E-waste contains different toxic substances like lead, mercury and brominates flame retardants. During the process of recycling activities, the prolonged exposure of these toxic substances would obviously lead to damage to all major systems of human body. In concern with this disastrous state, the present research has been worked with an objective to manage the e-waste through the intervention of the public participation in Kathmandu, Nepal. Data was fetched from 450 households regarding the waste assessment through structured questionnaire with multiple choice questions and open-end questions. In addition, data for the qualitative research was collected through key informant interviews (KII) from 12 households. Results of the research states that public were aware regarding the need for e-waste management measures. Thus, voluntary participation of the public for recycling and reusing the e-wastes and enactment of appropriate rules and regulation of the government would probably aid in reducing the generation of wastes in Kathmandu valley.
Lalkarn et al. (Thu,) studied this question.