Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology

Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities. Dr. Meththika Vithanage is a Professor in the Department of Geochemistry at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Denmark. Her work centers on quantifying concentrations and reaction kinetics of key and emerging pollutants, including microplastics, and Persistent, Mobile and Toxic contaminants. She advances understanding of their environmental fate and transport and develops remediation strategies using innovative geo-, bio-, and nanomaterials.

• 1. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): Flows, quantities and management, a global scenario2. Inventorisation of E-Waste and Emerging trends in E-waste disposal with bench marks for depollution - global scenario3. An overview of methods used for estimating e-waste amount4. Network design for e-waste management 5. Environmental management of e-waste6. Biorecovery of precious metal nanoparticles from electronic waste7. Bioleaching of electronic waste using extreme acidophiles8. Resource recovery from E-waste for environmental sustainability9. Biotechnological initiatives in E-waste Management: Recycling and business opportunities10. Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Metals from E-waste11. Recovery of waste printed circuit boards through pyrometallurgy12. E-waste Management in Australia: Current Status13. Environmental management of E-waste in China14. Chemical hazards associated with treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment15. Environmental contamination and health effects due to e-waste recycling