E-Waste is becoming a global challange
World over, almost 50 million tons of electronic waste or e-waste is generated annually and if we recycle this entire quantity in a systematic manner, we may avoid burden on our ecology to a great extent and save our environment from further damages. These considerations have led to an intense debate about how E-waste can be best managed. To facilitate a discussion on the issue, ET ThinkTurf has organized a panel discussion, E-waste–“A Global Challenge”. In the opening remarks, Mr. Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT said that e-waste is one of the rapidly growing environmental problems of the World. With extensive use of computers and other electronic equipments coupled with increasing discarding habits, rapid technological change, there is a significant increase in e-waste generation. On one hand, these end-of-life electronics items contain valuable commodities and on the other hand potentially harmful substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury etc. These toxic wastes can have dre...