E-waste is a thoughtful ecological and public health problem in India. India is among top five countries in world in terms of production of E-waste. Ewaste is a popular name for electronic products nearing the end of their “useful life.” Televisions, Computers, laptops, communication machines, printers and appliances are common electronic products. Due to the advancement in technology there is up gradation in the waste which includes gadgets like tablets, Video games, cameras smart phone etc. there is increment in the E-waste every year which makes it more difficult to manage and recycle.
Consumers discarded 53.6 million tonnes worth of electronics in 2019, globally up 20 percent in 5 years. But only 17.4 percent was recycled sustainably
India generates about 3 million tonnes (MT) of e-waste annually and ranks third among e-waste producing countries, after China and the United States
Reports state that it might rise to 7 million tonnes by 2022
With COVID-19 keeping people indoors and on devices, the usage of electronics is only getting higher
The point of extracting metals and plastic from e-waste is to use them towards making more electronics. This is not as easy as it seems. These metals are difficult to extract – the UN report puts the total recovery rates for cobalt at 30 percent (despite technology existing that could recycle 95 percent). It’s used for laptops, smart phones, and electric car batteries, and recycled metals are two to 10 times more energy-efficient than metals smelted from virgin ore. The way forward to ensuring a sustainable chain in
manufacturing and recycling is to build effective reuse methods. This is also vital because the key elements in most electronics – rare earth metals – aren’t exactly rare as their name suggests, but are definitely hard to obtain, at least locally
The idea behind the conference not just to ensure bring the right people/industry stakeholders on board but also that to ensure each stakeholder start to include sustainable methods.
EXTENDED PRODUCERS RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) ensures the best possible solutions available for such waste and stopping them from entering into landfill / waterways.
3rd segment of our EPR conference has added electronic waste as well. This conference will focus on the brand owner’s perspectives to the plastic recycling, sustainability & ground level applications of various methods used by brand owners and solution providers.
The conference will cover beyond EPR strategies, EPR compliance, Govt. interventions, regulations by the Govt and many more thrilling topics. Along with the brand owners, there will be all stakeholders of the EPR segment in Plastic waste management.
Recycling is one of the most important actions available to reduce the impacts of plastic on the environment. It provides opportunities to reduce oil usage, carbon dioxide emissions and the quantities of waste requiring disposal.
ITS EPR will continue to provide a platform where all brand owners and plastic recyclers can meet and bring the solutions with regards to the plastic waste management.