Sustainability Potentials of Informal Gold Recovery from Discarded Mobile Phones: E-waste Management Insights for Global Business and Trade

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Clarissa M. Pesigan ◽  
Virginia J. Soriano
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Gold Recovery ◽  
Global Business

scholarly journals Handling Solutions for Electronic Waste (E - Waste) in Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Dedy Suprayogi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
Development Technology ◽  
Obsolete Technology ◽  
Regulatory Economic

Any changes always take effect to the environment either positive or negative, it is no exception developments in technology. In addition to bringing benefits to the human development, technology has always had a negative impact, actually thrash or waste from obsolete technology as the results of the process productions or side product. The mobile phones waste is one of the electronic waste that need to be awareness. Electronic waste processing in particular mobile phones as one of the new problems in the waste management, and it will be an ice mountain problem for developing countries because generally they have limited technology, insufficiency of financial and lack of human resources in the management of electronic waste that electronic trash left to accumulate for granted. Indonesia as a developing country need to strengthening regulatory, economic support and technology transfer of electronic waste management from developed countries to suppress pollution caused by electronic waste disposal carelessly.

scholarly journals Analyzing the intention of the households to drop off mobile phones to the collection boxes: empirical study in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Rafia Afroz ◽  
Mohammad Muhibbullah ◽  
Puteri Farhana ◽  
Mohammad Niaz Morshed
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Cost

Purpose To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600). Design/methodology/approach This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control. Findings The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention. Originality/value These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

Quantify E-waste and its Disposal Strategy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Ranjan Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Basic Composition ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Right

Global business scenario of the various green initiatives, waste recycling creates the highest positive impact on the environment. Of all the different types of waste, electronic waste has the characteristics of the fastest growing segment of waste, most valuable due to its basic composition, very hazardous if not handled carefully. However, the sector is very new with only a few corporate players in India and globally. Most of the electronic waste management sector is currently handled by the unorganized/informal sector in India. However due to lack of skills, knowledge, awareness, etc., the sector has remained highly labor intensive, environmentally unfriendly and unhealthy. If done in the right way, and in an organized fashion, e-waste management can become a dominant economic sector. As per various numbers published by various research agencies, about 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are generated worldwide every year. E-waste comprises more than 5 % of all solid waste generated and the volume is expected to increase at a rate of 300% per annum in developing countries.

scholarly journals Usage of electronic devices and awareness regarding e-waste management amongst engineering college students: a cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Maya N. Nannaware ◽  
Shraddha S. Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Electrical Equipment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Background: The total waste generated by obsolete or broken down electronic and electrical equipment was estimated to be 1,46,000 tonnes for the year 2005, which is expected to exceed 8,00,000 tonnes by 2012. However, according to the Green peace report in 2007, India generated 380,000 tonnes of e-waste. Only 3% of this made it to the authorized recyclers’ facilities.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 133 Engineering Students of Sinhgad Institute of Technology College, Lonavala, Pune which is located in a rural field practice area of Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune during the period of June 2016 to December 2016. Data was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed by using Epi. Info 7 and appropriate statistical tests were applied.Results: Almost 125 (94%) students replaced mobile phones in last five years. Common reason for replacement was desire for newer technology by 33 (26.4%) students and need for greater functionality by 29 (23.2%). The old mobile phones were kept at home by 34 (27.2%) students, followed by dumped by 31 (24.8%), it was also noted that many students sold the mobile phones and only 8 (6.5%) were aware of the e–waste management policy.Conclusions: Most of the students replacing the mobile phones frequently but the level of awareness about the e-waste management were low, so need to increase the awareness among the users for implementation of the e waste management policy.

scholarly journals Electrochemical study of gold recovery from ammoniacal thiosulfate, simulating the PCBs leaching of mobile phones

2018 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 500-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela C. Kasper ◽  
Hugo M. Veit ◽  
Montserrat García-Gabaldón ◽  
Valentín Pérez Herranz
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Gold Recovery ◽  
Electrochemical Study

scholarly journals Analysis of Households’ E-Waste Awareness, Disposal Behavior, and Estimation of Potential Waste Mobile Phones towards an Effective E-Waste Management System in Dubai

Toxics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Yousra Attia ◽  
Prashant Kumar Soori ◽  
Fadi Ghaith
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Management System ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Disposal Behavior

During the recent decades, the world has seen ongoing economic and technological development which resulted in the generation of huge volumes of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks among countries with large e-waste generation due to its consumers’ high spending on electronic devices thereby resulting in a high obsolescence rate in the country. Accordingly, this study aims to analyze the e-waste management and recycling practices in the UAE. It takes Dubai as a case study and conducts a structured questionnaire to analyze households’ awareness, consumption of electronic devices in general and mobile phones in particular, and the disposal behavior of e-waste. Waste mobile phones is taken as a key representative in this study, in which potential waste mobile phones is estimated using the Approximation 1 method in the period 2021–2030. Results from the survey illustrated gaps among households’ awareness and disposal behavior of e-waste, where e-waste recycling rates were noticed to be low. Based on these gaps, strategies were proposed for an effective e-waste management system in the context of Dubai, and were supported by the proposal of an e-waste legislation framework in the UAE.

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