With more than 1.8 million tonnes a year, the majority of it from the unorganised sector, India is the fifth largest e-waste producing country in the world.
As a highly developed, modern country, the India is among one of the world’s largest consumers of electronic technology. There are an estimated 36 million PC’s in use in the India today.
Indian e-waste generation per year
E-waste forwarded to scrap dealers
Workers suffering from respiratory ailments in informal recycling
Energy equivalent saving with 1mn. recycled laptops