Heavy metals in soil contaminated through e-waste processing activities in a recycling area: Implications for risk management

•Soil metal pollution with different e-waste recycling activities was determined.•In general, the soils were contaminated heavily with Cd, Cu, Pb and Sb.•Levels of Pb, Cr, Sb, Cd and Hg in the abandoned site were relatively lower.•Metal levels in the sites of acid leaching, dismantling, and burning, were high.