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INDIA: INFORMAL RECYCLING SECTOR


source: www.deccanherald.com/
deccanherald/aug172004/c1.asp

www.hindu.com/2004/08/17/
stories/2004081715440300.htm

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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informal recycling-India

Recycling in India is done both in the organised and unorganised sectors…

Bangalore, the silicon valley of India, produces around 600 tons/year of electronic and electrical waste. According to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Chairman:
  • about 6,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste is stored in and around Bangalore;


  • by 2007-2008, the quantity of e-waste production will rise to 1,500 tons/year.
An informal sector is involved in recycling these wastes…
  • especially women and children, in garages and in dingy areas, carry out operations;


  • in New Delhi alone, around 4,000 persons are involved in the recycling of e-waste compared to Switzerland where 12 to 24 persons handle the e-waste of the whole country.
Indiscriminate dumping and burning of e-waste and unscientific recycling results in occupational hazards and environment degradation: a soil sample of an open field where e-waste was being burnt in Delhi showed that it contained enough mercury and lead to poison it for the next 500 years!
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