India's Emerging E-waste Problem - Text
Electronic applications are designed to make our lives more straightforward. However, the composition of these appliances can be severely damaging to our ecosystem, devices containing more than 1000 different substances, with a majority of these substances being classified in the 'hazardous' category.
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Sinha-Khetriwal classifies E-waste as "any electrically powered appliance that has reached its end-of-life". The problem here isn't the technology itself, it's how poorly these items are recycled. Some of the dangerous materials found in e-waste include lead and cadmium, which, when improperly refused, affect the human blood, kidneys and the peripheral nervous system. If not recycled efficiently through scientific methods can be detrimental to not only human health but the environment.
My project will outline the ongoing issue of inefficient distribution of e-waste through minority sectors such as places in India. I am expressing the effects of these fumes on the population and the environment and exploring scientific methods that could diminish India's contributing 3.2 million tons of e-waste annually.
Dr. S. Chatterjee, Scientist-E Department of Information Technology Electronics Niketan, 6, C.G.O. Complex New Delhi-110 003, India https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/EWaste_Sep11_892011.pdf
To look further into the impact E-waste has upon India, an article by Dr S Chatterjee from the department of information technology expresses the correct way in which India needs to approach the distribution of e-waste; it also discusses how the Ministry of environment and forests in India. Explores environmentally sound methods of effectively diminishing India's E-waste problem. Therefore this article is an excellent use for my argument.
Needhidasan, S., Samuel, M. & Chidambaram, R. Electronic waste – an emerging threat to the environment of urban India. J Environ Health Sci Engineer 12, 36 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-336X-12-36
Electronic Waste - an emerging threat to the environment of India, an article written by Santhanama Needhidasan, generates statistical evidence of the rising problem of E-waste in India. Further detail is shown by going into specifics about the quantity of e-waste being thrown away in specific areas. These stats reveal that 1000 tons of plastics, 300 tons of lead, 0.23 tons of mercury, 43 tons of nickel and 350 tons of copper are generated annually through Bangalore. Although these statistics could be a bit outdated going back to 2014, they will provide me with a comparison of growth over eight years to work within my final argument.
India's positioned highly amongst the other nations that have continually generated more e-waste in quantity, especially in Urban India. New tactics to address this issue need to be deeply evaluated to ensure a safe and reliable recycling plan for the betterment of the country itself and to overall stop this global crisis of e-waste.
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