E-waste management system incorporates different stakeholders throughout the entire life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, –importers/ users/consumers, distributors, collectors and recyclers. The efficiency of the system depends much on the environmental awareness and effective activity of each of the stakeholders on their responsibilities under the guidance of the legislation and regulatory framework governing that particular society. Hence, efficient legislation and regulatory framework governing the e-waste management is more likely to be affected by policy formulation across different stakeholders. The need to have an efficient regulatory system in place for e-waste management is inevitable particularly in the eyes of environmental impacts; notably on ecological system and environmental conservation at large. The wastes from ICT packaging materials inclusive of mobile phone gadgets need to be tracked. The make-up of handset and its accessories generates serious quantities of wastes due to worn-out processes.From the overall study results, 65 percent of the respondents were not aware of e-waste management issues as indicated in Figure 5.1 below; that presents percentage of response on each e-waste awareness index used in this study. From the study, 81% were not aware of any regulatory framework on waste and e-waste management; however only 24% of the respondents were aware of the contractual provisions that define the roles of ICT equipment and service manufacturers when it comes to e-waste management, on the other hand the extended producer responsibility hasn’t been captured by our regulatory documents.
E-waste management system incorporates different stakeholders throughout the entire life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) –importers/ producers, users/consumers, distributors, collectors and recyclers. The efficiency of the system depends much on the environmental awareness and effective activity of each of the stakeholders on their responsibilities under the guidance of the legislation and regulatory framework governing that particular society. Hence, efficient legislation and regulatory framework governing the e-waste management is more likely to be affected by policy formulation across different stakeholders. The need to have an efficient regulatory system in place for e-waste management is inevitable particularly in the eyes of environmental impacts; notably on ecological system and environmental conservation at large. The wastes from ICT packaging materials inclusive of mobile phone gadgets need to be tracked. The make-up of handset and its accessories generates serious quantities of wastes due to worn-out processes.From the overall study results, 65 percent of the respondents were not aware of e-waste management issues as indicated in Figure 5.1 below; that presents percentage of response on each e-waste awareness index used in this study. From the study, 81% were not aware of any regulatory framework on waste and e-waste management; however only 24% of the respondents were aware of the contractual provisions that define the roles of ICT equipment and service manufacturers when it comes to e-waste management, on the other hand the extended producer responsibility hasn’t been captured by our regulatory documents.
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