Unternehmertum und Organisationsmanagement

Electronic Waste Management – A Tamilnadu Perspective

Abstract

Selvaraj N*

The usage of electronic devices is increasing day by day. Developed and developing countries, both are equally responsible for generating E-waste. Technology has short span of life. It has no shelf life. Change in technology takes place quite often; therefore the older one becomes redundant and turns into waste when new version of technology is emerged. This leads to generation of E Waste on a massive scale. In the technical era, every day companies are finding new electronic items and accordingly satisfy consumer needs. Consumers also express their interest in buying the electronic goods immediately after the electronic goods are introduced in the market. To examine the various ways to solve E-Waste problems. To assess the impact of E-Waste management to the local communities. The ‘t’ test is used to find out the significant difference among the two group of samples regarding any intention variable which is internal scale. The cause and effect relationship between dependent and independent variables are carried out by the Multiple Regression Analysis. The aspects of harmful E-Waste for the environment, reasons of increasing E-Waste, Useful method of Disposal of E-Waste, ways to solve E-Waste problems and impact of E-Waste management to the local communities have been measured with the help of the variables drawn from previous studies. The regulations with regard to the management of E waste has to be simplified so that manufacturers, dismantlers, authorized recyclers and other related parties can perform better for effective and timely disposal.