Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste
Author: Bruce A. Fowler
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128030844

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Electronic Waste: Toxicology and Public Health Issues discusses the major public health concerns due to the presence of toxic chemicals that are generated from improper recycling and disposal practices of electronic waste (e-waste). This book highlights hazardous inorganic chemicals found in e-waste, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, gallium, iridium, and nanomaterials, also focusing on health issues related to the presence of BPA, styrene, and other plastic components and combustion products, while also identifying populations at special risk. To provide readers with potential solutions to this global problem, Dr. Fowler presents risk assessment approaches using chemicals, mixtures, biomarkers, susceptibility factors, and computational toxicology. He discusses how to translate the information gathered through risk assessment into safe and effective international policies. The final chapter is devoted to future research directions. This is a timely and useful resource for all those concerned with the health issues surrounding e-waste management and proper disposal, including toxicologists, public health and policy officials, environmental scientists, and risk assessors. Offers a well-researched, single authored book and draws attention to the need for better and more informed risk assessment and policymaking in this area Emphasizes the transference of electronic waste (e-waste) to developing countries where populations of concern include children working in recycling activities and impoverished groups with poor nutritional status and limited access to medical resources Reviews, in detail, the issue of exposure to chemical mixtures as a central feature of e-waste due to the presence of a number of organic and inorganic chemicals in modern electronic devices

Electronic Waste Management

Electronic Waste Management
Author: Ronald E. Hester
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0854041125

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Electronic waste contains toxic and carcinogenic compounds, which can pose a risk to the environment. This title discusses the directive and examines legislation in the USA and other parts of the world, considering the opportunities and threats posed by this form of waste.

E-waste Recycling and Management

E-waste Recycling and Management
Author: Anish Khan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030141845

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This book gives up-to-date information and broad views on e-waste recycling and management using the latest techniques for industrialist and academicians. It describes the problems of e-waste generated by all global living communities and its impact on our ecosystems and discusses recycling techniques in detail to reduce its effect as well as proper management of e-waste to save the environment. It also considers future technological expectations from e-waste recycling and management technologies.

E-waste

E-waste
Author: David Barker
Publisher: Essential Library
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Electronic apparatus and appliances
ISBN: 9781532110221

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Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. E-Wasteshines a light on the ever-growing amount of e-waste and the lack of resources to safely recycle it. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind damages to human and environmental health, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

E-waste

E-waste
Author: Xianlai Zeng
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Electronic apparatus and appliances
ISBN: 9781536106046

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E-waste management has become the top global issue in terms of environmental protection and resource recycling. Although many attempts have been carried out to address the issue, many problems remain. This book contains seven chapters that not only review the history of e-waste management and summarize the achievement of technology and regulation, but also present some of the latest research in these areas involving e-waste generation, extended producer responsibility, and recycling process. Finally, the book reveals the way to solve the global e-waste problem from academic research to national practices. At the research level, the way forward is proposed in three aspects; these include fundamental knowledge, recycling technology, and eco-design. At the practice level, four methods can be prospected for different types of countries and/or regions. Regarding most developed nations, EPR has been adopted to ensure the adequate collection of e-waste. With respect to most developing countries, legislation improving and collection channel strengthening will significantly contribute to e-waste recycling. Regarding small countries or regions ratifying the Basel Convention, mobile plants with efficient amounts of equipment can be promising candidates for e-waste recycling. And for some countries with little e-waste production, a feasible solution for e-waste recycling is that related countries can unite to establish some field facilities for a synergic management of their e-waste. This book is dedicated to solve the e-waste problem with some feasible solutions. It will provide some assistance for many stakeholders in e-waste areas. According to the obtained results and implications, academic researchers can find the future direction of unsolved subjects, and governments can make more reasonable decisions.

Managing Electronic Waste

Managing Electronic Waste
Author: Linda Luther
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2010-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437924670

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Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to obsolete, broken, electronic devices like TVs, CPUs, computer monitors, laptops, printers, scanners, and wiring. E-waste has become a concern due to the high volumes in which it is generated, the hazardous constituents it often contains (such as lead, mercury, and chromium), and the lack of reg¿s. applicable to its disposal or recycling. Contents of this report: (1) Impacts of E-Waste Exports; (2) Domestic E-Waste Disposal; Waste Vol.; Hazardous Constituents; (3) E-Waste Mgmt. Require.: Relevant Waste Disposal Require.; Recycling and Export Require.; (4) Factors Influencing E-Waste Exporting: Costly and Complex Domestic Recycling Processes; Limited Domestic Infrastructure and High Demand Abroad. Illus.

Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2005
Genre: Electric apparatus and appliances
ISBN:

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Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste
Author: John B. Stephenson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2006-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781422304730

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Advances in technology have led to rapidly increasing sales of new electronic devices. With this increase comes the dilemma of managing these products at the end of their useful lives. The disposal of used electronics could cause a number of environmental problems. Such problems are often exacerbated by the export of used electronics to countries without protective environmental regulations. Millions of used electronics become obsolete each year with only a fraction of them being recycled. This report: (1) summarizes info. on the volumes of, & problems associated with, used electronics; (2) examines the factors affecting their recycling & reuse; & (3) examines fed. efforts to encourage recycling & reuse of these products. Illustrations.

High Tech Trash

High Tech Trash
Author: Elizabeth Grossman
Publisher: Shearwater
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006-05-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

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An environmental journalist reveals that digital may be sleek, but it's anything but clean. Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients.

Electronic Waste: Harmful U. S. Exports Flow Virtually Unrestricted Because of Minimal EPA Enforcement and Narrow Regulation

Electronic Waste: Harmful U. S. Exports Flow Virtually Unrestricted Because of Minimal EPA Enforcement and Narrow Regulation
Author: John B. Stephenson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2009-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437910041

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Increasingly, U.S. consumers are recycling their old electronics to prevent the environmental harm that can come from disposal. However, that some U.S. companies are exporting these items to developing countries, where unsafe recycling practices can damage health and the environment. Items with cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) are particularly harmful because they contain lead, a known toxin. In Jan. 2007, EPA began regulating the export of CRT¿s under a rule requiring companies to notify EPA before exporting CRTs. This testimony examines: (1) the fate of exported used electronics; (2) the effectiveness of regulatory controls over the export of these devices; and (3) options to strengthen fed. regulation of exported used electronics. Illus.