E-waste Shocking Condition In India By Clean To Green.
                     E-waste 
Shocking 
Condition In 
India
Presented By: Clean To Green
About The Organization
• Clean to Green campaign to educate consumers on the benefits of 
professional recycling and create efficient take-back management 
systems for producers.
• Clean to Green is funded by producers of electrical and electronic 
equipment and complies with the E-waste Management Rules.
• Clean to Green is a free take-back program for used or defective 
electronic products (e-waste) to ensure their safe and environmentally 
sound recycling. 
• Removal of e-waste is an emerging worldwide environmental and 
general health issue, as this waste has become the most quickly 
developing segment of the formal city waste stream in the world. 
Goal and Objective
• Clean to Green is a free take-back program for used or defective 
electronic products (e-waste) to ensure their safe and environmentally 
sound recycling. Clean to Green is funded by producers of electrical 
and electronic equipment and complies with the E-waste Management 
Rules.
• Since we are all users of electronic and electric products, the 
responsibility what happens with the products when we finished using 
them lies with all of us. Littering or amateurish recycling can cause 
negative impacts to the environment and our health. In contrast, 
leaving the products with Clean to Green, assures that they are 
recycled and disposed in a professional and responsible way.
Today’s Situation
• The world produces 50 million tons of electronic and electrical waste (e-
waste) per year, as per a recent UN report, however, just 20% is officially 
recycled. A great part of the rest ends up in landfills or is recycled 
casually in developing countries. 
• India generates more than 2,000,000 tons of e-waste every year and 
furthermore imports undisclosed measures of e-waste from other 
countries from around the world – including Australia. E-waste Disposal 
Companies In India.
• More than 95% of India's e-waste is processed by a widely distributed 
network of casual workers of waste pickers. They are often referred to as 
"kabadiwalas" or "radicals" who collect, dismantle and recycle it and 
operate illegally outside of any regulated or formal authoritative system. 
Little has changed since India introduced e-waste management legislation 
in 2016. 
How Did We Get Here?
• We visited e-waste dismantlers on Delhi's edges. Along the tight and 
congested alleyways in Seelampur we encountered hundreds of people, 
including children, taking care of different types of electronic waste 
including discarded televisions, forced air systems, computers, phones, 
and batteries.
• Crouching outside shop units they were occupied with destroying these 
items and arranging circuit sheets, capacitors, metals, and other 
components (without proper instruments, gloves, face covers, or 
suitable footwear) to be sold on to other traders for further 
recycling. E-waste Disposal Companies In India.
• Neighborhood people said the waste comes here from everywhere 
India. "You ought to have come here early morning when the trucks 
arrive with all the waste," a trolley driver let us know. 
How Peoples Are Affecting
• Workers come to Seelampur desperate for work. We learned that workers can 
earn between 200 and 800 rupees (A$4-16) per day. Women and children are 
paid the least; men who are involved with the extraction of metals and 
corrosive leeching are paid more. 
• Income is linked to how much workers dismantle and the nature of what is 
extracted. They work 8-10 hours per day, with no apparent regard for their 
own well-being. We were told by a neighborhood government representative 
that respiratory problems are reportedly normal among those working in 
these messy smoke-filled conditions.
• Delhi has critical air and water contamination problems that authorities 
struggle to mitigate. We were surprised to learn that the recycling network 
does not like to talk about "contamination", so as not to raise concerns that 
could result in a police attack. When we asked about the consumption of e-
waste, they denied it takes place.
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