E-Waste Management: Money or Health?

With the increasing amount of discarded electrical or electronic devices, and a lack of proper processing of these electronic waste, the chances of health issues increases in the developing countries.All electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, may contain contaminants such as lead cadmium berrylium or brominated flame retardants. Even in developed countries careless processing of E-waste may result in serious danger to workers.
Its good news that some one is thinking about this issue seriously. Toxic link, an environmental NGO, Based in Delhi and a Thiruvananthapuram based Center for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), in association with the Kerela State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Technopark Technology business Incubation Center will organise a multi-stakeholder workshop on E-waste management on 8th August, 2013 at technopark.
"Road Map for Sound Management of E-waste in kerela" as the seminar is called, will mainly focus on the need to educate the prominent stakeholders of kerela about E-waste management. Besides it also aims at framing a proper plan to initiate work on this field which has become a critical problem all over India with the rise of consumerism.
Wth Kerela being a pioneer of E-governance among other states in India, E-waste management also needs special attention.
If you were thinking that E-waste management is only for the greater good of the society, there is more to it. Companies which recycle this waste are seeing immense chances of growth in it. This recycling business is drawing many investors as well.
"Four years ago, the organised sector handled less than 3% of the e-waste generated in India, but today the figure has moved up to 7.5%," Shankar Sharma, a director at Gurgaon-based ewaste company, Green Vortex told Economic Times.
So E waste management is not only about saving the society from dangerous health attributes. Its also about saving the society and earning some good revenues out of it.