Hulladek Recycling takes on electronic waste with a door-to-door service

As of now, however, there are merely 300 registered e-waste recyclers in the country

Consider these facts: Six per cent of the weight of a typical computer monitor may be lead, a known carcinogen. Chlorofluorocarbons from old refrigerators could cause the depletion of the ozone layer. Cathode ray tubes from used televisions and computer monitors are composed of glass with lead oxide.

Improperly handled electronic waste or e-waste has been increasingly recognised to be toxic for the recycler and lethal for the environment. Yet, in India, one of the world’s top five generators of e-waste, most of us still turn to the good old kabadiwala (scrap dealer) every time there’s a need to upgrade an