Engery and Waste Management

Course - IE 500

Term Paper Assignment #1

Rohan Sahebrao Shingare - #50092653

Shrenik Sanjay Luniya - #50095921

Siddharth Verma - #5009

Energy and Waste management

In today’s fast paced world every country is extensively using their natural resources. There is a decline seen in the energy reserves all around the world. Humans are exploiting the non-renewable sources of energy to its fullest without keeping in mind the needs of future generations. World Bank statistics show that due to rapid urbanization the waste generated by people around the world has increased and governments have to implement certain policies and come up with innovative strategies to manage these wastes which would lead to huge increase in budget to overcome the waste management difficulties.

The waste generated comprises of human, industrial, medical, agricultural, etc. All this affects the environment and the ecosystem. The creation of sustainable environment is the need of the hour, but do we have proper infrastructure to make use of these resources, do governments have sufficient budgets and technologies to come up with unconventional ways of producing energy, these are some of the questions which need to be answered. There is desperate need to promote sustainability and to come up with solutions and ideas through which we can generate energy from the waste generated which would provide a cleaner and a pollution free environment. The idea is to minimize the use of natural resources and to preserve them and focus more on alternative methods. Electrical & Electronic equipment is one of the largest growing waste streams globally, According to solve the E-waste problem (StEP) Initiative showed that in year 2011-12 almost 48.9 million metric tons of used electrical and electronic products waste generated. Hence, for a sustainable environment and the economic recovery of valuable material for reuse, the efficient recycling of electronic scrap has become...