Electronic Waste Management : A Life Cycle Assessment Approach applicable to e-waste

ISBN-13: 9783659465819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str.

Jawad Khan

Opis

A life cycle assessment measures inputs, outputs and environmental impacts of a product across its lifespan, from cradle to grave. Electrical and Electronic waste (E-waste) is any useless material in the form of a used part of a device in non-repairable condition; obsolete equipment or waste generated during its manufacturing process or is produced due its expiration, or subscription to an innovative electronic product. Pakistan is also a victim of this ever increasing electronic waste due to local industrial growth besides becoming a dumping ground for developed societies for their used electronic devices and equipment. Current study estimates the amount of electronic-manufacturing waste generated in the production process of fans, motors, pumps, capacitors, washing machines and to design life cycle assessment (LCA), a modern approach in waste management.

O autorze

Jawad Ahmad Khan, BS(HONS)ES: Studied Environmental Science at International Islamic university, Islamabad. My field of interests are environmental management, life cycle assessment, water resource management and its treatment, solid and hazardous waste management urban management, sustainability.