A community based study on e-waste disposal in Srinagar, Uttarakhand: assessment of awareness and practices

Authors

  • Bhola Nath Department of Community Medicine, VCSGGMS & RI, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India
  • Ranjeeta Kumari Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Valendu Gupta VCSGGMS & RI, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India
  • N. D. Vaswani Department of Pediatrics, Shaheed Hassan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, Nalhar, Mewat, Haryana, India
  • Seema Lekhwani Department of Biochemistry, BPS Khanpur Government Medical College, Sonipat, Haryana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183075

Keywords:

Electronic equipment, E-waste, Awareness, E-waste disposal

Abstract

Background: ‘E-waste’ is waste electrical and electronic equipment (EE) which are intended to be discarded. Improper disposal leads to hazardous effects on health and environment. Awareness about e-waste is important for all those using EE.

Methods: It was a community based cross sectional study among consumers of EE and scrap dealers in Srinagar city, of Pauri district in Garhwal division of Uttarakhand. Information was collected on knowledge about e-waste, its types and disposal practices.

Results: Only 6.7% respondents heard the term E-waste. 77% of the respondents didn’t know about the ways of disposing the e-waste and 45.7% were totally unaware of hazardous effects of improper disposal. Knowledge among scrap dealers was altogether absent.

Conclusions: Awareness on various aspects of E-waste was found to be poor among respondents and totally absent among scrap dealers.

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2018-07-23

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Nath, B., Kumari, R., Gupta, V., Vaswani, N. D., & Lekhwani, S. (2018). A community based study on e-waste disposal in Srinagar, Uttarakhand: assessment of awareness and practices. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 5(8), 3429–3434. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183075

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