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Share innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste

Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste
Start Date :
Feb 01, 2022
Last Date :
Feb 15, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste ...

Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste

Today, electronic waste poses a significant challenge for society. With the introduction of innovative features and up-gradation, people are changing their devices by discarding the old ones, thereby contributing to the generation of electronic waste significantly.

Replacing the linear systems with circular in electrical and electronic equipment intends to maximize value at each life-cycle stage by reusing, repairing, recovering remanufacturing, regenerating products and material.

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) observes Swachhata Pakhwada 2022 from 1st February 2022 to 15th February 2022 promoting ‘E-waste se Raksha- Swachhata hi Suraksha’. Citizens are invited to share their innovative ideas on how circular economy practices can help in sustainable and efficient E-waste Management.

The best entries from the citizens will be identified by the Ministry and will be featured on the MyGov page.

The last date to receive suggestions is 15th February 2022.

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M S KUMARSWAMY
M S KUMARSWAMY 4 years 5 months ago
Precautions to Take Before Donating or Recycling Your Electronics *Upgrade your computer instead of simply replacing it *Format all your personal information from your products before discarding *Take out the batteries from your gadgets before getting rid of them
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M S KUMARSWAMY
M S KUMARSWAMY 4 years 5 months ago
All E-waste is made up of deadly chemicals such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury and brominated flame retardants. Disposing of gadgets and devices improperly increases the chances of these dangerous chemicals contaminating the soil, polluting the air and leaching into water bodies. When e-waste is deposited in a landfill, it tends to leach when water passes through it picking up trace elements. After which the contaminated landfill water reaches natural groundwater with increased toxic levels, this can be harmful if it enters any drinking water bodies.
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M S KUMARSWAMY
M S KUMARSWAMY 4 years 5 months ago
A landfill site is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. Around 90% of E-waste is disposed by landfill disposal. The number of landfills has been increasing in both developed and developing countries.
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M S KUMARSWAMY
M S KUMARSWAMY 4 years 5 months ago
Electronic waste (E-waste) is one of the fastest growing pollution problems worldwide. Effective methods, namely, recycling and landfill disposal are used to dispose E-waste globally. India is currently dealing with its own E-waste and also a major quantity of E-waste that is imported from abroad. Due to improper and unsafe methods followed in recycling and disposal of E-waste in India, health and safety of the workers involved are affected significantly.
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ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 4 years 5 months ago
Government shall advice people to use energy efficient products with ISI mark. Substandard Electrical and Electronic Equipment products can cause electrical shock, short-circuit and fire. Swich, sockets, wires and cables shall be checked while buying. A lot of fake and duplicate substandard products of established brands are available in market. Better to buy from authorised dealers of reputed brands than local vendor.
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Ashutosh kumar
Ashutosh kumar 4 years 5 months ago
1) One Mobile One Person policy should be implemented. 2) Next mobile can be brought with similar "Auto scrap policy" principle with certificate of scrap we should get discounts. 3) Battery of damages mobile should be reused by manufacturer.
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Jaideep Chatterjee
Jaideep Chatterjee 4 years 5 months ago
The manufacturer and the final users must be encouraged to dump their used material and items at a certain point of their respective city so that it could be piled at the recycling centre and if they make it a habit then duly be rewarded in a week. E wastage can be an alternative raw materials road plastering and tools to railway tracks, apart all, we can reuse the wastage as raw materials of PVC as well.
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SANJAY KUMAR BUNKAR
SANJAY KUMAR BUNKAR 4 years 5 months ago
In India, the amount of e-waste generated differs by state. The three states that produce the most e-waste are as follows: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Other states that produce significant e-waste are Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab Additionally, e-waste is disproportionately generated in urban areas—65 Indian cities generate more than 60% of India's total e-waste. Mumbai is the top e-waste producer followed by Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Kolkata.[1]
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Imran Rizwan Shaikh
Imran Rizwan Shaikh 4 years 5 months ago
A circular economy shifts away from the 'take, make, use, waste' approach to a 'closed loop' system. A circular economy aims to reduce the environmental impacts of production and consumption by avoiding waste, and reusing or recycling materials.
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Imran Rizwan Shaikh
Imran Rizwan Shaikh 4 years 5 months ago
A circular economy shifts away from the 'take, make, use, waste' approach to a 'closed loop' system. A circular economy aims to reduce the environmental impacts of production and consumption by avoiding waste, and reusing or recycling materials.
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