<p>Being the IT capital of the country, Bangalore obviously generates the maximum amount of e-waste. <br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Pollution Control Board, nearly 22,000 tonnes of e-waste is recycled each year by 20 certified companies in the City. But there is a large mafia that handles e-waste by removing metals from electronic goods in a crude manner. <br /><br />D R Kumaraswamy, senior environmental officer of the Board, says most of the computer goods contain close to two gram gold, which is the biggest USP in running an e-waste recycling unit.<br /><br />“The problem lies in the way e-waste is recycled. There are many companies which recycle electronic goods in a scientific manner, which is listed on our website.<br /><br /> There are other smaller unregistered units, which run a mafia that removes the metal from e-waste and dumps the rest into municipal waste,” he added.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy said people should hand over their electronic waste only to registered recyclers.<br /><br />Y M Bharath, sales executive of Global e-Waste Management and Services, says nearly 12 types of metals are available in any computer system. “In many other electronic goods, toxic metals and harmful acids are found. <br /><br />They may not only harm the environment, but also make the land barren if they are not handled properly,” he said.<br /><br />e-Parisara, a prominent recycler of electronic goods, has been dealing in e-waste from 400 companies, mainly in the IT industry.<br /><br />P Parthasarathy, managing director of e-Parisara, says it is the responsibility of the manufacturers to hand over their e-waste to registered recyclers. <br /><br />Manufacturers of prominent television, refrigerator and washing machine brands have not been proactive in disposing of their old goods for recycling, he added.<br /><br />Parthasarathy said the people of Bangalore, however, are more aware of e-waste management compared to people in any other city of the country.<br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Being the IT capital of the country, Bangalore obviously generates the maximum amount of e-waste. <br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Pollution Control Board, nearly 22,000 tonnes of e-waste is recycled each year by 20 certified companies in the City. But there is a large mafia that handles e-waste by removing metals from electronic goods in a crude manner. <br /><br />D R Kumaraswamy, senior environmental officer of the Board, says most of the computer goods contain close to two gram gold, which is the biggest USP in running an e-waste recycling unit.<br /><br />“The problem lies in the way e-waste is recycled. There are many companies which recycle electronic goods in a scientific manner, which is listed on our website.<br /><br /> There are other smaller unregistered units, which run a mafia that removes the metal from e-waste and dumps the rest into municipal waste,” he added.<br /><br />Kumaraswamy said people should hand over their electronic waste only to registered recyclers.<br /><br />Y M Bharath, sales executive of Global e-Waste Management and Services, says nearly 12 types of metals are available in any computer system. “In many other electronic goods, toxic metals and harmful acids are found. <br /><br />They may not only harm the environment, but also make the land barren if they are not handled properly,” he said.<br /><br />e-Parisara, a prominent recycler of electronic goods, has been dealing in e-waste from 400 companies, mainly in the IT industry.<br /><br />P Parthasarathy, managing director of e-Parisara, says it is the responsibility of the manufacturers to hand over their e-waste to registered recyclers. <br /><br />Manufacturers of prominent television, refrigerator and washing machine brands have not been proactive in disposing of their old goods for recycling, he added.<br /><br />Parthasarathy said the people of Bangalore, however, are more aware of e-waste management compared to people in any other city of the country.<br /><br /><br /></p>
