The IIT Roorkee, a research group under the direction of Prof. K K Pant is working on e-waste Conversion to Valuable Products and Metal Recovery, which is a generation of wealth through a zero-waste discharge concept. Researchers at IIT Roorkee are developing eco-friendly ways to deal with plastic and electronic waste, the institute has announced.
The creation of sustainable technology to combat the ever-growing problem of plastic waste and e-waste, as well as the creation of wealth through a zero-waste discharge concept, is being worked on by a research group under the direction of Prof. K K Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee (formerly part of IIT Delhi), the statement said.
Closed-Loop Recycling Process
According to the institute, through a zero-waste discharge concept, they have created e-waste recycling processes that are in line with Indian "Smart Cities" and "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" initiatives. IIT Roorkee stated that the proposed closed-loop recycling method "can potentially be scaled-up and used as a viable environmentally benign alternative to traditionally used acid-leaching techniques that pose enormous hazardous risks."
Prof. K. K. Pant elaborated on the significance of this research, saying, "It is important to develop sustainable processes to handle plastic and e-waste, which are generated in enormous amounts in India, especially with the exponential increase in the use of electronic devices. E-waste may cause long-term ecological and environmental degradation if such procedures are not created and quickly adopted nationwide.”
Additionally, he continued, "The closed-loop recycling process proposed by IIT Roorkee researchers has the potential to be scaled-up and used as a viable environmentally safe alternative to traditionally used acid-leaching techniques posing enormous hazardous risks."
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.
