“…E‐waste is recognized as the fastest growing waste stream in the world. This rapid growth of e‐waste is influenced by fast changes in information and communication technologies (Umair, Björklund, & Petersen, ), the increasing versatility of electronic devices (Gutiérrez, Adenso‐Díaz, Lozano, & González‐Torre, ), rapid innovations and technological progresses (Thavalingam & Karunasena, ; Widmer, Oswald‐Krapf, Sinha‐Khetriwal, Schnellmann, & Böni, ), increasing population and urbanization (Achankeng, ; Dixit & Vaish, ), the downward trend in prices (Borthakur & Govind, ; Orlins & Guan, ), and improper handling (Sugimura & Murakami, ).…”