E-waste in Kolkata

In the city of Kolkata there is a problem of disposing Electronic-waste (E-waste). There is a lot of e-waste generated in the city and the sources of these wastes are hospitals, educational institutes and other places. Tonnes of e-waste are disposed off at disposing sites like hapa, Til!ala, Topsia, Tangra, "ark #ircus etc. which is getting mi$ed with other waste and which results in creation of serious health ha%ards. The &est 'engal "ollution #ontrol 'oard (&'"#') is concerned about this increasing generation of E-waste and as a result it has come up with a (ery inno(ati(e idea of conducting workshops which is focused on spreading awareness on effecti(e disposal of Ewaste. )round *+-,+ representati(es from (arious hospitals had attended this workshop. In future they are also planning to conduct more workshops wherein they will in(ite educational institutes as well. The best step which the authority has taken is that they ha(e installed bins for ewaste at (arious places in the city. They are also planning to create e-waste collection center which will collect e-waste and facilitates the recycling of this waste. The authority has taken (ery beneficial steps to tackle the problem of e-waste in the city.

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