E-waste Management in Bangladesh

Advancement of ICT makes peoples life easy however, unknown to them this comes with a silver lining of doom aka e-waste (electronic waste generated from electrical and electronic equipment). The growing amount of e-waste accumulating from foreign import and our own domestic sources have become a major concern of scientific community. When first introduced in the early 1980s waste generated from computers and mobile phones were foreign topics due to high price and inaccessibility of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). However, sharp rise in the urban population and the comparative decrease in years of electronic device lifespan, number of e-waste generated in Bangladesh has reached a staggering amount. Inappropriate disposal practices are affecting our health. This paper attempts to shed light to the growing problem of e-waste management and the different possibilities that can be applied to a conundrum that is rapidly turning out to become a national level concern.