Waste management, particularly when it comes to plastics, has received much attention over the years in the country. Plastics took center stage in the country's discourse on environmental protection on this World Environment Day. Yet, somehow, the issue of e-waste, which is one of the most dangerous types of waste - including heavy metals and other toxic chemicals for it - remains insidious.
Even today, while India is among the world's largest consumer of mobile phones with 1.5 million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2015, most consumers are still unaware of how to dispose of their e-waste. Most Indians sell their e-waste companies in India in the informal sector, which poses a serious threat to humans (including children), extracting trace amounts of its precious metal from improper and highly dangerous methods and e-waste for profit With handling. .
The government passed the first law on plastic waste management in 2011, based on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which entered into an eco-friendly manner on the manufacturer to manage the final stages of its product life. , Together with the State Pollution Control Boards, by making certain standards. However, it did not set collection targets; This new law was amended, passed two years ago.
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