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International best practices for e-waste take back and policy interventions for India

Abstract/summary

India generates around two million tonnes of e-waste every year, and it is increasing at a very high rate of 30%. However, due to inefficient handling of infrastructure and limited number of collection centres along with the absence of proper incentive structure for producer and recyclers, 95% of e-waste reaches to unorganized sector for disposal. Consumers are not aware of the need of proper e waste disposal and in absence of proper motivation and they are not inclined towards recycling process. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the best practices of e-waste take adopted all over the world to implement effective policy interventions for e-waste management in India and other emerging economies.

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Author(s)
Monika Sheoran
Devashish Das Gupta
Journal
Facilities
Year
2024
Volume and issue
42, 3/4
Pages
76-404
DOI
10.1108/f-03-2023-0027
URL
https://doi.org/10.1108/F-03-2023-0027
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