Roadway for sustainable disposal of scrap computers in India

The term E-Waste or electronic waste refers to the end of life remnants of electronics goods whenever they cease to be of no material value to the original user. The main ingredient of e-waste or electronic waste or e-scrap are computers. E-Waste management is given the top priority in many developed/developing countries. The Indian government has also given the much needed impetus to the e-waste policy by way of drafting and implementing a bill (which is expected to be implemented w.e.f 01 Jan 2013) on the management, disposal and trans boundary movement of e-waste. This paper presents a review and assessment of the disposal system of scrap computers in India and has compared with the practices in Switzerland.