It is estimated that in developing countries today, more than 20 million e-waste items are no longer being used and are sitting, redundant, in offices and homes around the country. Less than 10% of e-waste is recycled.
E-waste can also be environmentally harmful. It contains toxic and hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated fire retardants. Items containing these substances are damaging to the environment and should not be sent to landfill. If disposed of correctly, the recyclable components can be recovered for reuse and hazardous materials can be treated appropriately.
Improperly managed e-waste disposal has serious implications for the environment, human health, and information security. The environmentally sound and secure management of e-waste is a key element of the federal government greening government operations agenda.Basically the government trying to reduce the effects of e waste on human healthy and environment
1)Capacity Building:
The development of infrastructures for a sustainable, efficient, effective and target-group oriented capacity building to increase awareness on the growing e-waste problem.
2)Recycling:
The enhancement of global recycling infrastructures, systems and technologies to realize sustainable e-waste recycling systems with special focus in developing countries.3)Redesign and Reuse:
Efforts to support the design for better re-use, repair, refurbishment and recycling.Also,the development of replicable, sustainable and globally consistent re-use systems for electrical and electronic equipment.
4)Re-purpose:
What we can’t repair, we disassemble and separate the metals that is in turn sold to reputable state recyclers and also governments are introducing free e waste recycling to reduce dumping
5)Polices
The analysis of existing approaches and e-waste policies in order to issue recommendations for future developments in both developing and developing world.
