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Session 3 Orientation to E-waste December 2 , 2013

Implemented by. Session 3 Orientation to E-waste December 2 , 2013. What is E-Waste?. Electronic waste or e -waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance.

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Session 3 Orientation to E-waste December 2 , 2013

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  1. Implemented by Session 3 Orientation to E-waste December 2 , 2013 Rachna Arora

  2. What is E-Waste? • Electronic waste or e -waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance. • E - waste includes computers, consumer electronics, phones, medical equipments, toys and other items that have been discarded by their original users. • E-Waste also include waste which is generated during manufacturing or assembling of such equipments

  3. What is E-Waste? WEEE Directive (EU, 2002a) Electrical or electronic equipment which is waste including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables, which are part of the product at the time of discarding. OECD (2001) E-waste is defined as “any appliance sing an electric power supply that has reached its end of life.” E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 E-waste is waste electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part listed in schedule -1 and scraps or rejects from their manufacturing and repair process, which are intended to be discarded

  4. Exercise: What is E-Waste? • Please state what e-waste comprises of in your understanding

  5. What do the E-Waste (M&H) Rules say?

  6. Source: UNEP

  7. Generation of E-Waste • Global quantity: approx 20-50 million tonnes (UNEP). • Mobile phones: 700 million units (2005) • Europe: 8.3–9.1 million tonnes annually • US: 2.6 million tonnes annually (2005 - US EPA) • India: 0.33 million tonnes (2007, Mobiles, television & computers) • Rates of increase: 3-5% globally, 10-12% India. • Source: Lead and Cadmium Global impacts through e waste by Ravi Agarwal, Toxics Link

  8. Dismantler CPU Monitor Other Parts Extractors and Recyclers Metal Plastic Other CONSUMER MANUFACTURER IMPORT E-waste Flow Domestic Commercial Auction to Vendors Exchange with vendor for higher configuration Vendor Lobby Working parts to other industries Scrap Dealer To other Industries

  9. Toxics in E-waste Over 1000 materials, many toxic • Lead and cadmium in circuit boards; • Lead oxide and cadmium in monitor cathode ray tubes (CRTs); • Mercury in switches and flat screen monitors • Cadmium in computer batteries; • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in older capacitors and transformers; • Brominated flame retardants on printed circuit boards, plastic casings, cables • Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cable insulation - release highly toxic dioxins and furans when burned

  10. Existing Recycling/ Recovery Operation • Backyard operation. • Women and children employed. • Risk awareness non-existent or low. • Breaking, acid baths, open burning. • High environmental and occupational risks.

  11. Exercise: Develop Training Material on E-waste Basics • Divide into 4 groups and develop training material for specific target group: • Basics of E-waste including material flow • Informal sector • Bulk consumers • Hazardous substances in e-waste including Environmental and occupation health hazards • Individual consumers • Regulators • Duration 60 minutes Group work

  12. Thank you for your attention

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