Facts about global E waste recycling services

What do you mean by e-waste?  E-waste or electrical waste is the useless or obsolete computers and computer parts, motherboards, mobile phones, disks, headphones, television sets, air conditioners and refrigerators. According Global E-Waste Research, India generates about 2 million tones (MT) of e-waste per year and is ranked as fifth among e-waste producing countries, after the US, China, Japan and Germany.

95% of India’s e-waste is recycled in the informal sector and in a crude manner. The report presented by the United Nations (UN) in World Economic Forum this year points out that the waste stream reached 48.5 million tons in 2018. If things don’t change, this figure is expected to rise.  Out of the total global e-waste is only 20% of them is recycled.  This report also sights that due to poor extraction techniques, the total recovery rate of cobalt from e-waste is only 30 per cent. According to report, the recyclers in China already produce more cobalt than what the country mines in one year. The same can be implemented E waste recycling services Gurgaon.  Recycled metals are also 2 to 10 times more energy-efficient than metals smelted from ore.

Today, the amount of electronics generated that makes the end-of-life handling are essential for building a more circular economy, E-waste recycled materials can be reduced by this process resources are conserved and are used into the supply chain for new products. In a major development, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics medals will be made of 50,000 tones of e-waste. These medals will make all the medals from old smart phones, laptops and other gadgets. The organizers nearly 8 tones of gold, silver and bronze from 47,488 tones of devices which will be used for making of  5,000 medals.

Laws to manage e-waste have been enforced in India since 2011 which mandates that only authorized dismantlers and recyclers collect e waste. E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 brings 21 products under the purview of the rule. Virogreen, as one of the leading E waste recycling services Gurgaon follows all the compliance of CPCB that strengthens the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). A new arrangement called Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) is introduced to strengthen EPR further.