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E-WASTE PROBLEM IN INDIA AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES

Very much of the 44 million US tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world - older smart phones, TVs, laptops , unused kitchen appliances and other electronic machines are dumped illegally into Africa and Asia every year, according to the report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Approximately 90 percent of the world's electronic waste materials - worthy of almost $19 billion - is certainly illegally traded and dumped each full year, to places fifty percent true method across the globe. While the Western European Union the U.S.   And Japan are the major roots of e-waste deliveries, China, India, Pakistan and Malaysia are the primary places, says the record. In Africa, Nigeria and Ghana are the biggest recipients of e-waste. Illegal trade is certainly driven by the less costs of shipment and the high costs of   capable treatment in the developed countries, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study, the UNEP report claims that sending e-wa...