The E Waste contains various toxic materials viz. lead, mercury, cadmium and other long lasting substances and in the informal process of electronic waste recycling activities, these leads to damage of almost all the body arts and systems. Due to lack of awareness and improper safeguards, the workers in informal recycling sector suffer from various ailments. For example, tubelights, motherboards and toner cartridges re burnt on open flames, spewing mercury, cadmium and others into the natural system creates air pollution.
The necessary enforcement and regulatory measures can play a great role in managing the efficient recycling processes. The central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recently issued notices to the electrical and electronics manufactures to meet the provisions under the E Waste (Management) Rules 2016. As per the notification, the producers are required to meet their recovery targets, these producers need to obtain authorisation from the concerned department. The Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) authorisation has become mandatory for the producers for their recovery management system and is small step towards safe handling E Waste and its management.
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