E-waste Management in India:Problems and Issues

Abstract

Electronic waste or E-waste includes discarded electronic and electrical equipment. Developing countries, including India, are facing challenges related to the growing volume of E-waste which are either generated internally or imported from other countries. The existing E-waste management practices in India are reasonably poor and cause risk to both human health and the environment. The policy related to E-waste management exists in India, but implementation of these policies again is the big challenge, but still these are not being implemented in an appropriate way. This paper contributes to the problems and issues related to E-waste in India, which includes six major issues, i.e. growing volume of E-waste, Resource Depletion, Health and Environment Hazard, Less Effective Policies, Transboundary Movements of E-waste, Recycling Technologies.