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Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 8(1), pp. 1 - 12
DOI: 10.13189/eee.2021.080101
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Current Status of E-waste and Future Perspective in Developing Countries: Benchmark Rwanda
Gratien Twagirayezu 1, Olivier Irumva 2,*, Abias Uwimana 3, Jean Claude Nizeyimana 4, Jean Paul Nkundabose 5
1 School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
2 School of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University 550025, China
3 University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3900, Kigali, Rwanda
4 School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130117, China
5 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 215009, China
ABSTRACT
Population proliferation, economic escalation and modernization have led to a tenacious increase in the number of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in developing countries (DCs) particularly in Rwanda. Also, with the onset of information and communication technology (ICT), people are eager to discover new technologies, leading to robust demand for contemporary electronic devices and the use of these tools. Expired EEE are being discarded expeditiously as E-waste in bulk due to a lack of perspicuous management and treatment approach. This work is intended to describe the development of e-waste and suggests theoretical recommendations. However, it is predicated on open access articles that use e-waste as a keyword, field survey and some of the most widely studied topics namely waste management, environmental and human health effects, and the current situation of waste management in a particular region. This work reveals that the National E-waste Management Policy will restraint the life end of EEE emanating in human health protection, environment conservation, and business development concomitant to management of electrical and electronic waste (E-waste) and recycling industries, and job creation for sustainable development.
KEYWORDS
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Information Communication and Technologies, E-waste
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[1] Gratien Twagirayezu , Olivier Irumva , Abias Uwimana , Jean Claude Nizeyimana , Jean Paul Nkundabose , "Current Status of E-waste and Future Perspective in Developing Countries: Benchmark Rwanda," Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1 - 12, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2021.080101.
(b). APA Format:
Gratien Twagirayezu , Olivier Irumva , Abias Uwimana , Jean Claude Nizeyimana , Jean Paul Nkundabose (2021). Current Status of E-waste and Future Perspective in Developing Countries: Benchmark Rwanda. Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), 8(1), 1 - 12. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2021.080101.