E-waste

India is a key importer of hazardous waste

Production of a smartphone is responsible for about 80 per cent of the total carbon footprint in its life cycle, and hence it is the most vital of the stages

Smartphone companies and industry organisations have agreed to a phased rollout of a uniform charging port for all electronic devices, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. A sub-group will be set up to examine the feasibility of uniform charging ports for wearables, it said. This was decided during a discussion in the meeting of the inter-ministerial task force chaired by Consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh here. The representatives of industry associations such as MAIT, FICCI, CII, educational institutions, including IIT Kanpur, IIT (BHU), Varanasi as well as the central government ministries, including the Environment Ministry, attended the meeting. "Stakeholders agreed that a phased roll-out of the common charging port may be conducted so that the same can be applied by the industry and adopted by consumers harmoniously," an official statement said. In the meeting, a broad consensus emerged among stakeholders on the adoption of USB Type C as a charging por

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The meeting with mobile makers and sector-specific organisations has been scheduled to assess the possibility of ending use of multiple chargers in India, reduce burden on consumers, the official said

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There will also be collection centres across 12 zones in the city to channelise e-waste, he said

According to the United Nations, each person on the planet will produce on average 7.6 kg of e-waste in 2021

Bitcoin mining generates as much as 30.7 metric kilotonnes of e-waste every year as of May 2021 which is comparable to small IT equipment waste produced by countries like the Netherlands

India is drafting a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Electronic waste or e-waste is discarded electrical or electronic devices

Having a presence in 29 states and three Union Territories, this organisation manages helps treat e-waste dumped in India's two biggest dumping sites - Seelampur and Mustafabad, both in Delhi

Bengaluru is the largest e-waste producer in India after Mumbai and Delhi. Manvel Alur has a solution for safe disposal

E-waste disposal norms should not be relaxed

NGT has asked concerned departments to remove waste lying on the river bank

It says that e-waste in Asia has jumped 63% in five years

300,000 kabaddi wallahs to be skilled; major electronics goods manufacturers are tying up with recyclers

That's a three-fold increase from the current level of 1.8 mn tonnes; country's e-waste growing at 30% a year

The telecom equipment alone accounting for 12% of the e-waste

But, the lack of clarity on who was responsible for collecting such waste led to loose implementation of EPR rules