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
Highlights
Huge amounts of electric and electronic equipment EEE are put in the market yearly
The results indicate that there is no formal e-waste sector, and the private sector enterprises are active in Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Good assessment of municipal solid waste management is given in the Annual Report for Solid Waste Management in Egypt, (2013) [Saber (2013)]
Summary
Huge amounts of electric and electronic equipment EEE are put in the market yearly. Ibrahim and Mohamed (2016) carried out a study to improve solid waste management in Egypt They formulated plan to achieve sustainable management of solid waste in Egypt. Zaki (2014) updated the Egyptian country report on MSW management, issued by SWEEP-Net in July 2010. It covers data and analysis of the SWM in Egypt, highlighting challenges and constraints. The object of this work is to study and state the current situation of e-waste problem in Egypt; the generation and collection rates, as well as the management, compared to the situation in the African continent and Middle East. Research methodology considered depends on collecting and analyzing e-waste data available in related reports and articles
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