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E- WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING IN INDIA

Kaushal Agarwalla,
B.E in Electrical Engineering, 3
rd
semester,
Assam Engineering College,
AEO12 0024
9954300944
Kaushalg2008rediIImail.com


Electronic waste or e-waste is one oI the rapidly growing problems oI the world. E-waste is a
popular and inIormal name Ior electronic products which have completed their useIul liIe.
Discarded computers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, Iax machines, electric lamps, cell
phones, audio equipments, batteries etc are some examples oI e-waste. This wastes also includes
non biodegradable plastics which possess serious threat to the environment. Basel Action
Network estimates that the 500 million computers in the world contains about 2.87 billions kgs
oI plastics, 717.67 kgs oI lead and 286700 kgs oI mercury . A single 14 inch monitor contains
about 2.5-4.0 kgs oI lead. This may have a drastic eIIect on the environment, iI leIt untreated. In
India, e-waste management assumes greater signiIicance not only due to the generation oI its
own waste but also due to the dumping oI e-wastes by the developed countries. Many oI these
products can be recycled, reused in an eco-Iriendly manner. A comprehensive methodology that
provides e-wastes regulation, management and proper disposal as well as recycling techniques is
the need oI the hour. This paper highlights the hazards oI e-waste, their eIIects and the various
recycling methods to get rid oI them in context oI Indian scenario. The proper handling methods
oI harmIul, toxic materials produced Irom e-waste are also Iocused in the paper.

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