Green Options » e-waste export http://greenoptions.com/tag/e-waste-export Posts tagged 'e-waste export' Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:32:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en E-Waste Menace (Part 2): Think Globally, Act Locally http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/03/e-waste-menace-part-2-think-globally-act-locally/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/03/e-waste-menace-part-2-think-globally-act-locally/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:32:11 +0000 Dr Vandana Prakash http://ecoworldly.com/2008/11/03/e-waste-menace-part-2-think-globally-act-locally/ A boy winces at the smoke rising from the computer motherboards being melted over open fires in a recycling yard in Delhi. (c) Greenpeace/Hatvalne Following-up on my previous post, this part explores need for local action in tackling the “e-waste menace.”  Delhi being the world’s e-waste capital sure raises several interesting questions. This is especially the case as one discovers that no other Indian state – with the exception of forward-looking Kerala – has any legislation in place to deal with the issue.

I am not in favor of widespread governmental micromanagement of anything and everything. So, I was initially happy to see the southern Indian cities – Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad (all of which are closely associated with the development of the Indian silicon valley) – boast of having the private sector involved in e-waste disposal. This demonstrated that sufficient economic incentives exist to invite private disposal of electronics waste. But then I started having second thoughts.

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