Butterworth-Heinemann Handbook of Electronic Waste Management: International Best Practices and Case Studies

Product Description Handbook of Electronic Waste Management: International Best Practices and Case Studies begin with a brief summary of the environmental challenges associated with the approaches used in international e-waste handling. The book's authors offer a detailed presentation of e-waste handling methods that also includes examples to further demonstrate how they work in the real world. This is followed by data that reveals the geographies of e-waste flows at global, national and subnational levels. Users will find this resource to be a detailed presentation of e-waste estimation methods that also addresses both the handling of e-waste and their hazardous effect on the surrounding environment. Review Presents the latest in e-waste management solutions using a case study approach From the Back Cover <p>The management of e-waste is a growing problem for developing countries, placing them at the forefront of creating innovative best practices for their handling, recycling and disposal. The <i>Handbook of Electronic Waste Management: International Best Practices and Case Studies</i> analyses e-waste management practices throughout the product waste lifecycle from generation, collection, and treatment as well as recycling and recovery. The authors present an in-depth discussion of e-waste technologies and management methods which are currently being pioneered in developing nations including but not limited to: China, and India in Asia; Nigeria and Uganda in Africa; Mexico, Colombia and Brazil in Latin and South America.</p> <p><i>Handbook of Electronic Waste Management: International Best Practices and Case Studies </i>begin with a brief summary of the environmental challenges associated with international e-waste handling practices approaches. The authors also offer a detailed a presentation of e-waste handling methods complete with an example of each method to further demonstrate how they work in the real world. This is followed by data that will reveal the geographies of E-waste flows at global, national and subnational levels. A detailed and comparative presentation of e-waste estimation methods complete with an example of each estimation method to further explain the method. The Handbook also addresses both the handling of e-waste and there hazardous effect on the surrounding environment.</p> About the Author Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad is an emeritus professor in the School of Sciences at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. He also taught at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He has made significant contributions to the field of plant-metal interactions, bioremediation, and bioeconomy. He has also published over 210 research articles in peer-reviewed journals with Google Scholar h-index of 61. He is the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of several books by leading international publishers. She is the leader of the Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, Visiting Associate Research Professor, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka and an Adjunct Associate Research Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Dr. Vithanage’s research approach builds on enabling measurements of concentrations and reaction rates in environmental samples for key/emerging pollutants in the environment in order to assess their fate and transport to discover solutions to remediate those using different geo/bio/nano materials. Dr. Vithanage is particularly interested in elucidating the mechanistic understanding of release/remediation of pollutants with contrasting physical and chemical properties that can be used to obtain insights into environmental partitioning, chemical persistence and ultimate accumulation in biota. To this end, her current research interests are focused on monitoring atmospheric deposition, landfill leachate, water and soil for pollutant