ABSTRACT
E-waste management can be defined as all the measures taken to protect humans and the environment from the toxic effects of constituents of electronic and other wastes. In India, handling of computer scrap is done using diverse approaches in management alternatives such as product reuse, usual disposal in landfills, and incineration or open-air burning. Cyanogenic bacteria, in combination with the hydrometallurgy process, will be useful in the extraction of metals from electronic waste and thus will help in the management of e-waste. Leached heavy metals generated due to the wrong disposal of e-waste hamper the human health and ecosystem. E-waste generated in developed countries like the USA gets exported for recycling in developing countries. In India, 146180 tons of electronic waste is generated per year. The e-waste problem in India seems to be compounding due to rapid changes taking place not only in computers and cell phones but also in domestic appliances.
