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E waste report
January 24 , 2021
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- It is a recent report by the Central Pollution Control Board.
- India collected just 10 per cent of the electronic waste (e-waste) estimated to have been generated in the country 2018-19 and 3.5 per cent of that in the generated in 2017-18.
- India generated 708,445 tonne e-waste in 2017-18 and 771,215 tonnes in 2018-19.
- In 2019-20, the figure rose 32 per cent to 1,014,961 tonnes.
- The union environment ministry has formulated in the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016.
- It had made the producers responsible for collection of end-of-life electronic products as part of the Extended Producer Responsibility.
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