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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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SANJAY SARKAR
SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
The lax or zero enforcement of existing regulatory framework or low level of awareness and sensitization, and inadequate occupational safety for those involved in these processes exacerbate e-waste management in developing countries compared to the EU and Japan, which have well-developed initiatives at all levels aimed at changing consumer behaviour. Therefore, there is need for developing countries to adopt effective strategies to encourage re-use, refurbishing or recycling e-waste in specializ
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
In the EU, the EU WEEE directive clearly imposes collection, recovery, and recycling targets on its member countries. Thus, it stipulates a minimum collection target of 4 kg/capita per year for all the member states. These collection- and weight-based recycling targets seek to reduce the amount of hazardous substances disposed into landfills and to increase the availability of recyclable materials that indirectly encourages less virgin materials consumption in new products.
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
The reason is that large amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) enters India from foreign countries. Switzerland is the first country in the world to have established and implemented a formal e-waste management system that has recycled 11 kg/capita of e-waste against the target of 4 kg/capita set by the European Union (EU).
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
China discards 160 million electronic devices a year. In the past, China has been regarded as the largest e-waste dumping site in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people have expertise in dismantling electronic junk.
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
Despite 66 per cent of the world’s population being covered by e-waste legislation, only 20 per cent of global e-waste is recycled each year, which means that 40 million tonnes of e-waste is either burned for resource recovery or illegally traded and treated in a sub-standard way. In the US alone, more than 100 million computers are thrown away with less than 20 per cent being recycled properly.
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
Half of this is personal devices such as computers, screens, smartphones, tablets, and TVs, with the remainder being larger household appliances and heating and cooling equipment. Despite 66 per cent of the world’s population being covered by e-waste legislation, only 20 per cent of global e-waste is recycled each year, which means that 40 million tonnes of e-waste is either burned for resource recovery or illegally traded and treated in a sub-standard way
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
Global E-Waste Problem International treaties such as Basel Convention aim at reducing and regulating the movement of hazardous waste between nations. Even with the Convention, illegal shipment and dumping of e-wastes continue to take place. It is estimated that 50 million tonnes of e-waste was generated globally in 2018. Half of this is personal devices such as computers, screens, smartphones, tablets, and TVs, with the remainder being larger household appliances and heating and cooling equipm
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
In addition, there is lack of infrastructure and absence of appropriate legislations specifically dealing with e-waste. Also, there is inadequate description of the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and institutions involved in e-waste management, etc. In 2016, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the updated E-waste (Management) Rules, which came in supersession of the E-waste in India (GOI, 2016).
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
In developed countries, e-waste management is given high priority, while in developing countries it is exacerbated by completely adopting or replicating the e-waste management of developed countries and several related problems including, lack of investment and technically skilled human resources. In addition, there is lack of infrastructure and absence of appropriate legislations specifically dealing with e-waste. 
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SANJAY SARKAR 4 years 5 months ago
E-waste poses a huge risk to humans, animals, and the environment. The presence of heavy metals and highly toxic substances such as mercury, lead, beryllium, and cadmium pose a significant threat to the environment even in minute quantities.
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