eWastePolicyInitiativesJanuary2019MrsAlmitraHPatelMember,SupremeCourtCommitteeforSolidWasteManagement50Kothnur,BagalurRoadBangalore560077080-8465365almitrapatelrediffmaileWastePolicyInitiativesJanua1“PolicyInterventionisneededwhenthemarketfailstoaddressenvironmentalproblems”Policiesarebestcreatedbythosewhounderstandtheissues,bytheindustrycollectivelywithuserinvolvement,e.g.AIPM“PolicyInterventionisneeded2eWasteRecyclingisathrivingbusinessinIndiaCopper,silver,gold,platinum,palladiumarerecoveredinsecrecybyhighlypollutingmethods:burningofPCBs,treatmentwithacidsorcyanidesalts,mostlyfromimportedscrap.Gasdisplays&tubesaredumped.eWasteRecyclingisathriv3Nopro-activeadviceorhelpisgiventoupgradethisindustryHPandIBMhaveworldwidetake-backpolicies,forasmallfee.NeitherarerecyclinginIndia.Weshouldencouragethemtorecyclehereandbringusstate-of-the-artpractices.Nopro-activeadviceorhelpi4RE-USEISTHEBESTPOLICY

evenfordefectiveitems:cell-phonesforSMSfordeaf&dumb,keyboard+monitorfortypingclasses,VCRusedasVCP,TVsdowngraded,washing-machinesformanualuse.IndustrialeWastefromcontrolpanelsorphoneexchangesfor?????RE-USEISTHEBESTPOLICY

even5RE-MANUFACTURING

isnextbest:Dis-assembleoldeqptandusepartsforrepairofsimilaritemsoruseinnewitems,e.g.oldmemoryandharddrivesintosimplerCPUsforschools.RE-MANUFACTURING

isnextbest6WASTEMINIMISATIONISEASY

UselesstoxicormorerecyclablecomponentsReplacestyrofoampackagingwithcardboard(likeSony)orbubble-pack.Adopttheprovenuseoflesshazardouschemicals,water,energyinproductionprocesses.Wherethere’sawill,there’saway.WASTEMINIMISATIONISEASY

Use7RE-DESIGNproducts

andprocessesLead-freecomputerproductsarealreadyavailablefromFujitsu,NEC,Oki,Panasonic,Sony,Toshiba.PVCalternativesexist,thoughcostlier.Energy-savingmodelsareaplenty.RE-DESIGNproducts

8SHAREINFORMATION:

UseorcreatewebsitesforDonation:AnotherByte,GreenDisk,KartridgesforKidsFloppiesforKidsRecycling:EnviroCycle,RecyclingIT(UK)EPANetShare(openchat)‘Road-Maps’forstate-of-the-artinformationEPA’sCommonSenseInitiativePlanfortheComputerandElectronicsIndustry

SHAREINFORMATION:

Useor9WeneedanIMPORTPOLICYlikeChina’s(2019),whichallowsimportofonlywastewhichisusableasrawmaterial,notfortoxicrecycling.Enforcementiscrucial,aswellasanindependentwatchdoggroup.WeneedanIMPORTPOLICYlike10EXTENDEDPRODUCERRESPONSIBILITYEPRmeansfulllife-cycleaccountability:Producersofproductsmustbemadefinancially,physicallyandlegallyresponsiblefortheirproductstilltheend.Thisencouragesreducedresourceandenergyuse+pollutionpreventionthrulesshazardous&morerecyclablemat’ls.EXTENDEDPRODUCERRESPONSIBILI11DESIGNFORRECYCLINGMandatorytime-boundrequirementstoensureclean,safeandefficientdis-assemblyandrawmaterialrecovery.Also,apre-establishedproductroutetoarecyclingmarketneedstobeinplace,throughcollectiveplanning.DESIGNFORRECYCLINGMandator12INDIANEEDSAMANDATORY

e-TAKE-BACKPOLICYliketheEU’sDirective94/62/ECof1994,orEU’s2019OrdinanceonAvoidance&RecoveryofPackagingWaste.InGermany,DualesSystem(aLtdCo)organisesthenationwidecollection,sorting&recyclingofpost-consumerpackaging,fundedpro-ratabyuserfirms.Seegruener-punkt.de

INDIANEEDSAMANDATORY

e-13+APOLICYforHAZARDOUSSUBSTANCESRESTRICTIONsimilartoEU’sROHS=RestrictionOfUseofcertainHazardousSubstances,whicharerequiredtobephasedoutofelectrical+electronicsproductsby2019