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Handling Electronic Waste Effectively

  1. Companies producing electronic goods must be mandated to spend their CSR funds on enabling recycling of electronic waste
  2. A network should be built to collect the electronic waste from shops, industries, users etc.
  3. It should be made mandatory for the electronic retail stores and e-commerce stores to accept electronic waste from customers (in proportion to units sold by them in a year)
  4. Electronic stores could also offer a ‘home pickup’ facility at a charge to collect recyclable electronic waste
  5. Recycling centres should be built for electronic waste
  6. Collection centres/points must be set up across the country
  7. Citizens should be made aware about the hazards of electronic waste
  8. The e-waste regulations should be strictly enforced in the country
  9. India must get into a strategic partnership with a European country to work towards better e-waste management
  10. People should be made aware that there are many precious materials to be recovered from e-wastes like microwave, printers etc.
  11. Sale of electronic waste to normal raddi walla should be banned
  12. E-waste recyclers should be encouraged and should be given Government loans/grants to scale if execution model is proven
  13. Exchange offers should be made for working or non-working e-goods so that it may be disposed appropriately by the retail network/manufacturer
  14. Special guidelines should be made for CFL bulb disposal
  15. Awareness must be created about e-waste in schools as part of curriculum
  16. Nagar palika and nagar nigam must include e-waste in waste management framework/project
  17. E-waste based NGOs should be established as producer responsibility organisations(PRO) and O EMs should authorise & provide financial support to PROs
  18. Refurbishers must be allowed to name their own brand with its own warranty
  19. Establishing E-waste Recycling plant must be included in Make in India
  20. Existing JNNURM in cities and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in IIT must come forward for e-waste management.

 

1 million
tons

Indian e-waste generation per year

90-95%

E-waste forwarded to scrap dealers

76%

Workers suffering from respiratory ailments in informal recycling

3657
Homes

Energy equivalent saving with 1mn. recycled laptops

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We Accept

Small personal devices

Lighting equipment

Batteries

Other devices & Instruments

Electrical & Electronic tools

Large Household Appliances

Small Household Appliances

Computer Waste