e - Waste Manageme nt 28 th November 2014 T Rathinam TES-AMM India Private Limited 1 Responsibilities & Responses
agenda Let ’ s get to know… …Key Issues Root Causes… …Best Practices Recommendations… 2
Pediatric Cancer doubles in the last 5 years – Times Of India Every Year 50,000 children are affected by Pediatric Cancer in India – CNN-IBN Hope and Courage – A program for Cancer affected Children was conducted on World Environment Day – The Hindu Health cannot be assured without clean water…. & environment – Dr S Reddy, AIIMS – Forbes India 3
BFRs in Mother’s Milk is doubled in last 5 years Not just humans but various beings have similar issues BFRs are found to be in Water, Land, Sediments & Air Major Source for BFRs: e-Waste!
Hazards In e-Waste BFRs Lead Hexavalent - Chromium Mercury Phosphor Cadmium Plastics & Other heavy metals Mental Growth Nervous – Central & Peripheral Kidneys Hearts Fetal Lungs Endocrine System Young adults Blood System
1.50 MT 8.00 MT 133%EveryYear
Hazardous Substance gets into Air Land Water Hazardous Substance gets controlled by technology & processes Formal Recycler: - Out numbered by informal sector - Technical Capability of formal...
Recycler: The Criteria? How long you’re in the recycling business? What is your processes? – IT systems: Storage, Media etc. – Telecom systems – QMS, EMS, OHSAS, R2... What is your capability? – Legally permitted capacity, Onsite/ Offsite, Transportation, Recycling Technologies, Precious Metal Recovery, etc. Who are your clients? Can we audit your infra?
Too many gadgets......too little disposal! Are we resolving or Creating the e-Waste challenge?
Sharing Your Green-Vision making it more greener
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