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1. E-WASTE: THE LATEST CONTRIBUTOR TO ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
PRESENTERS:
DHEERENDAR REDDY- 11502093-(B35)
CHENCHO DEM – 11510696-(B36)
ROHIT KUMAR- 11508462-(B39)
NAVENDU BAKAYA- 11508452-(B40)

2.  Introduction
 What is e-waste
 Sources of e-waste
 Categories of e-waste
 Consequences of e-waste
 Remedies of e-waste
 Draft law on e-waste recycling
 Conclusion

3.  The rapid pace of the technological
change in the fields of environment has
made appliances for home and office
equipment both affordable and widely used.
 Resulting in lots of electronic appliances added to
waste stream.
“As many as 3,000 personal computers; 8,500 mobile handsets;
5,500 TV sets and are dismantled in the Delhi everyday
for reuse of their component parts and materials”

4.  It May be defined as, computers, office
equipment, entertainment devices &
many other electronic or electrical.
 The electronic components that are
disposed off in an inappropriate manner are
collectively termed as ‘e-waste’.
 Devices which are unwanted broken and
discarded by their original users are known
as ‘e-waste’ or ‘electronic waste’.

6.  Large household appliances.
 Small household appliances.
 IT & telecommunications equipment.
 Consumer equipment.
 Lighting & e-tools.
 Medical & sports equipment.
 Monitoring & control instruments.

8.  Importing too much second hand devices.
 Airports found with deluged e-waste import.
 No sources of accurate estimates of quantity.
 Through recycling environmental damage causes
‘cherry-picking’ by recyclers.
 India’s poor response towards increasing e-waste.
 Most e-waste imports to India along with china and
Africa across the world.

10.  The huge amount of e-waste not recycled can be
accounted for by storage.
 Landfill/incineration.
Reuse and recycling of electrical equipment.
Awareness of e-waste & implementation of legislation.

11.  Government of India makes e-waste as an organized business.
 Responsibility shifted to third party. Instead, of It industry.
 Considering as hazardous waste under hazardous waste
management guidelines ,1989.

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