India 5th largest producer of e-waste in the world: ASSOCHAM-KPMG study
Q. India has emerged as the fifth largest producer of what type of waste?- Published on 27 May 16a. Organic
b. Inorganic
c. Dry
d. E-waste
ANSWER: E-waste
India emerged as the fifth largest producer of e-waste in the world, but the second largest mobile market with 1.03 billion subscribers as per the ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study that was published on 25 May 2016. India discards roughly 18.5 lakh metric tonnes of electronic waste each year with telecom equipment alone accounting for 12 percent of the e-waste. Over 100 million handsets have been manufactured last year. The unorganised sector in India is estimated to handle around 95 percent of the e-waste produced in the country.
- In the last 15 months alone, operators have invested over 30 percent of the cumulative investment made in 20 years prior.
- With more than 100 crore mobile phones in circulation, nearly 25 percent of mobiles end up in e-waste annually.
- Report recommends the phased manner for implementation of e-waste collection targets needs to be introduced.
- The steps should be taken to rationalize the various audits being conducted by various authorities, to ensure that same areas are not audited on a repeated basis.
