ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 02  NO. 03 JULY 2014:

Title:              E-waste recycling practices in Bangladesh
Authors:     A.S.M. Riyad, Kh. Mahbub Hassan, M. Jabed Iqbal, M. Abdur Rahim, S.M.Wasi Uddin
Abstract:  The electrical and electronics industry is one of the world’s fastest growing manufacturing sectors.As a result of this rise in production, as well as the increasing rate of product obsolescence, waste from electrical and electronic equipment, or e-waste, has become the fastest-growing waste stream in the (post-) industrialized world. Sustainable management for e-waste recycling is a concerning fact in bangladesh to lessen environment pollution and health problems, which are attracting growing public interest. This study helps to scrutiny the existing e-waste management process and introduces proposals for the sustainable management of e-waste
products including the potentials of best possible recycling in the existing system. A structured questionnaire has been processed in dhaka and chittagong and existing literature were reviewed. Around 1,20,000 urban poor from the informal sector have been found to be involved in the e-waste recycling trade chain in dhaka city area where only children (under 10 year of age) accounted for approximately 50,000; amongst them about 40% were involved in ship breaking yards. Workers in the recycle shops were found to be less paid with monthly wages approximately bdt 3000 while a day labourer earns almost double approximately bdt 200 per day. The results of the study would provide us important insight into the growing concern of e-waste and would help us to gather input for designing policy measure to recycle e-wastes in a hazard-free manner.

Keywords:  E-Waste, Environmental Impacts, Health Impact, Hotspot, Recycling
Pages:       193-200

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