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eWaste Policy Initiatives January 2003 Mrs Almitra H Patel Member, Supreme Court Committee for Solid Waste Management 50 Kothnur, Bagalur Road Bangalore 560077 080-8465365 almitrapatel@ “Policy Intervention is needed when the market fails to address environmental problems” Policies are best created by those who understand the issues, by the industry collectively with user involvement, e.g. AIPM eWaste Recycling is a thriving business in India Copper, silver, gold, platinum, palladium are recovered in secrecy by highly polluting methods: burning of PCBs, treatment with acids or cyanide salts, mostly from imported scrap. Gas displays tubes are dumped. No pro-active advice or help is given to upgrade this industry HP and IBM have worldwide take-back policies, for a small fee. Neither are recycling in India. We should encourage them to recycle here and bring us state-of-the-art practices. RE-USE IS THE BEST POLICYeven for defective items : cell-phones for SMS for deaf dumb, keyboard + monitor for typing classes, VCR used as VCP, TVs downgraded, washing - machines for manual use. Industrial eWaste from control panels or phone exchanges for ? ? ? ? ? RE-MANUFACTURING is next best : Dis-assemble old eqpt and use parts for repair of similar items or use in new items, e.g. old memory and hard drives into simpler CPUs for schools. WASTE MINIMISATION IS EASYUse less toxic or more recyclable components Replace styrofoam packaging with cardboard (like Sony)or bubble-pack. Adopt the proven use of less hazardous chemicals, water, energy in production processes. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. RE-DESIGN products  and processes Lead - free computer products are already available from Fujitsu, NEC, Oki, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba. PVC alternatives exist, though costlier. Energy-saving models are aplenty. SHARE INFORMATION: Use or create websites for Donation: