A Critical Review of E-waste Regulations in India
AVDESH BHARDAWAJ2014
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Abstract
The biggest challenge in resolving any social problem is the non-compliance of rules & regulations in the society. A lot of scientific legislation has come up in India as well in recent times. With effect from May, 2012 E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 came into effect and these rules entail environmentally sound management of e-Waste. E-waste management implies that all the required steps have been taken to ensure the management and disposal in such a manner that it does not affect the health of human beings and the environment adversely due to undesirable effects of hazardous substance contained in such e-wastes. These rules also necessitate the manner of collection, transportation, storage, dismantling and recycling of such e-waste. But all good said and done on paper still requires to be put into practice. Being the fastest growing refuse problem in the world, the e-waste junk stream is growing at a rate of 20% per year. By 2010 India had about 75 million computers an...
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