Biography

Mrs. Trupti received her B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India in 2009. She is having 10+ years of experience in Process(utility) Design Engineering. Previously working with Aegis Limited Essar Engineering Services Divisions, Hazira, Surat, Gujarat, as Assistant Manager (Process, utility).

Currently working as senior manager at Tata steel, Jamshedpur, India. She is playing a key role in designing the equipment which mainly includes the selection, sizing, etc.; the major equipment are pumps, air compressors, air dryers, receivers, heat exchangers, filters, NGPRS (natural gas pressure reducuing station), strainers, LPG system, pump boxes, tanks, agitators, thickeners, hydro separators, sluice gates. And also demonstrating abilities in ensuring compliance to various standards like API, ANSI, ASTM and IS for various component, material, guidelines.

Abstract

Talk: E-Waste Management

Aims & Scope:

Definitions as per E-Waste Management rule 2016:
e-waste- 'e-waste' means electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer as well as rejects from manufacturing, refurbishment and repair processes. EOL- ‘end-of-life’ of the product means the time when the product is intended to be discarded by the user. EOL e-waste is broadly categorized into following 3 types as mentioned below

1. High value e-waste – Electric wires and cables
2. Medium value e-waste - IT assets/mobiles/printers/laptops
3. Low value e-waste – Fuse/ tube lights/bulbs/mercury lamps

As per GOI MOEF "E-Waste Management Rule 2016", Clause no. 9, Page no. 8; the bulk consumers of electrical and electronic equipment shall ensure that e-waste generated by them is channelized through collection centers or dealer of authorized producer or dismantler or recycler or through the designated take back service provider of the producer to authorized dismantler or recycler.

1. The key benefits for recycling EOL e-waste:

E-waste is the most rapidly growing segment of the municipal waste stream with maximum share of e- waste management market attributable to information technology (IT) and telecommunications, followed by household appliances and consumer electronic goods. E-waste contains many valuable, recoverable materials such as aluminum, ferrous metals, copper, gold, and silver. In order to conserve natural resources and the energy needed to produce new electronic equipment from virgin resources, electronic equipment should be refurbished, reused, and recycled whenever possible.

2. Health and environmental impact of e-waste:

E-waste contains toxic and hazardous waste materials including mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium, antimony, and many other chemicals. However, if handled in a controlled environment and disposed-off adopting safe and sustainable methodology, these e-wastes provide immense value addition and new product cycle, driving great economic prospect, without posing risks to life, environment, and climate.

3. E-waste recycling practices:

The growing amount of e-waste is not only an environmental issue but also a source of precious metal and rare earth elements. Much of the e-waste generated is recyclable. Recycling of e-waste, especially EOL e-wastes, such as computers and mobile phones, provides lucrative business opportunity for extraction of valuable metals such as gold, silver, copper, lead, etc. The phenomena of e-waste processing comprising dismantling and recycling for extracting valuable metals from PCBs.