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Global occurrence, chemical properties, and ecological impacts of e-wastes (IUPAC technical report)
Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 , DOI: 10.1515/pac-2019-0502
Diane Purchase ₁ , Golnoush Abbasi ₂ , Lieselot Bisschop ₃ , Debashish Chatterjee ₄ , Christian Ekberg ₅ , Mikhail Ermolin ₆ , Petr Fedotov ₇ , Hemda Garelick ₁ , Khadijah Isimekhai ₈ , Nadia G. Kandile ₉ , Mari Lundström ₁₀ , Avtar Matharu ₁₁ , Bradley W. Miller ₁₂ , Antonio Pineda ₁₃ , Oluseun E. Popoola ₁₄ , Teodora Retegan ₅ , Heinz Ruedel ₁₅ , Angela Serpe ₁₆ , Yehuda Sheva ₁₇ , Kiran R. Surati ₁₈ , Fiona Walsh ₁₉ , Benjamin P. Wilson ₁₀ , Ming Hung Wong ₂₀

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Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, LondonNW4 4BT, UK
NILU. P.O Box 100, NO-2027, Kjeller, Norway
Erasmus Initiative on Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity & Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738 – 3000 DR, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Faculty of Analytical Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, India
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Chemistry and Industrial Materials Recycling, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296, Göteborg, Sweden
National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, 4 Leninsky Prospect,Moscow, 119049, Russia
V.I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 Kosygin Street, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Ateda Ventures Limited, P.P. Box 13394, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University, Heliopolis, 11757, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering (CMET), School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16200, AALTO, Finland
Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
9681 S. Johnson St., Littleton, CO, USA
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3), Ctra Nnal IVa, Km 396, Córdoba, E-14014, Spain
Department of Chemical Science, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria
Department Environmental Specimen Bank and Elemental Analysis, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (Fraunhofer IME), Schmallenberg, 57392, Germany
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR) and INSTM Unit, University of Cagliari and Environmental Geology and Geoengineering Institute of the National Research Council (IGAG-CNR), Via Marengo 2, Cagliari, 09123, Italy
TAHAL Consulting Eng., Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, 388120, India
Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; Consortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research (CHEER), Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China

Abstract The waste stream of obsolete electronic equipment grows exponentially, creating a worldwide pollution and resource problem. Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) comprises a heterogeneous mix of glass, plastics (including flame retardants and other additives), metals (including rare Earth elements), and metalloids. The e-waste issue is complex and multi-faceted. In examining the different aspects of e-waste, informal recycling in developing countries has been identified as a primary concern, due to widespread illegal shipments; weak environmental, as well as health and safety, regulations; lack of technology; and inadequate waste treatment structure. For example, Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan, and China have all been identified as hotspots for the disposal of e-waste. This article presents a critical examination on the chemical nature of e-waste and the resulting environmental impacts on, for example, microbial biodiversity, flora, and fauna in e-waste recycling sites around the world. It highlights the different types of risk assessment approaches required when evaluating the ecological impact of e-waste. Additionally, it presents examples of chemistry playing a role in potential solutions. The information presented here will be informative to relevant stakeholders seeking to devise integrated management strategies to tackle this global environmental concern.

更新日期：2020-11-26

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