Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has become a global crisis. Managing this ever-growing problem has become very critical and yet challenging, especially in the South Asian region; otherwise, it may undermine the sustainability of development and growth of numerous industries. Hence, to explore the current context of e-waste management, recycling, and strategies in Sri Lanka, we conducted a systematic literature review process using peer-reviewed research articles retrieved from Google Scholar Database. We searched for articles containing keywords such as “e-waste”, “management strategies and recycling”, and “Sri Lanka”. We screened out papers (n = 20) selected from papers (n = 327) initially retrieved over a 17 period of time (2005–2022). The analysis of the screened articles showed that the main challenges to successful e-waste management were a lack of management strategies, policies, and inadequate recycling practices as well as identifying the potential and opportunities to actively enhance the comprehensive awareness, collection, storage, proper disposal, and other e-waste management steps in Sri Lanka. Further, the study identified technological, financial, socio-economic, and institutional sectors as fundamental sectors to formulate a strategic plan for e-waste management. Also, the study suggests that enacting laws to practice and adopt e-waste management, establishing central command and management institutes to control all e-waste management bodies, providing financial assistance to informal e-waste collectors and recyclers, and introducing e-waste management to school curricula are some of the possible actions that can be taken along with enhancing the awareness of e-waste management.

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南亚地区的电气和电子废物（电子废物）回收和管理战略：斯里兰卡背景的系统回顾

电气和电子废物（电子废物）已成为全球性危机。解决这一日益严重的问题已变得非常关键且具有挑战性，特别是在南亚地区；否则，可能会损害众多行业发展和增长的可持续性。因此，为了探索斯里兰卡电子废物管理、回收和战略的当前背景，我们使用从谷歌学术数据库检索到的同行评审研究文章进行了系统的文献综述。我们搜索了包含“电子废物”、“管理策略和回收”和“斯里兰卡”等关键词的文章。我们从论文（n  = 20）中筛选出论文（n = 20） = 327）最初在 17 个时间段（2005-2022）内检索。对筛选文章的分析表明，成功电子废物管理的主要挑战是缺乏管理战略、政策和回收实践不足，以及识别积极增强综合意识、收集、储存、适当回收的潜力和机会。斯里兰卡的处置和其他电子废物管理步骤。此外，该研究将技术、金融、社会经济和机构部门确定为制定电子废物管理战略计划的基本部门。此外，该研究还建议制定法律来实施和采用电子废物管理，建立中央指挥和管理机构来控制所有电子废物管理机构，

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