E-Waste: Over Alarming E-waste Produce in Bangladesh
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Every year, an average of 2 million metric e-waste is produced in our country. But the neighboring countries of India, Pakistan, Srilanka have separate laws in e-waste management. The amount of e-waste in the country during 2011-12 fiscal was about 5.1 million metric tons. In the 2013-14 fiscal year, it increased by almost 11 million tons. Of these, only 51,500 tons of waste was made from mobile phones. Television and computer wastes produced 860000 and 34,400 tons respectively.
Meanwhile, due to the huge amount of unused electrical products in each ship imported for the ship breaking industry in Bangladesh, the maximum amount of waste generated from this is highest which is around 9 million metric tons. Apart from this, the amount of waste generated from various types of treatment and home appliances including CFL lamp, mercury lamp, and thermometer is 210336 metric tons.
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If three million phones are imported annually, then it is assumed that the same number of phones is being wasted. And these wasted phones are a serious risk to the environment. This abandoned waste pollutes environment and also enters the body through food cycle. This waste is contained in various types of heavy metal such as lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, arsenic. These are harmful for the body. In the developed countries, the mobile company is forced to buy the mobile again. The government will have to take initiative to introduce such system in Bangladesh. Then decrease the amount of e-waste.
There is no definitive dustbin for the e-waste disposal. As the Bangladesh Electric Merchandise Manufacturers' Association, the people of the country use electrical products worth 30 billion BDT (Bangladeshi Currency) each year. Currently there are 13 million mobile phone connections in the country. Every day these electronic components are being damaged and increasing the amount of e-waste. But there is no enterprise for waste management.
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As a nation we are careless and selfish to accumulate stuffs for ourselves only. There is no time to think about environment and next generation. And the government!! They are the main obstacle to do anything good. Nice article. Thanks.
You know well that we have a individual ministry (environmental) in our country. But they are always sleeping. Shame about the disgusting..... thanks bro..for comments
Thanks sir you are right government required management recycling business plan system this problem every developing country in the world
ইলেক্ট্রনিক বর্জ্যের জন্য বৈশ্বিক উষ্ণতা দিন দিন বেড়েই চলেছে। বাংলাদেশও এর বাইরে নয়। এর জন্য জনসচেতনতা বাড়াতে হবে আর রিসাইকেলিং এর যথাযথ ব্যাবস্থা নিতে হবে। তাহলেই বাংলাদেশ সহ পুরা পৃথিবী একটা মারাত্মক হুমকি থেকে বেচে যাবে।
Ji brother, Bangladesh government should take a initiative steps to element this big problem. But...government directly ignore this issue. Although we are waiting for changing. Thanks...brother
dada aanar soch khub bhalo amon sobya jon soche na sob jon sochbe tob aaro bhlo hobe.
Sochne se problem ka somadhan nehi hota.. my friend. Ai soch mera sarkar ko samajna chahia. Sarkar koi initiative steps nia to sobche bari baad hogi. Apko bohot bohot dhonnobad (shokria) 😊😊
The main thing we should take care of recycling. In our country, people unaware about it, they throw anywhere anything. Govt should advertising and make people know about it. Nice information. Thanks
Yah... you are absolutely right. I don know what is the job responsibility of our environment ministry. Have you ever seen a advertise on television to aware people. No..... never.....
Only flattering and flattering....
Thank you for adding.
Thank you so much for bringing this info to us.
most welcome
We need technology and awareness as well as out put if e-waste.In our country we don't have specific dumping station for garbage. we can start to produce Bio-Gas & solar panel from recycling. Similarly recycling process of e-waste can give us a secondary basic raw materials of e-tech. concerned Ministry should introduced awareness activities in various path . nice article.
Good thinking.It will be beneficial for all. The consciousness can make a good think for the environment. Thanks for sharing this so that many people can know and understand about it.