Enabling Technologies for Effective E-Waste Management

Effective or efficient management of e-waste is considered as preeminent vital challenges of the modern days. The massive scale of e-waste generated and dumped in open landfills or oceans without proper treatment poses severe threat to the environment around the globe. E-waste can be considered as one of the prime root causes of different types of pollution like air, soil, and water. Furthermore, the absence of stringent rules and regulations for proper e-waste treatment, duping, and management also adds to the problem. With these issues as a motivation factor, this paper proposes an efficient e-waste management framework for effectively managing the e-waste. The paper discusses the various issues and challenges of e-waste management. Furthermore, the role of various enabling technologies like IoT, WSN, blockchain, and artificial intelligence in effective e-waste management is also discussed. Finally, some of the best practices and future research directions are proposed.