CHAPTER 3 Electronic waste management in developing economies: Challenges and approaches P. Padmaja Sudhakar a,b,⁎ , Hetvi Dave b , and Mridu Kulwant a a Department of Environmental Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India b Department of Chemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India ⁎ Corresponding author. OUTLINE 1. Introduction 43 2. Sources of e-waste 45 3. Status of e-waste 47 4. Existing e-waste policy, regulations, and tools 48 5. Global best practices 52 6. Challenges associated with the management of e-waste in developing countries 54 7. Plausible solutions to e-waste menace 55 8. Conclusion 58 References 59 1 Introduction Waste may be defined as a resource at the wrong place and time. Among several issues created by urbanization, electronic waste (e-waste) is an emerging problem because of its haz- ardous and toxic nature. E-waste is a term that includes electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and its parts that have been discarded as waste. The increasing demand for electrical and electronic equipment and technological advancement has rapidly generated voluminous e-waste. 43 Solid Waste Management for Resource-Efficient Systems https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-23775-1.00013-8 Copyright # 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.