Abstract:
Globally, e-waste generation rises in parallel to the increased consumption of
e-products. Management of this complex waste stream becomes a severe challenge,
especially for developing countries. Sri Lanka also no exception to this problem due to
the limited capacities of e-waste handling organisations in the country. Therefore, this
study aims to develop a conceptual framework for effective e-waste management by
integrating organisational capacities to improve the involvement of organisations for
effective e-waste management. Initially, a comprehensive literature review was carried
out on the state-of-art of the e-waste management, capacity buildings, and application
of organisational capacities for e-waste management alike. The review of the literature
revealed that there are eight dimensions to measure organisational capacities. They are
mission and strategy, organisational structure, processes, human resources, financial
resources, information resources, and infrastructure. The data collected from the
literature review was manually analysed and finally, the conceptual framework was
developed on organisational capacity buildings for effective e-waste management. The
developed conceptual framework can be used as a guideline to implement organisational
capacities for e-waste management. This framework will be a blueprint for individuals
and organisations to incorporate dimensions of organisational capacity buildings to ewaste
management by identifying the existing capacity gaps consequently, enhancing the
organisational capacity for better managing the e-waste, especially in developing
countries.
