By Vasanthkumar Mysoremath
After attending the stakeholders interaction on “e-Waste Management in Mysuru” organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with SDM-IMD recently and listening to the talks and presentations of experts, I felt that India is lagging behind in tackling this toxic e-Waste menace and has a long way to go. It is predicted that by 2020 computer e-Waste will increase by 500 percent and discarded mobiles will be 18 times and TV sets by 2 times in India which is No.5 in generating e-Waste worldwide.
