How to regulate e-garbage

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                                                  How to regulate e-garbage

Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. E-waste is created when an electronic product is discarded after the end of its usable life. The rapid expansion of technology and the consumer-driven society results in the creation of a very large amount of e-waste every minute.


Examples of e-waste

  • Large appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, cookers, microwaves electric fans, conditioners.

  • Small appliances like irons, toasters, coffee machines, hairdryers, watches.

  • IT, telecommunication, and TV equipment like computers, laptops, printers, mobile phones, televisions.

Electronic waste contains toxic components that are dangerous to human health that as mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated frame retardants, barium, and lithium. The negative health effects of these toxic on humans include brain, heart, liver, kidney, and skeleton system damage.


BAN(Basel Action Network)- the United Nations basal convention restricts the trade of e-waste because of these toxic components. Following basal convention, BAN aims to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly rather than dumped in less developed countries. Despite basal convention hazardous waste trade regulations, some questionable recycling companies are merely brokers that export e-waste to less developed countries. These companies cut costs by offloading dismantling and recycling to impoverished countries with fewer labor laws, weak environmental regulations, and poor human rights track records. In these impoverished communities, ‘recycling’ often means burning circuit boards, soaking microchips in acid, and burning plastic to sort them by order. In short, it means poisoning people and the planet.

Even when e-waste rules exist, it’s left up to consumers to handle their old devices properly. But recycling them can be a pain. Rather than just drop a used phone in a bin outside their homes, lots of people have to take their electronics to a store, which may pay them for it but could also charge them to get rid of it. So now let's look at things as individuals we can do to save our planet from this e-waste-

  • 'Swachh Digital Bharat' -the general public is encouraged to participate in swachh digital Bharat by giving their e-waste to authorized recyclers only.

  •  3R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  • We can look for appliances with multiple functions instead of buying several products for different functions.

  • We should take care of our product in such a way that damage is prevented and it lasts for a long time.

  • We should look for environmentally friendly electronics like we should buy products with more energy stars.

  • Return the product to the company itself after use.

  • Donating outdated technologies- this is the best thing one can do with outdated technology don't use and throw it, instead they can be donated to the ones who require it.

  • One should exchange their old products are the new ones.

  • Learn to fix broken gadgets yourself.


I think Multibillion-dollar companies like Apple and Samsung should pick up the cost of recycling the devices they sell.

To summarise, we should be aware of the situation and also educate the coming generation that is our children about the problem of e-waste and ways to reduce it.          

                                                                                      Article by- Kanupriya Chundawat

Edited by: Aastha Soni

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