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| MK_E-WASTE_001 E-waste has become the fastest growing waste stream in the world. The UN Enviroment Developed nations dump e-waste in developing Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan) through illegal trade routes. India receives as much e-waste as it generates internally (approximately 145,000 tons each year). Almost all of it, is being recycled in many poor urban localions, exposing people and environment to hazardous heavy metals and deadly toxins such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and BFR (Brominated Flame Retardants). E-waste needs to be handled safely so that it does not jeopardize either the workers involved in recycling or the environment. Almost all electronic and electrical appliances, like computers, mobile phones, iPods, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions etc, constitute e-waste after being discarded. These products are stripped down to yield valuable metals like platinum, gold and copper///Shastri Park area. Asfia, 3 years old, finds comfort in her father’s embrace, unaware that the computer parts she has been playing with pose a threat to her fragile health.
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