Study of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste In Chapra District of Bihar
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https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST229333Keywords:
E-waste, Environmental Pollution, Soil Texture, Vehicular PollutionAbstract
In this present paper, we studied about environmental pollution by e- waste in Chapra district of Bihar. The historical background of the district as available in Ain-E-Akbari records Saran as one of the six Sarkars (Revenue Divisions) constituting the province of Bihar, At the time of grant of Diwani to the East India company in 1765, there were eight Sarkars including Saran and Champaran. E-waste comprises waste electronics/electrical goods that are not fit for their original intended use or have reached their end of life. This may include items such as computers, monitors, printers, scanners, battery cells, cellular phones, DVD’s, VCD’s etc. (Singh et al., 2016; Rajya Sabha Secretariat Report, 2011). It generally contains thousands of toxic ingredients includes heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, chromium and harmful chemical such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), brominated flame retardant (BFR) and also contain a large part of valuable metal like platinum, gold, silver etc. (Rajarao et al., 2014). Due to the global recession and the decreasing demand for Rail products in the West forced the manufacturers and the handicraft workers to adopt the hazardous e-waste recycling to earn their livelihood.
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