Indian government is to bring complete government initiative to
monitor and take emergent actions on e waste with complete policy for
the industries .The matter of e waste has been raised from the various
fora in government and delibrations of priavte and public sector but
with technology still not in position to match its utility and fiscal
structure with government taking soft approach the e waster is the
next watch word for the goverance community.
But in the meantime the United Nation has shown the,Urgent Need to
Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes. Rocketing sales of
cell phones, gadgets, appliances in China, India, elsewhere forecast.
Proper e-waste collection, recycling key to recovering valuable
materials, protecting health, building new green economy.
Bali, 22 February 2010 - Sales of electronic products in countries
like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin
America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years.
And, unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle
materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-
waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and
public health, according to UN experts in a landmark report released
today by UNEP.
Issued at a meeting of Basel Convention and other world chemical
authorities prior to UNEP's Governing Council meeting in Bali,
Indonesia, the report, "Recycling - from E-Waste to Resources," used
data from 11 representative developing countries to estimate current
and future e-waste generation - which includes old and dilapidated
desk and laptop computers, printers, mobile phones, pagers, digital
photo and music devices, refrigerators, toys and televisions.
In South Africa and China for example, the report predicts that by
2020 e-waste from old computers will have jumped by 200 to 400 percent
from 2007 levels, and by 500% in India
By that same year in China, e-waste from discarded mobile phones will
be about 7 times higher than 2007 levels and, in India, 18 times
higher.
By 2020, e-waste from televisions will be 1.5 to 2 times higher in
China and India while in India e-waste from discarded refrigerators
will double or triple.China already produces about 2.3 million tonnes
(2010 estimate) domestically, second only to the United States with
about 3 million tonnes. And, despite having banned e-waste imports,
China remains a major e-waste dumping ground for developed countries.
Most e-waste in China is improperly handled, much of it incinerated by
backyard recyclers to recover valuable metals like gold - practices
that release steady plumes of far-reaching toxic pollution and yield
very low metal recovery rates compared to state-of-the-art industrial
facilities.
monitor and take emergent actions on e waste with complete policy for
the industries .The matter of e waste has been raised from the various
fora in government and delibrations of priavte and public sector but
with technology still not in position to match its utility and fiscal
structure with government taking soft approach the e waster is the
next watch word for the goverance community.
But in the meantime the United Nation has shown the,Urgent Need to
Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes. Rocketing sales of
cell phones, gadgets, appliances in China, India, elsewhere forecast.
Proper e-waste collection, recycling key to recovering valuable
materials, protecting health, building new green economy.
Bali, 22 February 2010 - Sales of electronic products in countries
like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin
America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years.
And, unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle
materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-
waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and
public health, according to UN experts in a landmark report released
today by UNEP.
Issued at a meeting of Basel Convention and other world chemical
authorities prior to UNEP's Governing Council meeting in Bali,
Indonesia, the report, "Recycling - from E-Waste to Resources," used
data from 11 representative developing countries to estimate current
and future e-waste generation - which includes old and dilapidated
desk and laptop computers, printers, mobile phones, pagers, digital
photo and music devices, refrigerators, toys and televisions.
In South Africa and China for example, the report predicts that by
2020 e-waste from old computers will have jumped by 200 to 400 percent
from 2007 levels, and by 500% in India
By that same year in China, e-waste from discarded mobile phones will
be about 7 times higher than 2007 levels and, in India, 18 times
higher.
By 2020, e-waste from televisions will be 1.5 to 2 times higher in
China and India while in India e-waste from discarded refrigerators
will double or triple.China already produces about 2.3 million tonnes
(2010 estimate) domestically, second only to the United States with
about 3 million tonnes. And, despite having banned e-waste imports,
China remains a major e-waste dumping ground for developed countries.
Most e-waste in China is improperly handled, much of it incinerated by
backyard recyclers to recover valuable metals like gold - practices
that release steady plumes of far-reaching toxic pollution and yield
very low metal recovery rates compared to state-of-the-art industrial
facilities.
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