Future Forecasting Pollutants in Cell Phone Waste
Journal Title: Journal of Environmental and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The use of mobile phones has rapidly increased. The e-waste generated by obsoleted electrical and electronic equipment is growing fast. The recycling, reuse and refurbish is an efficient way to control e-waste. The survey tried to focus on two sets of stakeholders, end mobile users and mobile shopkeepers. An objective of the survey was to understand the action taken on old mobiles by end users and mobile shopkeepers. Based on the survey result, the total number of scrapped, refurbished and recycled mobiles was estimated. The study shows that action taken against exchange mobiles, against old mobiles and those mobiles which are not working. The finding of the survey shows that the old mobiles are discarded every after two years. Most of the discarded mobiles go through the recycling or refurbishing process. Few of those mobiles go as a scrap. Sales data of past 8 years was collected through secondary research to understand the probable e-waste generated by the mobiles This paper has estimated the total number of refurbished, recycled and scrap mobiles and pollution caused by these mobiles if not recycled properly till year the 2026.
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Swapnali Lotlikar
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