NCR becoming e-waste dumping yard: Assocham, capital city of Delhi and the National capital region is likely to generate 50,000 metric tons of e-waste by 2015 from the current level of 30,000 metric tons, according to a new estimate. According to industry body, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in their E-waste in India by 2015 report, the increase in e-waste is growing at 25% and that the city alone gets around 85% of the electronic waste generated in the developed world. It also stated that they employ over 1.5 lakh employees. “As many as 8,500 mobile handset, 5,500 TV sets and 3,000 personal computers are dismantled in the city every day for reuse of their component parts and materials”, DS Rawat, Secretary General of the chamber said. He attributed this use to electronic gadgets getting more and more affordable. “Increasing usage also leads to more of them coming up for disposal, thus increasing the rate of obsolescence and replacement,” he said. Paper further stated that large e-waste centres exist in Delhi-NCR, Meerut, Ferozabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai, with 85,000 recyclers working in Delhi-NCR alone. According to the chamber e-waste comprise PC monitors, PCBs, CDs, motherboards, cables, toner cartridges, light bulbs and tube-lights are burned in the open, releasing lead, mercury toxins into the air. Metals and non-degradable materials such as gold and platinum, aluminium, cadmium, mercury, lead and brominated flame-retardants are retrieved. Bangalore, has become a dump yard for waste. The city is said to have a current level of 18,000 metric tons per annum growing at about 20% per annum.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 02:30:35 +0000
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