1.Recycling of materials and components . 2.sustainable choice of raw materials . 3.Ecodesign. 4.Get an energy audit. 5.swich to reusable water bottle . 6.Grow your own burns. 7.Reuse. 8.Repairs and Remanufacture. 9.Recycling . 10.Recovery And Disposal .

“EPR implementation in Norway mandates the domestic producers and importers to finance the e-waste collection and treatment systems. The financing can happen individually or collectively,” says Silje Johanssen, an advisor with Section for Waste and Biocides, Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA). Silje explains that producers/importers of e-waste in Norway are obliged to be members of a take-back company and have to pay a fee for their membership to the take-back companies. This is how it provides the funding for collection and treatment of the waste. The price for membership differs according to product type. Currently, there are five approved take back companies in Norway with 5000 member producers/importers.”

The Ministry of Environment in Norway signed an agreement to set up take back companies with the producers and importers of electronic waste as early as 1998. It was a voluntary agreement and was later followed by an e-waste regulation in 1999. Like the rules in India, management of e-waste in Norway is also a producer responsibility and producers are defined as Norwegian manufacturers and importers of EEE.

Take back of e-waste in Norway India can take a cue from Norway which has e-waste take back system in place for more than a decade now. When the e-waste rules were introduced in Norway, the country faced similar questions. The authorities were finding it extremely difficult to enforce and follow up so many entities producing and importing electronics in the country. The deliberations conceptualised the idea of EPR which culminated in e-waste regulation.

Another major question in e-waste management in India is how to include thousands of producers and importers under the ambit of regulation.

E-waste disposal: what India can learn from Norway Where did we go wrong? Majority of the brands operating in India do not have a tangible EPR in place for taking back or managing their end of life EEE. A recent study by non profit Toxics Link found out that despite having a take back system in place, it does not function for most brands. The producers/manufacturers do not have adequate information on their website, customer care representatives do not have inkling about any take back or recycling programme and even if they have set up collection centres, they are simply not enough for a geographically vast country like India. “India being a vast country, setting up collection mechanism is a big challenge. If any of the brands try individually to reach out to all corners of the country, it will economically not be sustainable or feasible,” says Priti Mahesh, senior programme coordinator, Toxics Link.

Government must provide an option to deposit E Wastes through an authorised companies. These companies can conduct collection drive and pay the customer depending upon the value of the discarded E waste. Banning putting the E waste in Corporation garbage collection vehicle or to any wastage scrape collector coming in the street has to be done. These garbage collectors remove the copper wires and other items and discard them. It has to be stopped. Some burn the garbage piles creating air pollution. Authorised E Waste collecting companies should appoint trained staffs and collect the E Wastes from big companies and segregate them or recycle them depending upon the quality and usage of E Wastes. A proper mechanism to collect these E Wastes and recycle them without damaging the environment.

Similar products can be made by recycling

Green revolution with sustainable living can only be achieved by conservative use of electronic equipment and recycling of electronic waste handing over to one in need.

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