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E- WASTE “AN UNPRECEDENTED PROBLEM IN INDIA”
Authors: SARITA ABHAY DHAWALE
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The demand for computers and accessories in particular is phenomenal as a result of increasing e-literacy and the common use of these gadgets in most offices, schools and other institutions, in line with current trends in the global electronic and information age. The emergence of the information age has underscored the critical role that information, knowledge and technology can play in a nation’s development and for global connectivity.
Electronic waste (E-waste) encompasses a broad and growing range of electronic devices ranging from large household appliances such as refrigerators, washers and dryers, and air conditioners, to hand-held cellular phones, fluorescent lamp bulbs (tubes), and personal stereos. Where once consumers purchased a stereo console or television set with the expectation that it would last for a decade or more, the increasingly rapid evolution of technology has effectively rendered everything “disposable.” Consumers no longer take a malfunctioning toaster, VCR or telephone to a repair shop. Replacement is often easier and cheaper than repair. And while these ever improving gadgets– faster, smaller, and cheaper – provide many benefits, they also carry a legacy of waste. Electronic waste already constitutes from 2% to 5% and is growing rapidly. Studies estimate that the volume of electronic waste is rising by 3% to5% per year – almost three times faster than the municipal waste stream.
E-WASTE electronic waste has become a common spoke able term in world media, when Hollywood Hits such as Wale – e come into the theaters, But what about know, what is Happening Know towards this problem Of course a lot is contributing but problem of house could not be solved by the soldiers of Giants, more clearly we require solutions that could solve the problem much at ground domestic level, Hence In Present study we have tried to cover the whole scenario of e-waste present in world, especially in INDIA, there is no other destination for when it comes to environment then Greenpeace being so large and diverse in nature the organization is given a full documents that how much e-waste is present in world. what are it causes, who is responsible for it too. By Including their search in this present in work we concluded most important fact that e-waste was not a problem because it have already have many solutions and due to it unprecedented continuum nature we need batter domestic solution.