Global E-waste Monitor 2017

The Global E-waste Monitor 2017, released by ITU, the UN University (UNU) and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), in December 2017, highlighted increasing levels of e-waste and its improper and unsafe treatment and disposal through burning or at dumpsites.

India’s Report Card

• India generated nearly 2 million tonnes of electronic waste in 2016, of the 44.7 million tonnes produced globally.
• Severe health risks and environmental damage are widespread in India due to very low literacy levels of the country’s over one million people involved in manual e-waste recycling operations.
• India’s electronics industry is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and ....