Global E-waste Management Strategies and Future Implications

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to WEEE
2. Global scenario of E-waste generation and future predictions
3. Challenges and extended business opportunity associated with E-waste management options
4. Existing trends in E-waste management and its future implications
5. Formal and informal E-waste recycling methods its advantages and disadvantages
6. Hydrometallurgy: Urban mining of E-waste and its future implications
7. Pyrometallurgy: Urban mining of E-waste and its future implications
8. Bioleaching: Urban mining of E-waste and its future implications
9. Occupational health hazards associated with E-waste handling, treatment, and management and case studies
10. Associated environmental threats due to E-waste management and case studies
11. Existing E-waste regulations and legislations in developed and developing countries
12. Challenges and opportunities associated with bridging the gaps for E-waste management between developed and developing countries
13. Sustainable and effective E-waste management tools with case studies
14. Innovative and best available practises for E-waste management with case studies
15. Transitions towards sustainable E-waste management plans
16. Resilient E-waste management system in emergencies like COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters etc.

Authors

Shashi Arya Technology Development Centre, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, India. Dr. Shashi Arya is a Sponsored Researcher at Imperial College of London, Centre for Environmental Policy working in sustainable and cost-effective E-waste management. Dr. Arya holds a Ph. D from CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur and Academy of Scientific and Innovation Research (AcSIR), India and Masters from Banaras Hindu University, India. Her research background is primarily focused in the broad field of Environmental Science and Technology with interest in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, expertise in E-waste, Bioleaching, Circular Economy, Life Cycle Assessment, Enhanced Resource Recovery, Sustainable Technology, Battery waste, Biomaterial Product Development and Sustainable Development Goals including over a wide range of environmental topics. Devoted to promoting economic growth and experienced in leading academic research projects to deliver cost-effective measures in a sustainable manner. Reliable team member with a personable nature and positive communication style, maintains professional boundaries while building lasting relationships. Possess the capacity to support teams with the achievement of environmental goals, budgets and efficiency markers. Committed to continuous learning and professional development with genuine interest in improving environmental quality. Sunil Kumar CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India. Dr. Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 20 years of experience in leading, supervising and undertaking research in the broader field of Environmental Engineering and Science with focus on Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. He has contributed extensively to these fields and has h-index of 30 and i10-index of 43 (Google scholar); highly impressive for a non-academic researcher from India. His contributions since inception at CSIR-NEERI in 200 include 130 refereed journal publications, 04 books and 25 book chapters, 08 Edited volumes and numerous project reports to various governmental and private, local and International academic /research bodies. The list of his collaborations is long and includes key Indian universities, such as IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Mumbai and prestigious regional institutes, such as Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Hong Baptist University as well as universities in US (Columbia, Texas A&M) and Europe (UN University and University of Uppsala).