Track: Waste Management

Abstract

Sales of electronic devices have been increasing in recent years resulting in increased e-waste in Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh is a developing country, it has no infrastructure to handle e-waste properly. At present, there exists no formal e-waste dismantling facility for environmentally sound management of e-waste. Therefore, the estimation of e-waste generation in Bangladesh is crucial to policymakers. Considering the limited available data, this study describes the current and future estimation of e-waste generated from cellphones and PC in Chattogram City, Bangladesh. Modified Consumption and Use methods were applied to estimate the e-waste volume in Chattogram City in the research work. In 2019, the calculated amount of e-waste generated from cellphones in Chattogram City was approximately 401.98 tons. And from PC the amount was approximately 3924.98 tons by applying Modified Method 1. Using Linear Trend Forecasting, it is predicted that the amount of e-waste generated from cellphones will reach approximately 739.18 tons and e-waste generated from PC will reach approximately 5851.80 tons by 2025.  This study also discusses the present scenario of e-waste management in Chattogram city, Bangladesh.