E - Waste Recyclers, India

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The problem of E-Waste Disposal needs to be addressed seriously and with utmost sincerity. The need for E-Waste Disposal arises from the fact that, old and useless electronic items are not bio-degradable. In most of the developing countries, these e-waste materials are collected through scrap dealers. From them, they end up in the unorganized recycling places.Electronic Waste, E-Waste, E-Scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken Electrical or Electronic Devices. Environmental groups claim that the informal processing of Electronic Waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, contain contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants. Activists claim that even in developed countries recycling and disposal of E-Waste may involve significant risk to workers and communities and great care must be taken to avoid unsafe exposure in recycling operations and leaching of material such as heavy metals from landfills and incinerator ashes.