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E- Waste : A new challenge for waste management in India

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Whenever we have our eyes on the topic of waste, we only think in the perspective of garbage or solid, semisolid waste and not anything else .what about E-waste ! from a back decade e-waste has become a global issue. India is too generating a bulky amount of e-waste every year. Every other waste except e-waste is getting wide media coverage due to which awareness regarding e-waste among people in society is very less or negligible. E-waste recycling (i.e. 3 R’s) is a concept hardly in existence in India . As of now most of e-waste generated is getting dumped in rivers or dumping yards either of getting properly recycled or reused after treatment which in result have adverse effects on environment as well as health issues. So basically paper describes the current situation of e-waste management in India and other parts of globe. It also describes the case study of trend of e-waste in India with other countries . In last ten years , it is observed that e –waste is increasing day by day and the principal generators of these e-waste are computers ,mobile , telephone equipment widely used by the government ,public sector companies and private sectors, generate nearly about 75 % of e-waste and on other hand with the contribution of individual household being only 16%. According to ASSOCHAM compound Annual growth rate of electronic waste is 30%. Computer equipments contribute about 70% of total e-waste generated in India and telecommunication equipments accounts for almost 12%. State wise Maharashtra ranked first followed by Tamil Nadu and UP in e-waste pollution and among all cities Mumbai ranks first in generating e-waste followed by Delhi and Bangalore.

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e-waste, e- waste management, recycle

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"E- Waste : A new challenge for waste management in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.2370-2378, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103296.pdf

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"E- Waste : A new challenge for waste management in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp2370-2378, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103296.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2103296
Registration ID: 307115
Published In: Volume 8 | Issue 3 | Year March-2021
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Page No: 2370-2378
Country: Pune, Maharashtra, India .
Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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