E-waste Management in India: A Review
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https://doi.org/10.62431/7xfyfd06Keywords:
Electronic waste, Environmental pollution, E-waste management, Physical wastesAbstract
E-waste or Electronic wastes can be mentioned as electronic goods that are dumped out or unwanted. Yearly, around 50 million tons of E-wastes are produced. Depending upon their nature of reaction, there are chances for dangers depending upon the circumstances. Discarded batteries, PCs and other electrochemical wastes may leads to undesirable results. Environmental deterioration and health risk due to inappropriate e-waste management has become an important topic in India. E-waste should be treated equally as compared to the other wastes. The situation is alarming as India produce about 20 lakh tones of E-waste yearly and almost all of it finds its way into the unorganized sector as there is no proper arrangement available at present. This paper discusses the present outline of e-waste management and possible e-waste plan of action in India.
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