CASE STUDY-1: E-WASTE: THE LATEST CONTRIBUTOR TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION∗
(The case is based on reports in the print and electronic media. The case is meant for academic purpose only. The writer has no intention to sully the reputation of the corporations or the executives involved.)
INTRODUCTION
The scorching pace of the growth of modern material civilization brings in several wastes, some biodegradable and some non-biodegradable, adding to the problems mankind faces in trying to preserve nature in a most habitable form to posterity. More and more forms of wastes are added to household and industrial wastes with an unfailing regularity—commercial wastes, hospital wastes, and in recent times, e-waste. With massive industrialization and urbanization, ...
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