India generates a total of 3.3 lakh metric tonne of e-waste annually while an additional 50,000 metric tonne is imported into the country, says a MAIT-GTZ e-waste assessment study.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>However, only 19,000&nbsp;metric tonne&nbsp;of this is recycled and it is estimated that e-waste generated in India will touch 4.7 lakh metric tonne by 2011.</P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>The study jointly conducted by the Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology and GTZ shows that of the total e-waste generated, computers generate almost 56,000 metric tonne. </P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>About 40 per cent of the e-waste is recycled while the rest 60 per cent remains in warehouses or storehouses due to poor and inefficient collection system.</P></p></table>


40% of e-waste is recycled: MAIT-GTZ study

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