<br />
electronics, mobile phones, and other<br />
items such as television sets and refrigerators,<br />
whether sold, donated, or<br />
discarded by their original ow ners.<br />
This definition includes used electronics<br />
which are destined for reuse, resale,<br />
salvage, recycling, or d isposal.<br />
Others define the re-usables ( working<br />
and repairable electronics ) and<br />
secondary scrap (copper, steel, etc.)<br />
to be "commodities", and reserve the<br />
term "waste" for residue or material<br />
which was represented as working or<br />
repairable but which is dumped or disposed<br />
or discarded by the buye r<br />
rather than recycled, includin g residue<br />
from reuse and recycling operations.<br />
"<strong>Electronics</strong> Waste is a waste<br />
consisting of any broken or unwanted<br />
electrical or electrical appliance."<br />
GLOBEL TRADE IS-<br />
SUES FOR E-WASTE<br />
Increased regulation of electronic<br />
waste and concern over the environmental<br />
harm which can result f rom<br />
toxic electronic waste has raised disposal<br />
costs. The regulation creates an<br />
economic disincentive to remove residues<br />
prior to export. Critics of trade<br />
in used electronics maintain that it is<br />
too easy for brokers calling themselves<br />
recyclers to export unscreened electronic<br />
waste to developing countries,<br />
such as China, India and parts of Africa,<br />
thus avoiding the expens e of<br />
removing items like bad cathode ray<br />
tubes (the processing of which is expensive<br />
and difficult). The de veloping<br />
countries are becoming big dump<br />
yards of e-waste due to their weak<br />
laws. Proponents of internatio nal<br />
trade point to the success of fair trade<br />
programs in other industries, where<br />
cooperation has led creation of sustainable<br />
jobs and can bring affordable<br />
technology in countries where repair<br />
and reuse rates are higher. In highly<br />
polluting, primitive Guiya in the<br />
Shantou region of China, Delhi and<br />
Bangalore in India as well as the<br />
Agbogbloshie site near Accra, Ghana<br />
have electronic waste processing areas.<br />
Uncontrolled burning, disassembly,<br />
and disposal can cause a variety<br />
of environmental problems such as<br />
groundwater contamination, atm o-<br />
spheric pollution, or even water pollution<br />
either by immediate dis charge<br />
or due to surface runoff (espe cially<br />
near coastal areas), as well as health<br />
problems including occupational safety<br />
and health effects among those directly<br />
involved, due to the me thods<br />
of processing the waste. Thous ands<br />
of men, women, and children are employed<br />
recycling technologies, extracting<br />
the metals, toners, and pl astics<br />
from computers and other electronic<br />
Aditya Bhardwaj<br />
EC - III year<br />
waste. Recent studies show tha t 7<br />
out of 10 children in this region have<br />
too much lead in their blood.<br />
SOURCES OF E-WASTE<br />
‣ IT &TELECOM Equipments<br />
‣ Large household Appliances &<br />
Small household Appliances<br />
‣ Consumer & Lighting Equipments<br />
‣ Electrical & <strong>Electronics</strong> Tools<br />
‣ Toys, Leisure & Sports Equipment<br />
‣ Medical Devices<br />
‣ Monitoring & Control Instruments<br />
E- WASTE<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
Recycling:<br />
Today the electronic waste rec y-<br />
cling business is in all areas of the developed<br />
world a large and rapidly consolidating<br />
business. Electronic waste<br />
processing systems have matured in<br />
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