Ewaste Management

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E-waste Management
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What is E-Waste

• PC in 2yrs
• Mob phone 1-3 yrs
• Camera 3-5 years
• Every year
• 2 million items
• 1200 Tons scraps from Manufacturers
• 8000 Tons alone from Bangalore
• Dumping of obsolete and old electronic items from
  developed countries at cheaper cost or even free

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Effects
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What is required to be done

• By Government
• Regulation
• Laws Admintrative procedures
• Standards of substances
• Encourage reuse
• Educate e-waste Mgt
• RD
• Antidumping measures
• Support to NGOs

• By citizens
• Donate products to schools, non profit orgns for
  longer use
• No disposal through house holds
• While buying
• Product withless toxiccontains
• Recycle containers
• Energy efficient products
• Easily upgradable products
• Use minimum packaging
• Buy certified goods

• By industry
• Proper disposal by generators themselves
• Label recycling materials
• Easy disaasembly of components
• Encourage green procurment
• Green packaging
• Entire value chain takes the responsibility of
  recycling/disposal
• Customers to be educated for disposal
• Buy back options

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Thank you