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While e-waste recycling is a source of income for many people in India, it also poses numerous health and environmental risks. More than 95% of India's e-waste is illegally recycled by informal waste pickers called kabadiwalas or raddiwalas (scrap traders). [3]
Computer monitors are typically packed into low stacks on wooden pallets for recycling and then shrink-wrapped. [1]Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used.
Waste collection truck in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The global e-waste monitor, a collaboration between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations University, estimated that India generated 1.975 million tonnes of e-waste in 2016 or approximately 1.5 kg of e-waste per capita.
The e-Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA) [3] was established in 2008 to manage the establishment of a sustainable environmentally sound e-waste management system for the country. Since then the non-profit organization has been working with manufacturers, vendors and distributors of electronic and electrical goods and e-waste handlers ...
Bangalore, located in southern India, is often referred as the "Silicon Valley of India" and has a growing informal e-waste recycling sector. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] A study found that e-waste workers in the slum community had higher levels of V , Cr , Mn , Mo , Sn , Tl , and Pb than workers at an e-waste recycling facility.
Amazon told BBC News it is "committed to minimising waste and helping our customers to reuse, repair, and recycle their products". It says it offers customers free recycling options including home ...
GTSO: Soluble Circuit Boards Could Make E-Waste Recycling More Profitable Than Ever SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: GTSO) works to ramp up its e ...
According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2017, India generates ~ 2 million tonnes (Mte) of e-waste annually and ranks fifth among the e-waste producing countries, after the United States, the People's Republic of China, Japan and Germany. [14]