**5. Methodology and result**

E-waste problem in Iraq does not different from the situation in other developing country. The problem is the same including: There is no specific legislation to deal with the e-waste, the required infrastructure and technical capacities for e-waste removal in safe ways are not available, experience lacking in recycling the e-waste, and lacking of data about the amount of material flow of e-waste. All these reasons have affected on the e-waste management in Iraq. So the methodology in this research has only focused on the awareness of people in Iraq about the e-waste impacts.

E-waste impacts awareness of people in Iraq from different generations was measured as shown in **Table 1**. The samples of 500 people were chosen randomly to answer the questions. The three points scale questionnaire: 1 = Yes, 2 = No, 3 = Do not know or Not sure. Except the last question which was about the end of their end life mobiles and laptops in specific.


#### **Table 1.**

*E-waste impacts awareness in Iraq.*

*E-Waste Management in Different Countries: Strategies, Impacts, and Determinants DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106644*

**Note:** This surveying has carried out from 25 to 5-2022 to 10-6-2022.

The result shows that high percentage of people know what is the e-waste meaning, but only 20% of them aware about the negative effects of it on environment and human health. Although the majority of people are with recycling idea and reuse of e waste, only small percentage separate it. Most people admit that they have to enhance their knowledge about the e-waste effects. The last question was asked to have knowledge about the end of their end- life mobiles and laptops in specific. Their answers were different, but they can be divided into three answers: some of them damage their end-life devices and threw in the rubbish. Few of them said that they give their end-life devices to the mobiles sellers or laptop sellers to benefit from the health parts of it. Other mentioned that their end-life devices ended to be with informal collector to make use of them.
