Analyzing side effects of increasing E-pollution on life and nature

ABSTRACT

The need and demand of electrical and electronic devices are ever-increasing, as human beings are headed toward modernization and digitization. This step towards the future has its pros and cons, the pros being the advancement of technology and hence saving of human efforts, and the cons being the reduction of physical activities in humans, increase in E-waste and E-pollution, and also considerable damaging effects on the environment and biodiversity. This paper aims to review the detrimental effects of the increase in E-waste and E-pollution, on human beings;be it physical or psychological, and on the ecosystem. Engineering being one of the most widely applied branches, should also try to do its part in making itself sustainable and also trying to be prudent about future generations. This increase in E pollution has caused an indirect increase in plastic and the use of non-biodegradable materials. Recent studies have shown that 80% of E-waste collected from developed countries is exported to developing nations and only 12.5% of electronic waste is being recycled nowadays, the improper disposal of which has, in turn, caused exposure of life and nature to harmful contaminants. In this paper two observers have studied the possible side effects of E-waste and E-pollution on humans, being exposed to electronics for prolonged durations, and also the side effects of it on nature. The world is in dire need of a solution for the same;educating consumers and users about these damaging consequences can be our first step towards sustainability.