A Mathematical Model to Study the Dynamics of Hazardous Substances in E-Waste on Ecosystem in Developing Countries

Abstract

Environmental pollution has become a global concern several decades ago due to human activities particularly industrialization. Many pollutants have immediate effects while most pollutants like greenhouse gases, radioactive substances and other heavy metals for instance, have a generational consequence. It is against this background that, this research uses mathematical formulations and analysis to simulate the dynamics of hazardous substances in electronic and medical wastes. The system is compartmentalized in to five units namely: terrestrial habitats, aquatic habitats, terrestrial living organisms, aquatic living organisms and the human population. The system has an equilibrium point which is found uniformly and asymptotically stable