E-WASTE IN INDIA RESEARCH UNIT (LARRDIS) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI JUNE‚ 2011 CONTENTS Page Nos. Preface Chapter 1— Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 What is e-waste 1.2.1 Composition of e-waste 1.2.2 E-waste generation in India 1.3 Electronic waste in the global context 1.4 Growth of electrical and electronic industry in India 1.4.1 A brief history 1.4.2 Computer & computer components segment 1.4.3 The consumer electronics (television) segment 1.4.4 The telecommunications segment
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early and unnecessarily. With the U.S. population approximately 320‚000‚000 persons and growing‚ recycling has the potential to have an immense impact economically‚ socially and environmentally. The U.S. is part of the O.E.C.D. which stands for “Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development” (“Members and Partners”). Despite
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TITLE: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING IN AUSTRALIA Abstract The following is a law research paper work on Waste managing issues in Australia. The research paper concentrates on a former Australian Government owned Company located in New South Wales (Waste & Recycling Processing Corporation); which is currently been taken over by a private Company SITA Environmental Solutions which provides its services for the waste management and recycling of waste to Australian
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Electronic Waste The mishandling of electronic waste also referred to as E-Waste‚ has lasting environment and social impacts on underdeveloped and struggling countries that become dumping grounds for unwanted and nonworking electrical and electronic components and devices. Many of the electronic-waste recycling facilities are located in South and East Asia. E-waste is a source of electronic parts and valuable metals for reuse. This industry is only profitable in Asia‚ because laborers work for
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Private Sector Participation in Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Low- and Middle Income Countries DISSERTATION of the University of St. Gallen‚ Graduate School of Business Administration‚ Economics‚ Law and Social Sciences (HSG) to obtain the title of Doctor Oeconomiae submitted by Louigueur Dorvil from Haiti Approved on the application of Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick-Brenzinger and Prof. Dr. Matthias P. Finger Dissertation Nr. 3381 Schmitt-Druck‚ Essen The University
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Recycling‚ Reusing‚ and Reducing Samantha Yerkes Student Recycling‚ Reusing‚ Reducing The amount of garbage that fills our trash each year is astounding. Did you know that each individual in the United States throws away 4 pounds of trash each day? That is 1‚460 pounds each year. Americans are the number one trash offenders in the world. Americans do not dispose of all its garbage properly and efficiently. In the State of Iowa 1.2 Million‚ tons of materials are recycled in Iowa each year
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why my mom is against recycling. Recycling is detrimental because 30% of people do not pick up their trash it will just sit there to rot. In the article‚ “Recycling Worth the Trouble Cost?‚” it states 1‚000 years-worth of trash would only fill a 35-square mile landfill that is 100 yards deep. This proves that we do not fill up a lot of space with trash like we do not need a huge landfill. In the article‚ “Cons Of Recycling‚” it states originally costs $28 to send a ton of waste to the landfill while
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Recycling is the process of separating‚ collecting and remanufacturing or converting used or waste products into new materials. Recycling is based on the assumption that it is cheaper to reuse something than to make a new one. The purpose of recycling is to reduce wastage and use resources sustainably. Benefit-to reduce wastage‚ use resources more wisely‚ make resources available for future generations The reason you recycle is not to waste anything. When you recycle your plastics‚ metals‚ papers
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Save The Day! Don’t Throw It Away! Recycling is а chemicalаl or mechаnicаl process in which а used product is submitted to а cycle of totаl or pаrtiаl treаtment to obtаin а new rаw mаteriаl and product. It uses а product of wаste introduced to а life cycle. In this process‚ industriаl and household waste become commodities. Recycling reduces the production of objects thаt could become wаste. It consists of those аctions which re-use а product to give it а second life‚ with the sаme or different
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The Article “Our E-Waste Problem Is Ridiculous and Gadget Makers Aren’t Helping” by Christina Bonnington explains that we use electronics constantly nowadays and devices designs are always changing but we really don’t think about where all these gadgets are exactly going or if they are even being properly disposed of. We always want new devices that are thinner and more portable but we don’t really know where these devices are going once they are being disposed of. Some companies are making efforts
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