Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for E-Waste Management and Utilization

In this contemporary world, urbanization, industrialization, and digitalization have drastically expanded to provide better living standards for human beings. The rate of change in technology is also very high, which introduces updated electronic devices very frequently in the market, which results in a huge garbage dump of e-waste. With the increase in the use of electronic devices, the e-waste generated over the globe is also increasing drastically, which becomes a barrier to sustainable development. Therefore, it is essential to formulate strategies and manage the e-waste generated from all sources to achieve sustainable goals.

Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for E-Waste Management and Utilization assesses the activities involved in e-waste generation; identifies the potential impacts of e-waste on society, the economy, and the environment; and recommends appropriate e-waste handling and disposal measures following the rules of regulatory bodies. Covering key topics such as sustainable development, waste recovery, and innovation, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, environmental scientists, administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.

A. M. Rawani is Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Former Director of National Institute of Technology Raipur (India). He has received his M. Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Kharagpur and Ph.D. in Strategic Management from I.I.T. Delhi. He has about 40 years of teaching/research and administrative experience of educational institutes. He has published more than 120 research papers and produced 10 Ph. D. He has also delivered keynote speeches in academic conferences held in many countries like USA, Switzerland, Singapore, China, Mauritius, Dubai, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia. His areas of interest are Strategic Management, Flexible Systems Management, Fly-ash Management and Quality Management.

Mithilesh Kumar Sahu is a leading researcher in the area of energy conversion and management. He is presently working at OP Jindal University, Chhattisgarh as a senior Assistant Professor. Prior to OP Jindal University, he worked in GVPCE (A) Visakhapatnam for about 3.5 years. He is having more than 7 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Sahu has completed his M-Tech and Ph.D. from NIT Jamshedpur. He has published more than 40 research papers in reputed journals and attended more than 10 National/International conferences. Dr. Sahu has also participated in more than 25 FDP/SSTP/Workshops. Along with teaching, he is also associated with administrative and research work. He mentored 5 M.Tech and 7 B.Tech projects. He is recognized as an esteemed reviewer for many SCI, SCI-e, and SCOPUS journals. His field of research is energy conversion, energy management, power plant engineering, and exergy analysis of thermal systems.

Siddharth S. Chakrabarti , Director-Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration, Professor & Head-Mechanical Engineering Department at OP Jindal University is a principal investigator in the Energy and Environmental Analysis Group at OP Jindal University. He is also working as Director for the Centre of Advanced Welding, Vice President-Institutional Innovation Council and his research focus on evaporative heat transfer, flow and heat transfer in porous media, Solar Global Radiations, Solar thermal applications, nanomaterial, heat transfer with change of phase, profile loss evaluation in turbines and other emerging areas. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research, and industry experience and has also worked as a member of the Board of Management for two consecutive terms at the University. He has visited countries such as the US and China, published around 75 papers in renowned international journals, and has five published and one granted patent. Dr. Chakrabarti has obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and M Tech from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal.

Ajit Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Business Management at GLA University Mathura. He has received his M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management from NIT Raipur and PhD in quality management of engineering education from NIT Raipur. He has published many research papers in reputed journals and attended many international conferences. He is a life member of Global Institution of Flexible System Management (GIFT) Delhi, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) Mumbai, and Institution of Engineer India (IEI). His areas of research are Management of Engineering Education, Quality Management, Optimization, Accreditation and Ranking, etc.