1.

Introduction about e waste

E-waste is any electrical or electronic equipment that’s been discarded. This includes
working and broken items that are thrown in the garbage.E-waste is particularly
dangerous due to toxic chemicals that naturally leach from the metals inside when
buried.

Electronic waste is emerging as a serious public health and environmental issue

in India. India is the "Third largest electronic waste producer in the
world"; approximately 2 million tons of e-waste are generated annually and an
undisclosed amount of e-waste is imported from other countries around the world.

2. What is Ecoreco?
Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) is India's first and leading professional E-waste
Management Company that has set industry benchmarks time and again with its
innovative & environment friendly disposal practices.

3. Services provided by Ecoreco

As the industry pioneer and market leader, Ecoreco provides an end to end
seamlessly integrated solution for e-waste management to Multi-National Companies
(MNC), Indian Multi-National Corporates (Indian MNC), other Corporates, Retailers,
Bulk Consumers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Government
Departments, NGOs, Households, Philanthropy Organisations, Educational
Institutions and all other entities willing to discard their e-waste in an environment
friendly manner.

At Ecoreco, we have our own fleet of trucks and containers as well as tie-ups with
number of leading logistics companies to support our initiative of returning back the
basic commodities to the respective industries without further withdrawal from
mines. This robust network of reverse logistic will certainly promote formal recycling
of e-waste. We hope that the above mechanism will certainly prevent informal and
unscientific disposal and its subsequent hazards to human health and the
environment.
Ecoreco has conceptualized and implemented various innovative business models
whereby the Indian e-waste industry has discovered value. We were the first Indian
company to set up a state-of-the-art recycling plant and make believe logistics
companies that ‘we can also do reverse logistic’.
Ecoreco has a team of qualified engineers who takes care of salvaging &
refurbishment of such assets. Ecoreco even organises E-waste Week every year in
December and request corporates to donate their computers for refurbishment at
Ecoreco for use by the underprivileged. Ecoreco has set up a computer lab at
National Association for Blinds (NAB) in Mumbai, donated value to Cancer Patients
Aid Association in Mumbai, Handicapped Association in Kolkata are a few such
examples besides several schools and colleges.
 4. Vision, Mission and Values adopted by Ecoreco

Vision:To be a benchmark solution provider in the field of environment protection.

Mission: To propagate and serve the cause of environment protection through
technology and efficient management of resources.

Values: Credibility, Integrity, Concern Co-operation

5. WEEE Recycling Services
India generates more than 3 million MT of e-waste annually and has potential to
reach to 20 million MT by 2020. We at Ecoreco really understand our growing
responsibilities with the growing volumes. We are committed to provide dynamic
modules to handle increasing volume of urban mines of natural resources out of
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Ecoreco's WEEE Recycling facility encompasses end-to-end processing of e-waste

with zero landfill processes.Our state-of-the-art de-manufacturing line combines
high-tech automation and manual processing methods to sort, dismantle and shred
e-waste.Leveraging our indigenously developed technology for precious metal
recovery, we extract valuable materials such as copper, aluminium, silver, gold from
complicated electronic scrap. Ecoreco is in fact the only company to have received
DSIR, Government of India, support for technology commercialization.
The electronic goods industry has seen a massive demand spurt due to new
products which are being introduced. The introduction of these new products has
resulted in outdated/unutilized electronic equipments also referred to as WEEE
(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments). These WEEE have hazardous
material such as mercury, lead etc and if not properly disposed can cause immense
damage to the environment. The imminent threat which the electrical & electronic
equipments can cause to the environment if not handled properly has now been
widely understood and steps have been initiated for scientific WEEE recycling.
The growing e-waste pile is a concern around the world and statistics show that it
runs into millions of tons annually. India generates about 500,000 tons of waste
annually, from electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) which is practically
being entirely and openly dismantled by the unorganized sector with the help of
hand held tools like hammer, screw drivers, cutters, burners over and above acid,
whereby the hazardous material is not dealt with properly, thus defeating the
primary purpose for which WEEE recycling is undertaken.

The organized sector on the other hand uses WEEE recycling, a latest &
environment friendly technology which not only ensures good health of the
stakeholders but also recovers most of the materials used while making the product.
Any equipment which uses either a plug or battery can be recycled using WEEE
recycling. All types of obsolete electrical equipment including lighting, fridges and IT
are treated safely by WEEE recycling. WEEE recycling storage containers are also
used to keep the waste safe. Since, most of these components are made of
commodities which are re-saleable and re-usable, it makes WEEE recycling industry
economically viable with the supplies of the required quantity of WEEE. While
modern technologies carry on nearly hazard-free WEEE recycling of e-waste,
precaution must be taken to control harmful emissions and toxics from causing
detrimental impacts on health and the environment.

6. Recycling Procedure
Step1:Sourcing & Collection
• Procuring e-waste from different sources such as businesses, households
Step2:Sorting & Grading
• Weighing and segregation of various e-waste for easy retrieval
• Ascertaining repair, refurbishment and remarketing
• Salvaging reusable components
Step3:Dismantling
• Dismantling end-of-life equipment into various fractions like plastic,
glass, metals, cables, PCBs etc.
• Segregating them for the convenience of WEEE Recycling.
Step4:Shredding
• Shredding into smaller pieces
• Separating metals from plastic
• Recovery of metals such as aluminium, copper, precious metals.
Step5:Disposal
• Disposing of the hazardous elements for final disposal with the help of
CHWTSDF

7. Secured Data Destruction

Handing over of Data Devices like HDDs, Media tapes, Flash drives etc. is a major
challenge for any organisation while going for disposal of IT equipment. These
Data Devices are loaded with lots of confidential information of the company & its
clients and personal / secret information of the staff etc. and hence it becomes very
important that before handing over such devices, all the data are completely
sanitized / destroyed.
At Ecoreco, we have developed India's first mobile shredding facility that enables
100% destruction of confidential data at the client premise (onsite). By shredding the
data devices at the client site itself, we relieve clients of their concerns relating to
data security and data leakage.
Delete:

We use the world's most secure data deletion software–Blancco. Storing the deletion
report for each media device by its serial number, we maintain documented proof of
deletion for audit compliance. Our reports of data deletion meet all international data
security criteria.
Degauss:
Passing through a high magnetic field, degaussing disturbs the magnetic property of
devices, eradicates all data and renders the device unusable. Upon completion, all
degaussed storage media is transported in a secure container to the Ecoreco’s
recycling facility for scientific disposal.
Destroy:

Our nationwide fleet of mobile shredders enables clients to witness the physical
destruction process onsite. With a throughput of 60 to 100 hard drives an hour,
the facility incorporates an inbuilt system of recording the entire operation. It
creates records for the client’s future reference, audit trails, ISO requirements etc.
Physical destruction as a method is adopted by most leading Banks and Financial
Institutions worldwide. This is where data security and compliance are critical
corporate mandates. Upon completion of the shredding process, all shredded
material is recycled at the Ecoreco’s recycling facility in a responsible and
scientific manner.

8. Ecoreco-lamp recycling
Lamp is Life: Mercury is Merciless
Light is life; lamps facilitates. But discarded or fused lamps containing mercury,
phosphorous and other hazardous elements when goes in to water bodies, dries
the source over a period of time.
Ecoreco facilitates disposal of fused lamps to protect environment. Although, lamp
recycling is not a regulated industry but Ecoreco started this service way back in
2008 to encourage large consumers of lamps to go for recycling in an environment
friendly manner. Ecoreco startedLamp Recycling on Wheels facility in 2008 to
provide on-site service of lamps recycling and also provides off site lamps recycling
service to environment conscious users of lamps.When lamps are thrown away in
the solid waste stream and end up breaking, the mercury becomes airborne and can
harm the environment. Airborne mercury often contaminates waterways, where it
ends up in fish that live in them. When mercury-contaminated fish is consumed, it
can affect humans’ nervous system, particularly those of young and unborn children.

9. Effects of Informal Recycling of E-waste

Currently, 90% of the 2.7 million tonnes of the country’s e-waste is recycled through
the informal sector orbicycle bound scrap collectors, popularly known as the
‘kabaadis’. A study on e-waste workers in the informal sector in India found that their
health conditions were deplorable with their bodies containing 10-20 times higher
than normal levels of toxic metals such as lead, mercury and chromium.
Consequently, these individuals are rendered incapable of working by the time they
reach 35-40 years an age-bracket which is considered to be the peak of theworking-
age threshold”. Further, since the informal sector operates within the vicinity of
residential areas, the communities that are not directly involved in the e-recycling
process are also adversely affected.
Toxins are circulated in the air, water and soil through unscientific e-recycling
processes, slowly poisoning the people and the planet. Such irresponsibility rears its
ugly head over the long-term – say over a period of 10 years, while also threatening
the well-being of future generations. In fact, the consequences have begun to show
already. Researchers from the Blacksmith Institute found that in 125 Indian toxic-
dumping sites, chromium contamination had affected 2.6 million people, while in 96
sites, pollution caused by lead had negatively impacted the health of 1.25 million
people”. According to the World Bank, environmental degradation costs India USD
80billion annually and accounts for 23% of the country’s child mortality rate”.
Irrefutably, there is an urgent need to address the e-waste management problem
effectively and efficiently.

10. College Procedure

Institute takes effort to minimize e-waste.Regular maintenance by technical staff and
reutilization of spare parts of discarded electronic devices is a common practice. To
sensitize students and staff on careful disposal and management of electronic E-
Waste.E waste bin is installed at VIT.This E-waste is collected by Ecoreco. Non-
functional computers, monitors and printersare discarded on a systematic basis.70%
of monitors used at the institute are LCD to reduce E-waste.

11. Donate Your E-waste for Formal Recycling

The gap between e-waste mismanagement and responsible e-waste management
can be bridged through a three-pronged strategy of increasing awareness, creating
opportunities to integrate the informalsector the organized one and intensifying
efforts to implement a regulatory Investments in this sector, in terms of state-of-the-
art infrastructure, training of personnel and adopting global best practices, are likely
to pay returns not just for the environment but for the present and the future
generations as well.
Be a part of E-waste management sector and donate your E-waste in
proper hands.
Thank you!
Sr. No Roll Number Name
1. 22101A0055 Sanskruti Mistry
2. 22101A0030 Rasika Jade
3. 22101A0004 Amrita De
4. 22101A0039 Rutuja Sargar
5. 22101A0026 Prajakta Chorge
6. 22101A0078 Sampurna Prabhu
7. 22101A0009 Renuka Kadam
8. 22101A0076 Aditi Rao
9. 22101A0059 Gargi Kshirsagar
10. 22101A0025 Anushka Thacore
11. 22101A0010 Insha Khan