Investigation of E-Waste Management Practices to Promote Circularity: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

This study examines the e-waste management practices in Sri Lanka, using a comparative approach that considers the entire e-waste management supply chain.A systematic review was carried out by examining the existing policy implementations and regulations and the current formal and informal waste management practices established in Sri Lanka and by comparing collection levels globally and across selected developed and developing countries.This study demonstrates how regulatory bodies currently intervene from manufacturing to the end of product life and how stakeholders are involved in e-waste management.This work reveals the policy, regulations, and institutional capacity gaps in establishing proper e-waste management in Sri Lanka.While Sri Lanka faces some similar challenges to other developing countries, like dependence on informal collection, differences in policy frameworks, and institutional capacity, this may imply that generalized solutions fail to capture some important national variations.