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Pradeep Kumar

27/02/22 10:25 AM IST

India’s first ever e-waste eco-park

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In a bid to boost tourism, the Delhi government has decided to build India’s first ever e-waste eco-park.

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  • The eco-park will have set rates for buy-back of electronic goods and electronic components that can be sold to refurbishers.
  • The park is also likely to have a refurbishing market, which will sell electronic goods like laptops, mobiles, chargers and batteries.
  • The eco park will provide training and tools to people in the informal sector to “groom them as formal recyclers.
  • Cooperation with the informal sector will help to ensure availability of e-waste for processing in the formal sector and will contribute to making the formal units economically viable.
  • This park to be built on 20 acres of land to take care Delhi’s annual e-waste production of 2 tonnes, will be India’s first e-waste eco park where e-waste will be recycled and re-manufactured in an environmentally safe and scientific manner.
Source: The Hindu

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