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This document summarizes a student project report on analyzing household electronic waste. The report aims to raise awareness about e-waste and its proper management. Through an online survey of 68 respondents, the report analyzes the use of electronics like phones and computers, disposal habits, and knowledge of e-waste hazards. Most respondents are found to dispose of e-waste in trash and lack awareness of recycling services. The conclusion discusses the growing pollution problems caused by toxic metals in improperly disposed e-waste and calls for more awareness efforts.

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Blackbook

This document summarizes a student project report on analyzing household electronic waste. The report aims to raise awareness about e-waste and its proper management. Through an online survey of 68 respondents, the report analyzes the use of electronics like phones and computers, disposal habits, and knowledge of e-waste hazards. Most respondents are found to dispose of e-waste in trash and lack awareness of recycling services. The conclusion discusses the growing pollution problems caused by toxic metals in improperly disposed e-waste and calls for more awareness efforts.

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PROJECT REPORT ON

A SURVEY ON ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD


ELECTRONIC WASTE
BY

ANUSHKA KITKE, MSC PART 2

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

GUIDED BY

DR. SONAL TAWDE


CONTENT

1. Introduction
2. Aims
3. Objectives
4. Methodology
5. Data collection
6. Observation and analysis
7. Result
8. Conclusion and discussion
INTRODUCTION
E-waste is an abbreviation for electronic waste. The term is applied to discarded electrical or
electronic equipment that is unfit for further use because of malfunctioning, lack of repair or spare
parts, or is too outdated to be sold commercially efficiently.
The rapid expansion of technology means that a very large amount of e-waste is created every
minute.
This survey is an effort to recognize the above problem of growing e-waste and analyse at least
some of the ways a consumer has the effect on the same.
Rapid changes in technology, changes in media (tapes, software, MP3), falling prices, and planned
obsolescence have resulted in a fast-growing surplus of electronic waste around the globe.
Technical solutions are available, but in most cases, a legal framework, a collection, logistics, and
other services need to be implemented before a technical solution can be applied.
AIMS

The study is conducted because healthy environment is a part of our life.


The problem can be solved only by instilling awareness in people about e-
waste and management of electronics.
The study includes local household data of how people use and dispose day to
day life simple electronic waste. This shows the awareness of people regarding
electronic waste and its management and also how people are not aware of its
management.
The e-waste problem is because most of the people are using electronic gadgets
but they do not have proper knowledge of its management and disposal. It is
felt that they are unaware of the harmful effect of e-waste accumulation.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives formulated for the study are:
1. To find out the presence of rag pickers or reclaimers of waste in or near the survey respondent’s locality.
2. To find out the use of household electronics, namely computers and mobile phones by the respondents.
3. To find out the frequency of use of household electronics, namely computers and mobile phones by the
respondents.
4. To find out the number of mobile phones purchased/replaced by the respondents in the past 10 years.
5. To find out the number of laptops/PCs have you purchased/replaced by the respondents in the past 10
years.
6. To find out reason for purchasing new cell phones and/or computers.
7. To find out what the respondents have done with the electronics that they no longer use.
8. To find out if they consider their unused electronics to be waste, or to have another purpose.
9. To find out if they know someone who can collect their unused electronics for reuse, reselling, recycling,
or dismantling.
10. To find out if they perceive any hazards or risks in e-waste.
11. To find out if they know of any electronic waste management policies currently implemented in India.
METHODOLOGY

The use of electronic in today’s world is inevitable, and so is the creation of the
problem of E-Waste.
Thus, learning more about the hazards created by this e-waste is necessary.
For this, awareness among people about the same has to be done. Local consumers
are one of the highest producers of e-waste.
Hence, surveys and spreading awareness about the use and management of e-waste
among the local consumers is one of the many ways to reduce this growing problem.
In the given survey, a mixture of qualitative as well as quantitative approach is used
to analyse the usage of electronic equipment and generation of e-waste by the local
consumers in the areas surrounding and in Kalyan city, Thane, Maharashtra.
DATA COLLECTION

Among the quantitative approach, are some of the measurable questions asked to the
respondents through an online method.
Regarding the qualitative approach the respondents are asked such questions that might have
impacted the way they think about the problem of e-waste and how to reduce the same.
The collection of this data was done through an online application. This application created a
series of questions for the respondents to answer.
This data was collected approximately for the time of a week and was spread through all the
age groped and genders. It took approximately a weeks’ time to collect all the data and work
on it.
The parameters were indeed simply some yes or no questions as well as some quantitatively
easy option questions.
OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS
Among all the 11 questions that were asked taking into consideration all the objectives of this project, there were many different
responses from the respondents.

The analysis was carried out with the help of graphs and interpretation and the numbers thus found varied from objective to objective.

It was thus observed that :

1. Majority of the respondents have rag pickers in their surroundings


2. Majority of the respondents use both computers, laptops as well as mobile phones
3. Majority of respondents have not purchased new mobile phones and laptops in the past 5 years and they still use them
4. Majority of the respondents reason to purchase new mobile phone was physical damage
5. Majority of the respondents dispose off their e-waste in the trash
6. Majority of respondents consider their unused electronics to have a purpose if they can be repaired and reused
7. Majority of the respondents do not know of services meant for electronic reuse, resale, recycle and dismantling
8. Majority of respondents think that e-waste perceive hazards on the environment
9. Majority of respondents do not know any policy or government body for electronic waste management
RESULT

The given survey focused on the analysis of household e-waste in the locality of
Kalyan, Thane Dist., Maharashtra, India.
The main areas of focus were the use of mobiles and laptops/PCs in this growing
world of technology, as well as the other appliances that people use in their daily
lives.
There were 68 respondents who participated in this online survey.
All these respondents were asked different easy to answer questions about the
electronic items that they have, how they handle it, how they dispose it and other
information related to the electronic waste generated by them as consumers.
CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
To conclude this survey, we can say that the given data proved to be helpful to know about the consumer use of electronic in the
taken locality and in the upcoming future the surveys like this might help in creating awareness among the people about
electronic waste and its severity in polluting the environment.
E-waste consists of devices and appliances that are no longer needed or are malfunctioning. It includes the materials that are no
longer used or are obsolete. In some cases, it consists of computers, electronic storage and equipment, cell phones, and other
similar materials and devices.
The discarded e-waste materials are used to develop new products, resources, and services.
E-waste is also referred to as second-hand or end-of-life electronic products.
Electronic waste contains various heavy metals. Most of these metals are considered harmful to human health and may result in
cancer, liver and kidney problems, respiratory illness, and even death. Most of the metals are chemically inert in that they do not
oxidize into an ionic state.
Therefore, there is little leaching into the environment. However, this can change as soon as they come into contact with water;
it is not unusual for e-waste (or, in some instances, any chemical) to dissolve in water. This process can create environmental
problems.
Creating awareness might help in making people understand the growing demand and supply of the resources used in the
making of this electronic items and the pollution that they create is beyond repair.
THANK YOU

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