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Share innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste

Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste
Start Date :
Feb 01, 2022
Last Date :
Feb 15, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste ...

Innovative ideas on circular economy in E-waste

Today, electronic waste poses a significant challenge for society. With the introduction of innovative features and up-gradation, people are changing their devices by discarding the old ones, thereby contributing to the generation of electronic waste significantly.

Replacing the linear systems with circular in electrical and electronic equipment intends to maximize value at each life-cycle stage by reusing, repairing, recovering remanufacturing, regenerating products and material.

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) observes Swachhata Pakhwada 2022 from 1st February 2022 to 15th February 2022 promoting ‘E-waste se Raksha- Swachhata hi Suraksha’. Citizens are invited to share their innovative ideas on how circular economy practices can help in sustainable and efficient E-waste Management.

The best entries from the citizens will be identified by the Ministry and will be featured on the MyGov page.

The last date to receive suggestions is 15th February 2022.

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SUTHAHAR P
SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
E-waste typically consists of metals, plastics, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), printed circuit boards, cables, and so on. Valuable metals such as copper, silver, gold, and platinum could be recovered from e-wastes, if they are scientifically processed. The presence of toxic substances such as liquid crystal, lithium, mercury, nickel, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), selenium, arsenic, barium, brominated flame retardants, cadmium, chrome, cobalt, copper, and lead, makes it very hazardous, if e-waste is dismantled and processed in a crude manner with rudimentary techniques. E-waste poses a huge risk to humans, animals, and the environment. The presence of heavy metals and highly toxic substances such as mercury, lead, beryllium, and cadmium pose a significant threat to the environment even in minute quantities.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
Electronic waste or e-waste is generated when electronic and electrical equipment become unfit for their originally intended use or have crossed the expiry date. Computers, servers, mainframes, monitors, compact discs (CDs), printers, scanners, copiers, calculators, fax machines, battery cells, cellular phones, transceivers, TVs, iPods, medical apparatus, washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners are examples of e-waste (when unfit for use). These electronic equipments get fast replaced with newer models due to the rapid technology advancements and production of newer electronic equipment. This has led to an exponential increase in e-waste generation. People tend to switch over to the newer models and the life of products has also decreased.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras is developing a new model to tackle electronic wastes (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy. It will be an exchange platform that will serve as an online marketplace for waste electrical and electronic equipment and facilitate a formal supply chain between various stakeholders. According to studies, the world presently generates 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste every year. This is expected to double in the next 16 years. Studies also estimated that 85 per cent of this is being lost globally. E-waste is a pressing issue in India. It is the world’s third-largest producer of e-waste. But only five per cent of its e-waste is recycled properly. IIT-Madras researchers are working to develop the model which, they estimate, can potentially open doors to a $50 billion economy.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
Reducing e-waste isn’t just about eliminating those environmental risks. Minimizing e-waste also helps us to conserve resources and reduces the amount of energy we need to make these products; recycling parts within e-waste uses considerably less energy than creating new ones.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
The challenge of reducing e-waste is something everyone needs to become aware of and make a commitment to doing, and it starts with understanding why we don’t want our used electronics continuously flowing into community landfills. Electronic waste is defined as discarded electrical or electronic devices that can lead to human and environmental damage if they get put in landfills. These devices contain toxic chemicals like mercury and lead, and while they’re safe to use once they get placed in a landfill those toxins can seep out into the soil and water, contaminating both. If those toxins get into your drinking water then that presents a health hazard for you and your family.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
There are actually very simple ways that all of us can help reduce e-waste, which is especially important at a time when our ever-growing reliance on electronics has led to e-waste becoming the largest growing waste stream worldwide. All it takes is a commitment from you to avoid either throwing away your used electronics or hoarding them in your closet or desk drawer.
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SUTHAHAR P 4 years 2 months ago
Technology has improved so rapidly in the past few decades that today it’s hard to imagine what the world would be like without smartphones, GPS maps, laptops and other electronic devices. There are now more mobile phones around the world than the number of people, and there are 7.5 billion people in the world. Reusing the precious metals and plastics in old cell phones instead of mining for brand new materials can save the energy equivalent to power up to 24,000 U.S. homes for a year, according to estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Shashi pratap
Shashi pratap 4 years 2 months ago
कचरे को रिसाइकल करने के लिए हमें जमीनी स्तर पर प्रत्येक ग्राम पंचायत मे कचरे को इक्कठा करने के लिए एक स्थाई बदोवस्त करना होगा ,
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prasad 4 years 2 months ago
सरकारी निगम इसके लिए एक सरकारी निगम बनाया जाए व कार्मिक भर्ती करे जाएं ।
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Ranjana Pandey
Ranjana Pandey 4 years 2 months ago
अगर हम ई-कचरा को इकट्ठा करके सड़कें बनवाने में इनकी प्लास्टिक का प्रयोग कर लिया जाए तो शायद कचरा भी कम हो जाएगा सड़के मजबूत होंगी और जो आवश्यक पार्ट है उन्हे निकाल कर के जो आगे भविष्य में काम आ सके उन्हें संरक्षित रखने की व्यवस्था की जा सकती है।
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