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Electronic Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities

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Managing waste generated from electrical and electronic equipment is recognized as one of the major environmental challenges for the twenty-first century around the world. Every year e-waste is growing at a rate of 3–5% and is estimated to reach 52.2 million tons by the year 2021. Most of the research technologies developed for the recycling of e-waste in pilot or laboratory scale require validation in terms of design, operation, and cost. Proper management can not only protect the environment from pollution but also provide alternate secondary sources for these metals.

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  1. Department of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India

    Deepak Pant

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Tenzin Dolker

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, Haryana, India

    Somvir Bajar

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Pant, D., Dolker, T., Bajar, S., Singh, A. (2020). Electronic Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Singh, A., Srivastava, S., Rathore, D., Pant, D. (eds) Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6021-7_5

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