Electronic Waste Pollution
Environmental Occurrence and Treatment Technologies
Editors: Hashmi, Muhammad Zaffar, Varma, Ajit (Eds.)
Free Preview- Comprehensive overview on e-waste sources and entry routes in soil, air, water and sediment
- Addresses impact of e-waste on soil microbial community diversity
- Provides strategies for the management of e-waste pollution
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- About this book
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Electronic and electric waste (e-waste), defined as end-of-life electronic products, including computers, television sets, mobile phones, transformers, capacitors, wires and cables, are a major global environmental concern. The crude recycling of e-waste releases persistent toxic substances, such as heavy metals, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and the environmental pollution and health risks caused by the improper disposal of e-waste has become an urgent issue.
This book offers an overview of e-waste history, sources, and entry routes in soil, air, water and sediment. It also addresses e-waste transport and fate, bioavailability and biomonitoring, e-waste risk assessment, impacts on the environment and public health. In addition, it discusses the impact of e-waste on soil microbial community diversity, structure and function and reviews the treatment and management strategies, such as bioremediation and phytoremediation, as well as policies and future challenges.
Given its scope, it is a valuable resource for students, researchers and scholars in the field of electronics manufacturing, environmental science and engineering, toxicology, environmental biotechnology, soil sciences and microbial ecology, as well as and plant biotechnology.
- About the authors
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Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
Dr. Hashmi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Meteorology, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering at the Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi research focused on Bioremediation of contaminated soil and cell toxicology. His books: Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment and Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in soils published by Springer are used at icolleges, universities and research institutions all over the world.
Ajit Varma
Ajit Varma (M.Sc., Ph.D.) was professor of microbial technology at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, before he became Director of the AMITY Institute of Herbal & Microbial Research in 2004. Professor Varma has won a large number of coveted national and international awards for his scientific contributions and was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of India. He has lectured on various aspects of microbial sciences worldwide and has been honored for his excellence in teaching at esteemed universities. His first two books, dealing with mycorrhizal research, were published in 1991-1992 by Academic Press (UK) and have been used at innumerable colleges, universities and research institutions all over the world. Since then, he has compiled 18 books produced by leading and prestigious scientific publishing houses.
Prof. Varma is Chief Editor of the series "Soil Biology".
- Table of contents (21 chapters)
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History and Major Types of Pollutants in Electronic Waste Recycling
Pages 1-12
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Biomonitoring of Electronic Waste Polluted Environment
Pages 13-20
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New Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment of Developing Countries
Pages 21-36
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Status of Organophosphate Esters in the Environment of Developing Countries and Their Impact on Human Health
Pages 37-54
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Global Trends of E-waste Pollution and Its Impact on Environment
Pages 55-74
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Electronic Waste Pollution
- Book Subtitle
- Environmental Occurrence and Treatment Technologies
- Editors
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- Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
- Ajit Varma
- Series Title
- Soil Biology
- Series Volume
- 57
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-26615-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-26615-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-26614-1
- Series ISSN
- 1613-3382
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 355
- Number of Illustrations
- 14 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
- Topics
