Recycling Potential of E-Waste for Jammu City

Abstract

The fate of end-of-life electronics (e-wastes) is of increasing concern because of their toxicity and ever-increasing volumes. Addressing these concerns requires proper management plans and strategy which in turn requires reliable estimates of e-waste generation, consumer’s disposal behaviour and awareness which are central to any successful E-waste management interventions without which no reuse/recycling efforts would be fully functional and satisfactory, no pollution abatement initiatives would be entirely successful, no policy instruments could be satisfactorily implemented. In this study the use and consumption model was used to estimate the generation of e-waste from the households. This model takes into account average lifespan and average weight of the selected electronic products. The data required for this model was obtained from field surveys with the help of questionnaires. The total generation of e-waste in the Jammu city comes equal to 7.745 tons per day (with per captia generation rate of 0.00675 kg per inhabitant per day) out of which the amount sold as scrap is equal to 0.825 tons.