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An emerging env.issue:E-waste |
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by Anjila Pandey | 26-03-2020 22:19
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E-waste has been an emerging issue in the present context globally. Undoubtedly,it's been raising as one of the hazardous environmental pollutants these days. So, what exactly is e-waste? Introduction
E waste is an abbreviated form of Electronic waste. It refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices. E-waste can also be considered as used electronics which are destined for refurbishment (renovation and redecoration), reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal. When electronics end up in landfills, toxics like lead, mercury, and cadmium leach into the soil and water. Magnitude of the problem:- The electronic waste problem is huge.Worldwide, some 45 million tons of electric and electronic waste was produced last year alone, and this has been increasing at 7% a year. According to a study carried out by Nepal’s Department of Environment, Kathmandu alone discarded 18,000 metric tons of e-waste last year. Management of E-waste:- Managing E-waste can be in a large scale such as usage of land-fill compressors to simple ways. Here are some of the techniques of managing the waste in our home/locality easily:-
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25 Comments
thank you
Posted 18-08-2020 18:14
You're welcome Sudha.
Posted 19-04-2020 19:33
Thanks for sharing.
Posted 12-04-2020 20:19
Thankyou very much for the lovely feedback. Best wishes to you too,Jasmine Karki!
Posted 30-03-2020 13:54
I kindly appreciate your feedback, Sushmita Adhikari. GREEN CHEERS!
Posted 30-03-2020 13:52
Greetings
I do hope everything is going well ..
Thank you so much for sharing your report !!!
It was awesome to go through it and know about E-waste.It must be taken into consideration as soon as possible..
Hope to learn more from you on upcoming days..
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 30-03-2020 02:14
Hello
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Green cheers
Warm regards
Susmita
Posted 29-03-2020 01:19
Thankyou for the feedback,Anima.
Posted 28-03-2020 14:14
Thanks for your report.
Keep Writing
Posted 28-03-2020 12:25
Thankyou for the feeback, Sameer!
Posted 27-03-2020 21:40
We all are informing each other on interesting topics. Thankyou too,Soyam.
Posted 27-03-2020 21:39
Hello Susmita,
Thankyou for the feeback friend!
GREEN CHEERS!
Regards,
Anjila Pandey
Posted 27-03-2020 21:38
Yes, you are absoultely right Rachu!
Posted 27-03-2020 21:37
You are welcome Ramesh!
Posted 27-03-2020 21:36
Thanks for your valuable information
Posted 27-03-2020 12:04
With the increasing use of technology and electronics, it is an important issue as we are producing more e waste toi
Posted 27-03-2020 10:18
Hello anjila
I hope you are doing well
Thanks for enlightening on E-waste
Thank you for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Susmita
Posted 27-03-2020 06:53
Thanks for letting us know about e-waste.
Posted 27-03-2020 01:14
Thanks for the report.
We should be aware about e-waste.
Keep writing!!
Posted 26-03-2020 23:13
Hello Kajol Uprety,
You are absolutely right. Thankyou for the read!
GREEN CHEERS!
Warm regards,
Anjila Pandey
Posted 26-03-2020 22:57
Hello Sonika,
Thankyou for the feedback and reading my report.
GREEN CHEERS!
Best wishes,
Anjila
Posted 26-03-2020 22:55
Hello Rijana Adhikari,
I hope you are doing well.
Thankyou for the feedback.
GREEN CHEERS!
Regards,
Anjila Pandey
Posted 26-03-2020 22:53
Thanks for your valuable information.
Posted 26-03-2020 22:45
Hello Anjila!!
Nice report!!
High modernization , high technology development has lead to invention of sources of E -waste .
High demand in the market has lead to high E - waste these days.
Selling, donating,recycle ,purpose use of electronic invention can reduce E- waste!!
Keep on writing!!
GREEN CHEERS!!
Yours,
Sonika!!
Posted 26-03-2020 22:34
Selling or donating old electronic devices cam make management of the e-waste easier.
Yours,
Kajol
Posted 26-03-2020 22:29