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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Khan et al. (eds.), E-waste Recycling and Management,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 33,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14184-4_11
Chapter 11
Sustainable Electronic-Waste
Management: Implications
on Environmental and Human Health
K. Grace Pavithra, Panneer Selvam Sundar Rajan, D. Balaji,
and K. P. Gopinath
Contents
11.1 Introduction
202
11.1.1 Electronic-Waste and Sustainable Developmental Goals
203
11.2 Electronic-Waste Tracking and Driving Trends
204
11.2.1 Electronic-Waste Statistics and Measurement
205
11.3 Positive and Negative Effects of Electronic-Waste
208
11.4 Products that Make Challenges to a Recycler
209
11.4.1 Solar Panel
209
11.4.2 Liquid Crystal Display and Cathode-Ray Tube Monitors
209
11.4.3 Printed Circuit Boards
210
11.4.4 Cooling and Freezing Appliances
210
11.4.5 Batteries
210
11.5 Electronic-Waste to Human Health and Environment
211
11.5.1 Effects on Air
212
11.5.2 Effects on Aquatic Organisms
212
11.5.3 Effects on Soil
215
11.6 Electronic-Waste Management
216
11.7 Conclusion
216
References
217
Abstract The increasing level of Electronic-waste and its improper disposal and
unsafe treatment pose significant risks to the environment and human health. They
raise several challenges to the sustainable development goals. Electronic-waste is
considered one of the fastest-growing pollution problems all over the world as per
the United Nations environment programme estimates. This rapid growth is influenced by planned product extinction, lower prices, and change of lifestyle.
Unfortunately, a major amount of Electronic-waste is recycled in the informal sector
K. Grace Pavithra · P. S. Sundar Rajan · D. Balaji · K. P. Gopinath (*)
Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: gopinathkp@ssn.edu.in
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Khan et al. (eds.), E-waste Recycling and Management,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 33,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14184-4_11
Chapter 11
Sustainable Electronic-Waste
Management: Implications
on Environmental and Human Health
K. Grace Pavithra, Panneer Selvam Sundar Rajan, D. Balaji,
and K. P. Gopinath
Contents
11.1 Introduction
202
11.1.1 Electronic-Waste and Sustainable Developmental Goals
203
11.2 Electronic-Waste Tracking and Driving Trends
204
11.2.1 Electronic-Waste Statistics and Measurement
205
11.3 Positive and Negative Effects of Electronic-Waste
208
11.4 Products that Make Challenges to a Recycler
209
11.4.1 Solar Panel
209
11.4.2 Liquid Crystal Display and Cathode-Ray Tube Monitors
209
11.4.3 Printed Circuit Boards
210
11.4.4 Cooling and Freezing Appliances
210
11.4.5 Batteries
210
11.5 Electronic-Waste to Human Health and Environment
211
11.5.1 Effects on Air
212
11.5.2 Effects on Aquatic Organisms
212
11.5.3 Effects on Soil
215
11.6 Electronic-Waste Management
216
11.7 Conclusion
216
References
217
Abstract The increasing level of Electronic-waste and its improper disposal and
unsafe treatment pose significant risks to the environment and human health. They
raise several challenges to the sustainable development goals. Electronic-waste is
considered one of the fastest-growing pollution problems all over the world as per
the United Nations environment programme estimates. This rapid growth is influenced by planned product extinction, lower prices, and change of lifestyle.
Unfortunately, a major amount of Electronic-waste is recycled in the informal sector
K. Grace Pavithra · P. S. Sundar Rajan · D. Balaji · K. P. Gopinath (*)
Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: gopinathkp@ssn.edu.in