a report estimated e-waste increasing by 15% every year and the e-waste in 2014 is about 9 crore tons . what is the expected amount of e_waste in 2020
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India is ranked 5th in the world among top e-waste producing countries-USA, China, Japan and Germany. “The large increase (in total e-waste generation of the world) was mainly attributed to India,” said the report. An ASSOCHAM-KPMG study, Electronic Waste Management in India identified computer equipment account for almost 70 per cent of e-waste, followed by telecommunication equipment-phones (12 per cent), electrical equipment (8 per cent) and medical equipment (7 per cent) with remaining from household e-waste.
This increase in quantity of e-waste is because of increased consumption but also obsolescence. Users discard old computers, mobiles and other equipment much faster than before. According to a study in May 2017, the volume of waste is growing at an estimated 21 per cent annually. This report predicts that by 2020, e-waste from old computers in India will increase by 500 per cent; from discarded mobile phones will be about 18 times higher; from televisions will be 1.5 to 2 times higher; from discarded refrigerators will be double; than their respective 2007 levels.