At present, waste mobile phone is considered to be one of the fastest-growing obsolete
items in the stream of electronic waste (e-waste). Toxic substances such as heavy metals …

Mobile phones and various electronic products contribute to the world's fastest-growing
category of hazardous waste with international repercussions. We investigated the trends in …

The electronic waste (e-waste) is increasingly flooding Asia, especially China. E-waste
could precipitate a growing volume of toxic input to the local environment if it was not …

Abstract Since 1950 to 2018, about 6.3 billion tonnes of plastics have been produced
worldwide, 9% and 12% of which have been recycled and incinerated, respectively. Human …

Technology innovation has accelerated progress in Information and Communications
Technology (ICT), especially in the mobile phones sector. Concurrently, local, national, and …

Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world due to
the rapid pace of technology enhancement and development. The exponential growth of e …

E-waste is discarded and shipped mostly to developing countries located in Asian continent
for disposal from other developed countries. Especially 70% of the world's e-waste ends up …

Waste plastic housing units (N= 60) of mobile phones (of different models, and brands),
were collected and analyzed for lead, cadmium, nickel and silver using atomic absorption …

Electronic waste is an important part of solid waste management around the world. Being a
large part of the solid waste, e-waste contains numerous hazardous components in the form …

Brief background E-waste generation has become a serious environmental challenge
worldwide. The global quantity of e-waste was estimated 44.7 million metric tons (Mt) in …