E-waste growing at 30 per cent

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BS Reporter Chennai
Last Updated : Jun 19 2013 | 10:53 PM IST
E-waste generated from the end-of-life electrical and electronic goods including computers and electronic gadgets in India is growing at 30 per cent annually, according to BK Soni, chief executive officer of Ecoreco, an e-waste recycling company based in Mumbai. He also said though 95 per cent of the e-waste was commercially recyclable, only 5 per cent of it was being put to use through the recycling process.

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First Published: Jun 19 2013 | 8:26 PM IST

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