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Electronic and electrical wastes (e-waste) are generated from used electrical and electronic gadgets, after their lifetime or discarded for the reason of upgradation. The rapid growth in population causes 20–50 million tons of e-waste generated worldwide. Components of electrical and electronic waste include circuit boards, batteries, cathode-ray tubes, plastic casings, activated glass, and lead capacitors which are also classified in the category of e-waste. E-waste is highly hazardous to human health, and obviously it exhibits inherent mutagen to all living populations. Importantly, the possible risk of fetus perturbations and child neurodevelopmental problems affects the people living in informal e-waste recycling sites. E-waste recycling consists of the following processes: collection of e-waste from the source site, preprocessing, recovery of reusable materials, and final disposal of nonrecyclable residues. The clarification of unexplored areas (e-waste) of individual countries, amelioration of e-waste-tracking management system, identification of key barriers, and integrated technologies which concern socioeconomic factors are the effective cures for an e-waste management system. Support of effective recycling management relies on administration, customers, corporate, and public society organizations. Recycling e-waste is a significant step to reduce the hazards, and energy conversion production, like metals from e-waste using microorganisms (bioleaching), is discussed in this chapter. In addition, the current perspectives of e-waste generation, environment and economic status, existed and upgraded problems, advances in recent trends of treatment technologies, techno-socioeconomic-innovative solutions, and the importance of effective alternatives like green technologies are discussed in this chapter.
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Subramaniam, R., Rajagopalan, K., Mathews, M.G.R., Selvan Christyraj, J.D., Selvan Christyraj, J.R.S. (2022). E-Waste Management: Rising Concern on Existing Problems, Modern Perspectives, and Innovative Solutions. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Baskar, S., Sharma, R., Chinnappan, A., Sehrawat, R. (eds) Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4230-2_115
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