E-Waste Management In India: Challenges and Roadmap for Sustainable Future

Abstract

E-Waste management has become a global concern with the huge rise of technology, shortened product life cycles, and increasing consumption of electronic devices.It is the serious growing concern stream around worldwide. Improper e-waste disposal can lead to severe environmental and health issuesbecause it contains toxic elements such as mercury, lead, and cadmium, which can seep into the soil and water.E-Waste management has become a significant undertaking, and if not managed properly, it can impose serious problems. So, it is highly required to address this issue for a healthy and sustainable future. Keeping in view this concern, the paper aims to analyze the global and Indian scenario of e-waste generation and to check what challenges India is facing for e-waste management as well as to suggest future roadmap of e-waste management for sustainable future . The study finds out that the informal sector dominates the e-waste collection and recycles process in India which is highly irregulated. Poor and inadequate infrastructure for recycling hampered the recycling process of e-waste in India. For sustainable e-waste management requires a comprehensive approach that involves regulatory reform, formalize the informal sector, run campaigns for public awareness, and investments in modern recycling infrastructure.