Abstract
E-waste in general termed as “Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipments (WEEE)” is the fastest growing waste stream in the world. Rapid product obsolescence and short life cycles are key driving forces for this environmental problem. WEEE contains a high quantity of toxic and hazardous materials. E-waste management is a difficult task and requires environmentally safe and economical methods. Establishing a proper supply chain network for collection and segregation of e-waste is the most important step. The study develops as holistic supply chain framework to improve the sustainability of the e-waste management system in India considering the requirement of the e-waste processing plant. Specifically this paper addresses the following three questions—What are the issues and challenges in the supply chain framework considering the environmental criteria, legislative criteria and other stakeholder’s requirements? What are the areas needed to be improved considering the WEEE producer requirements? Which supply chain characteristics of a WEEE processing plant are needed to be strengthened? The study follows a case study approach. Firstly, a questionnaire was developed based on the primary research and a survey was followed. Secondly, the answers obtained from the field study were used to analyse using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and thirdly, the drawbacks were interpreted from the results of the AHP analysis. Finally, using the results, a sustainable supply chain framework was proposed. A number of researches are available in this field but works considering the requirements of different stakeholders are scant. Further few studies are available considering the supply chain of India. This research will be helpful for researchers and the stakeholders of e-waste management.
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Authors acknowledge the support provided by the UK India Educational Research Initiative (UKIERI) project, “Waste to Energy from Municipal Waste—DSS for planning and implementation in India” at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, and Aston University, UK. The author acknowledges the support provided by International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water” (ISWMAW) and Jadavpur University.
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Baidya, R., Debnath, B., Ghosh, S.K. (2019). Analysis of E-Waste Supply Chain Framework in India Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. In: Ghosh, S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_73
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