E-Waste Management Campaign in Mangalore: This is What You Can Do With Your E-waste

September 14: We Are United’ in association with ‘Cyber Safe will be launching eSwachh Bharat, an e-waste management campaign.
The organisations aims to create awareness about the various regulations associated with e-waste.
Ananth Prabhu G, professor, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management said that the objective of this initiative is to create awareness about e-waste and encourage people to reduce, re-use and recycle e-waste as a part of the Swachh Bharat initiative.

During this campaign volunteers will be visiting as many as 200 apartments and display posters on collection of e-waste on the notice board there with due mention of the collection date. As mentioned in the posters, waste will be collected from the apartment and handed over to a Hyderabad-based agency on October 2.
Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to the broken or obsolete electronic components and materials. E-waste materials may be valuable and recyclable, such as random access memory and reusable laptops. hazardous materials, such as cathode ray tube monitors, require special handling in disposal.

E-waste is emerging as a serious public health and environmental issue in India which is the fifth largest electronic waste producer in the world.
Professor Ananth also mentioned that a copy of the book ‘Cyber Safe Girl’ will be distributed to all those who support this initiative by donating e-waste, and a certificate of appreciation will be awarded to highest e-waste donors.