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Current Status of the Electronic Waste Problem in Egypt.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Electronics and Communications Engineering

Abstract

Huge amounts of e-waste is generated yearly. It contains valuable metals such as copper aluminum and nickel, and precious metals such as gold, silver palladium and indium. However, it has serious hazards impacts on health and environment. E-waste management becomes essential to recover the valuable and precious metals, and protect health and environment. Egypt is a significant market for electric and electronic products that ends as e-waste and in the top of African countries in e-waste generation.
The amount of EEE put on Egyptian market is 1069 kt with increasing rate of 10.44%; while the generated e-waste is 586 kt in with increasing rate of 5.71%. The increase in EEE put on the market is almost 3.6 times the increase in population, while the increase e-waste generated is almost double the increase in population. In average, the e-waste generated is almost 58.7 % of the amount of EEE put on the market. The generated e-waste per capita, is 5.84 kg/capita at increasing rate of 2.66%. The e-waste generated in Egypt is about 20.1% that of the African continent, while the population in Egypt is about 8.6% of Africa.
In fact, Egypt has no serious national programs and regulations to handle e-waste properly, and e-waste activities are dominated and controlled by garbage traders and waste collectors

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2021.204325

Keywords

environment, e-waste in Egypt, Electronic waste management, M SW, Solid waste

Authors

First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Sakr

MiddleName

Lotfy Hassan Rabie

Affiliation

at Borg AlArab Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Egypt.- Master Degree Researcher , Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University

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heshamlotfy0@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Saafan

MiddleName

Ghassoub

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

mgmousa@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Saraya

MiddleName

Sabry

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Professor of Computer Engineering and Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

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mohamedsabry83@mans.edu.eg

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46

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4

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28611

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-07-26

Publish Date

2021-11-11

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10

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19

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

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BFEMU_Volume 46_Issue 4_Pages 10-19.pdf

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https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/article_204325.html

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MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

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22 Jan 2023