e-Waste: Should Organizations be Concerned? The Indian govt is gearing up to deal with the large volume of e-Waste being produced annually. We talk of the impact this would have on organizations Amrita PremrajanMonday, February 01, 2010 According to the latest report released by MAIT (Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology), India produces about 3,80,000 tonnes of e-Waste per annum, which includes only the waste generated out of television sets, mobile phones and PCs, a major chunk of which comes from organizations. If we put together the e-Waste resulting out of rest of the Electrical and Electronic equipments (EEE) in India, we would be looking at a much larger volume. With much of this ending up with the un-organized recycling sector which fails to practice eco-friendly e-Waste recycling methods, the amount of toxic chemicals released can well be imagined. |
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