E-Waste Subject: Environment New e-waste rules threaten jobs, collection network Electronic waste, or electronic goods that are past their shelf life, is largely handled by India’s vast informal sector. The environment ministry brought the E waste (Management) Rules, 2016, that introduced a system of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compelling makers of electronic goods […]

    E-Waste E-Waste is short for Electronic-Waste and the term is used to describe old, end-of-life or discarded electronic appliances. It includes their components, consumables, parts and spares. It is categorized into 21 types under two broad categories: Information technology and communication equipment. Consumer electrical and electronics. Laws to manage e-waste have been in […]

Subject: Environment Context: United Nations University (UNU) released report on e-waste. Concept: Findings: E-waste will increase by 38 per cent in the decade between 2020 and 2030. There was 6 million tonnes (MT) e-waste in 2019, according to the report. That is a nearly 21 per cent increase in just five years. Asia generated the […]