E-waste management in India: Problems and Legislations

The electronic waste also known as e-waste is a dangerous waste consisting of unwanted electronic and electrical equipment. Developing countries are facing the problem of e-waste management enormously which is either internally generated or are imported from other countries. India is also facing the problem of e-waste management due to lack of awareness among people about dangerous effect of e- waste on environment and human being through informal e- waste collection and absence of implementation of rules for the process of e-waste in environment friendly manner. The paper discusses the condition of e-waste in India, the problem associated with e-waste, the method used for used for e-waste management and focuses light on the legislation work done regarding e-waste in India. As per the study it has been found that there is an instant need to address the issue related to e- waste in India in order to avoid its ill effect in future. Keyword- E- waste, formal and informal sector, hazardous, WEEE