1. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
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By
Sinduja
Amudanathan
E-WAR
(E-Waste
Management)

2. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
What is E-Waste
E of e- waste stands for electronic so the electronic
wastes are what e-wastes. Any electronic article
which is a waste and of no more use or possesses no
more value of its own is called E-waste.
E-waste also includes any electronic article which
though possessing a value or a use is destined for
dismantling or land filling etc. This is because
either they are surplus or they are no more accepted
by the people because of the invasion of newer and
developed technologies in the market. .

3. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
CAUSE & Reason
The main cause or rather reason
for the increasing e waste is
the increased number of
products (because of
development, technology,
human mentality and
population) because of which
disposal problems are caused
as excess of anything is not

4. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
E-WASTE (Defects)
E-waste is not hazardous waste per-
se. However, the hazardous
constituents present in the e-waste
render it hazardous when such
wastes are dismantled and processed,
since it is only at this stage that they
pose hazard to health and
environment.

5. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Causes……
Development->
<-Technology
Human mentality ->
<-Population

6. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
TYPES OF E-WASTE
1.Based Upon Electrical Articles
2. Based on their reasons of being a
waste
Type 1 –Emerge of updated version
Type 2 – only part of the article is not
working.

7. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Treatments of E-Waste
There is not any particular technology invented
specifically for dealing with the electronic wastes but for
sure there is a need of evolution of such specific
technologies and technological evolution which has
helped the volume of e-waste to rise can also prove to be
extremely handy for fighting this. Let us now have a look
at the contemporary ways of dealing with it:
1. Incineration: This is a thermal treatment technique where the
electronic wastes are treated with a very high temperature.
2. Landfills: Along with the solid municipal waste, the electronic
wastes too are disposed to landfill sites where they are
buried in the earth
.
3.Scrapyards : Most of the e-waste today, is sent to scrap yards.
In these scrap yards e-waste is broken down into constituent
parts.

8. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
E-waste Trade
So how did this E-waste Trade
evolved?1. The developed countries industrialized and
were full of resources with plenty of job
opportunities for the citizen.
2.On the other side, there was less
resourcefulness and opportunities for people in
the developing countries.
3.The people in the developing country soon realized
that they can extract a few components out of the
electronic wastes and that may serve their need.
4. So now we can say that the e- waste is no
more waste but is a source of income of
employment for these people.
5. as its (e-waste’s) demand in the market
increased so increased its exports at
international market.

9. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
There are concerns for those countries
who are importing this waste as a
large of these electronic wastes does
not finds the right pathway to end up
at a recycling or dismantling centre
but also a large volume of e –waste
ends up as a part of landfills alongside
solid municipal waste.
INCOME to THE
COUNTRY

10. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Few Suggestions to
Control
2.Awareness amongst the people: Another thing that
can be done is to generate more and more awareness
amongst the people about the concern of e-waste
disposal and provision of certain guidelines by the
municipal organizations
1.Added Tax on electronic articles
3. Restriction on the imports of electronic wastes: The policies
of the government should be such that it regulates the inflow
of the electronic wastes from other nations. Along with this
the government must look towards drafting special guidelines
to counter such problems as that of electronic waste.
4. Increasing quality standards of the electronic articles so that
they last long: By raising the parameters defined for the quality
standards of electronic goods we can make sure that they last
longer. There should be a continuous monitoring for these
standards and also there is a need for organizations that come
forward to fight against this concern.

11. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Legislations/Framework governing e-
waste
Various legislations cover different aspects of e-
waste
The hazardous waste (management and handling ) rules, 1998
as amended in 2008 for Toxic content – registration mandatory
for recyclers
Municipal Solid Waste Management & Handling Rules for non-
Toxic content
Basel convention for regulating transboundary movement
Foreign Trade policy restricts import of second-hand computers
and does not permit import of e-waste
‘Guidelines’ by Central Pollution Control Board ( 2008)

12. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
E-Waste Management
Rules
Spelling the end of unauthorised units handling such refuse,
the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2010 —
drafted by the the Ministry of Environment and Forests to
address the e-waste problem and to regularise the informal
sector, which was notified last year — which came into effect
across the country, including the Capital, on May 1, 2012.

13. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Salient points of e-waste Rules
 Responsibility of each element in the e-waste Value Chain:
• Producers – Extended/Individual Producer Responsibility
• Dealers
•Collection agencies/ collection Centres
•Dismantler
•Recycler
•Consumer and bulk consumers
 Procedure for Authorization of producers, collection agencies,
dismantlers, recyclers and enforcement agencies
 Procedure for registration/renewal of registration of recyclers
 Regulations for import of e-waste
 Liability of producers, collection agencies, transporter,
dismantlers and recyclers
 Elimination of hazardous substances used in e-equipments
 Setting up of Designated Authority to ensure transparency, audit
 and inspect facilities, examine authorization/ registration etc.

14. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
RESPONSABLITIES

15. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
By
Sinduja Amudanathan
“Solutions can only be there when
there are problems, you seek them,
you find them and when you find
them, you find a way to counter
them and when you know how to
counter them you owe them your
bit”
CONCLUSION

16. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
E-waste authorized collection
centers

17. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com