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“A STUDY OF E-WASTE MANAGEMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF

AWARENESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS”

Amit Kumar

Scientific Assistant (Adhoc), Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, B-block, Vikaspuri, Delhi

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INTRODUCTION

E-Waste : A popular informal name of electronic and electric products nearing their end life.Post a threat to human health and also for the environment.

Monitors 10%

Television 10%

Computers. Televisions, Fax, printers, etc.

15%

DVD/VCR player, CD Player, Radio etc

15%

Refrigerators 20%

Washing Machine, Dryers, AC, Vaccume cleaners etc

30%

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:-- White goods: Household appliances.

:-- Brown goods: TVs, camcorders, Cameras

:-- Grey Goods: Computers, printers, fax machines, Scanners etc

HARMFUL METHOD OF DISMENTLE OF E-WASTE

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Need a Proper Method of Dismantle of E-waste

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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

:- To find out the awareness on the subject of the existent of E-waste in students of professional and non-professional streams in colleges

:- To find out the awareness on the subject of risk of E-waste in students of professional and non-professional streams in colleges

:- To find out the awareness on the subject of E-waste management in students of professional and non-professional stream in colleges.

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METHODOLOGY

:- Selection of the Subject:- Collection of DataThe data was collected from the colleges of DU and IP University. Each subject wascontacted individually & informed about the purpose of the study. Necessary withregard to follow up of questionnaire was imported and questionnaire was distributed.Questionnaire was categorized into 3 sections. Description of questionnaire has beendesigned as under

Section A Questions on the subject of existence of e-waste.(10)

Section B Questions on the subject of danger of e-waste.(10)

Section C Questions on the subject of management of e-waste. (10)

Total (120)

PROFESSIONAL(60)

NON-PROFESSIONAL

(60)

On the basis of the manual, the responses were evaluated and data was collected.

:-- Mean :-- SD :-- t-tests

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATAObjective 1:

To find out the awareness on the subject of existent of E-waste in college students of professional and non-professional streams.

Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-value

Professional 60 8.30 0.59089 0.07628

0.00824Non-Professional

60 8.03 0.60971 0.07871

Table 1. Comparison of awareness on the subject of existent of E-waste in college students of professional and non-professional streams

7.8

7.9

8

8.1

8.2

8.3

Existent of E-waste

Professional

Non-Professional

Graph 1. Graphical Presentation of Awareness about Existent of E-Waste between Professional & Non-Professional Groups

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATAObjective 2:

To find out the awareness on the subject of risk of E-waste in college students of professional and non-professional streams.

Table 2. Comparison of awareness on the subject of Risk of E-waste in college students of professional and non-professional streams

Graph 2. Graphical Presentation of Awareness about Risk of E-Waste between Professional & Non-Professional Groups

Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-valueProfessional 60 8.10 0.354 .0457

1.3098Non-Professional 60 5.21 0.958 .1237

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2

4

6

8

10

Riskr of E-Waste

Professional

N0n-Professional

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATAObjective 3:

To find out the awareness on the subject of E-waste Management in college students of professional and non-professional streams.

Table 3. Comparison of awareness on the subject of E-waste Management in college students of professional and non-professional streams

Graph 3. Graphical Presentation of Awareness about E-Waste Managementbetween Professional & Non-Professional Groups

2.45

2.5

2.55

2.6

Management of E-

Waste

Professional

N0n-Professional

Group N Mean *Std. Std Error mean t-valueProfessional 60 2.5833 0.869 0.1122

0.31763Non-Professional 60 2.5166 0.650 0.0840

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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

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Existant

Risk

Management

ProfessionalNon-Professional

Figure 4: Comparison Between The Students Of Professional And Non-Professional Stream On The Subject Of Existent, Risk And Management Of E-Waste

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FINDINGS

● There is no significant difference in the awareness on thesubject of existent of E-waste in college students of professional andnon-professional streams. All the students are having awareness ofexistent of e-waste.● There is significant difference in the awareness on thesubject of Risk of E-waste in college students of professional streamwith their non-professional counterparts. The students ofprofessional stream are having more awareness of Risk of e-wastethan the students of non-professional stream.● There is no significant difference in the awareness on thesubject of E-waste management in college students of professionaland non-professional streams. All the students are unaware ofproper e-waste management.

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CONCLUSION

On the behalf of the results of the study it is state that theawareness on the subject of the risk and management of e-wasteare extremely low and urgent measures are required to considerthis issue.

Being a responsible citizen we should play a role in e-wastemanagement as donating electronics items for reuse, which extendsthe lives of valuable products and keep them out of the wastemanagement system for a long time.

When buying electronic products, always try for those thatare made with less toxic constituents, use recycled content, areenergy efficient, and are designed for easy upgrading ordisassembly.

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