TNPSC Thervupettagam

E waste report

January 24 , 2021 1160 days 1024 0
  • It is a recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board.
  • India collected just 10 per cent of the electronic waste (e-waste) estimated to have been generated in the country 2018-19 and 3.5 per cent of that in the generated in 2017-18.
  • India generated 708,445 tonne e-waste in 2017-18 and 771,215 tonnes in 2018-19.
  • In 2019-20, the figure rose 32 per cent to 1,014,961 tonnes.
  • The union environment ministry has formulated in the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016.
  • It had made the producers responsible for collection of end-of-life electronic products as part of the Extended Producer Responsibility.

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