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| Kick-off Workshop on "E - Waste Inventorisation in KMA, West Bengal" |
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A total of 3,82,979 MT of e-waste is generated in India as per the GTZ-MAIT National level study for e-waste assessment (2007). Out of this only 19,000 MT of e-waste has been recycled. The formal recyclers are handling only 5% of the overall e-waste recycled in India. This indicates that 95% of the e-waste is recycled by the informal sector.
The fostering growth of in the electronics and information technology sectors in West Bengal is leading to generation of huge quantities of e-waste in this region. Also in West Bengal, there are no formal recyclers so it can be assumed that all the e-waste generated or illegally imported in Kolkata is handled by the informal sector posing threats to environment and health of workers. This makes it imperative to inventorize, devise and implement a strategy to manage the ever-increasing quantities of electronic wastes. Indian Chambers of Commerce, Kolkata in partnership with West Bengal Pollution Control Board and GTZ-ASEM initiated E-waste Inventorization Study in Kolkata Metropolitan Region for estimation of e-waste quantities being generated in the region and projecting the growth of generation the quantities over the next ten years. |
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To initiate the project a kick-off workshop on "E-Waste Inventorisation in KMA, West Bengal" was organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) under the joint funding by GTZ-ASEM, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and ICC on the 19th May 2009 in Kolkata. The workshop focused attention on the quantitative understanding of e-waste generation, disposal and recycling. The key stakeholders present in the workshop were WBPCB, CPCB, ICC, GTZ-ASEM, BIRD-IMRB, IT manufacturers and users, telecom equipment manufacturers and NGOs.
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