Sustainable E-Waste Management

Sustainable E-Waste Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Health Implications explores various means that can be utilized to provide complete remediation of the devastating impact of e-wastes on health and the environment. The book provides the complete challenges associated with improper e-waste management and its associated impacts, while also offering potential solutions to counter the demerits. Sections cover e-waste recycling and management, risks and opportunities, hazardous substances present, occupational health hazards, capacity building, evidence about health impacts, e-waste and its leachates' impact, health implications, the role of government regulations, and Sustainable Development Goals. Users will find an in-depth analysis of the numerous environmental and health issues that are associated with poor handling of e-wastes along with mitigative solutions.

• Provides information on the hazardous substances present in e-wastes and their occupational health hazards
• Includes evidence about the health impacts of exposure, the health risks associated with improper handling, and the environmental consequences of poor recycling practices
• Investigates emerging recycling technologies, the economic advantages of proper e-waste management, and how these practices can contribute to a circular economy and sustainable development goals
• Highlights new recycling technologies for e-waste management while also discussing the economic and environmental benefits of using advanced methods