The impact of e-waste on environment and its treatment through the E-waste art
| Vol-4 | Issue-04 | April 2019 | Published Online: 15 April 2019 PDF ( 862 KB ) | ||
| Author(s) | ||
| Govind Prasad 1 | ||
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1Ph.D Scholar, Department of Fine Arts, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., INDIA-202002 |
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| Abstract | ||
Today in the era of technology, everyone is interested in buying a new and latest gadget to get updates with technology, but we never think of their threats and dangerous impact on the environments. Electronics gadgets when it becomes useless, it proves to be very hazardous for our health. It is shocking to note that more than 75% of heavy metals in the landfill destination are left in their source as electronic devices. The inevitability of time is to understand that e-waste how can be disposed-off naturally way without affecting the environment. Nowadays, Eco-artists across from the whole globe are established an excellent example to use e-waste naturally in their artworks as art materials. In most countries like the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and other developed countries exports most e-waste to other developing countries thereby causes environmental damages and health concern for humans instead of being recycled. The aim of writing this paper is to understand and explore the crucial impact of E-waste on the environment in India and around the world. |
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| Keywords | ||
| E-waste art, Eco-Art, Environmental crisis, waste management, Recycling, E-Trash Art | ||
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