Bridging the gaps between formal and informal e waste management in India with epr
International Journal of Development Research
Bridging the gaps between formal and informal e waste management in India with epr
Received 25th October, 2017; Received in revised form 26th November, 2017; Accepted 20nd December, 2017; Published online 31st January, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Rashmi Makkar Panwar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this paper is to present a viable and realistic approach for management of E waste in India by integrating the formal and informal sector involved in its handling and processing. Along with that, pragmatic ways to implement EPR (extended producers responsibility) using the concept of joint collection system and partial recovery facility, making it far reaching are suggested with a view to make it a driving factor in formalizing the informal sector. This paper proposes the continuation of the involvement of informal sector in collection by the producers and the formal sector in recycling thereby strengthening the takeback and EPR.
