E-WASTE

MANAGEMENT
Established to Safeguard
Environment from Most Dreadly
Electronic and Electrical Pollution
Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)

ELECTRONIC WASTE
(E-WASTE)
Discarded electrical or electronic devices and
used electronics, destined for reuse, resale,
salvage, recycling or disposal
Electronic scrap components, such as CRTs,
may contain contaminants such as Lead,
Cadmium, Beryllium, or Brominated flame
retardants.
2 types: hazardous and non-hazardous
categories.
ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, glass,
wood & plywood, printed circuit boards,
concrete and ceramics, rubber and other items.
Other categorization is Large Household
Appliances, IT and Telecom and Consumer
Equipment.
Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)

TREATMENT & DISPOSAL

OPTIONS
Land Filling
Landfills contain mixtures
various waste streams.
Emission of
landfills can
many years.

Incineration
of Reduction of waste volume and
utilization of energy content of
combustible materials.

pollutants from
be delayed for Environmentally hazardous organic
substances are converted into less
hazardous compounds.

Environmental risks from land Emission of escaping flue gas

filling of E-Waste cannot be cleaning and large amount of
residues from gas cleaning and
neglected.
combustion.

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)

APPROACH & METHODOLOGY

FOR ASSESSMENT OF
HAZARDOUSNESS OF E-WASTE
Recycle & Recoveries

Alternates

The recycle and recovery includes E waste has diverse items like
ferrous and non ferrous metals,
the following unit operations:

Dismantling

Segregation of ferrous metal,

non-ferrous metal and plastic.

Refurbishment and reuse

Recycling/recovery of valuable
materials

Treatment/disposal of
dangerous materials

glass, plastic, electronic

components and other items and

The major approach to treat ewaste is to reduce the

concentration of these hazardous
chemicals

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)

TREATMENT OF E-WASTE
Environmentally sound E-waste treatment technologies are used at three
levels as described below:

1st Level
Treatment
Input: TV, refrigerator and
Personal Computers (PC)
Unit Operations: There
are three units operations at
first level of e-waste
treatment
1. Decontamination
2. Dismantling
3. Segregation.

2nd Level
Treatment
Input: Non hazardous
e-waste like plastic,
CRT, circuit board,etc

3rd Level
Treatment

Deals with the

plastic
products
and mercury.

Unit Operations:
Treatment:
- Hammering
- Shredding
- Special treatment
Processes

After processing
i.e., recycling the
end product will
be
reused
in
manufacturing.

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)

E-WASTE RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

IN INDIA
Recycling of e-waste to recover items of economic
value is carried out.
e-waste trade starts from formal dismantling sector
and moves to informal recycling sector.
can be tracked by trade value chain.
carried out in an unregulated environment, no control
on emissions.
There are two e-waste dismantling facilities in formal
sector in India.
The characteristics of emissions from e-waste treatment
in semi formal and informal sector in India are as follows:
1) Generation of mixed e-waste fractions
2) Generation of effluents during metal extraction like,
Acid bath process for copper extraction from printed
circuit board.
3) Air emissions due to burning of printed circuit board.
4) Inefficient secondary raw material generation.

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Secunderbad (2012-2016)