India becoming dumping ground for e-waste...

An environmental group warned Tuesday that India was fast becoming a dumping ground for electronic waste and asked the government to frame stringent laws to control illegal trade and its recycling.

India generates up to 385,800 tons of electronic waste every year - equal to 110 million laptops- and imports another 55,100 tons, mostly illegally under the pretext of metal scrap and secondhand electrical appliances, said the Center For Science And Environment.

Private companies employing thousands of workers recycled more than 90 percent of the electronic waste in India but draft laws circulated by the government recently ignored this unorganized sector, Chandra Bhushan, the group's environmentalist told reporters. More...

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