E-waste is generated from refrigerators, televisions, printers, mobile
phones, computers, music systems, radios, tape recorders, videos. VCD
and laboratory equipment. Estimated e-wasta generated in India is
N Inkha MT/ year, wherons 20000 MT/ year is estimated e-waste from
Maharashtra The Electronic Waste Rula 2011 under Environment
Protection Act, 1986 came into effect from 1st May, 2012. Under this
Act. collection centres are required to be established under the
authorization of state pollution control boards and committees to collect
the o-waste.
This waste will be sent to registered recyclers and dismantlers for
processing ,
There are 3 authorized recycling dismantling centres which are
operational and 20 recyclers , dismantlers are getting established under
the authorization of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). Most
of the c-waste is collected and processed by unauthorized and
unrecognized entities following very crude and environmentally
hazardous methods. Cadmium is one of the hazardous materials involved
in e-waste, which can bio-accumulate in the environment and is extremely
toxic to humans in affecting kidneys and bones. PVC (Polyvinyl
Chloride) cabling when burnt or land-filled, these PVcs release dioxins
that have harmful effects on human reproductive and inumune systems.
Mercury (Hg which is used in lighting devices in flat screen displays,
can cause damage to the nervous system. Kidneys and brain. There is an
urgent need to organize, establish control and monitor the overall
working of c-waste scenario. w
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