| | JUNE 20208EXPERTS TALKElectronic waste (e-waste) comprises of waste electronics/electrical goods that are not fit for their originally in-tended use or have reached their end of life. This may include items such as computers, servers, mainframes, mon-itors, CDs, printers, scanners, copiers, calculators, fax ma-chines, battery cells, cellular phones, transceivers, TVs, med-E-WASTE MANAGEMENT & THE EXISTING PRACTICES; AN INDUSTRY OVERVIEWBy Dr. Abhijit Sarkar, Vice President & Country Head CRE, Admin & Infrastructure, SharekhanSharekhan by BNP Paribas is one of India's largest retail broking houses. It is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, one of the largest banking groups in the world. BNP Paribas has over 160 years of presence in India and is active in 75 countries.THOUGHT LEADERSHIPical apparatus and electronic components besides white goods such as refrigerators and air-conditioners. E-waste contains valu-able materials such as copper, silver, gold and platinum which could be processed for their recovery.The electronics industry is the world's largest and fastest growing manufacturing industry. We have seen leading multina-tional companies have set-up electronics manufacturing facilities and R&D centers for hardware and software in India. This has no doubt helped the Indian economy to grow faster and fueled increase in the consumption rate of electronics products. Along with the economic growth and avail-ability of electronics goods in the market has increased temptation of consumers to replace their household electronics items with newer models for various reasons.
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