What is important and relevant about Digital waste management pedicon 2020 Indore, preconference workshop. How to dispose of your printers, computers, mobile phones, relevant to India

1. Digital Waste Management
Dr. Gaurav Gupta,
Pediatrician, Charak Clinics, Mohali

2. Scope
What is Digital Waste ?
How big is the problem?
How is Digital waste being managed currently?
The Indian situation?
How can I contribute?

3. What happened on 14th October 2019 ?
• 112 organizations from 48 countries !

4. What is e-waste?

7. Why is e-waste generated?
• Planned Obsolescence
• Technologically advancing world
• Repair discouraged
• Cheaper to buy new device
• Prices dropping (unlike onions)

8. How BIG is the
problem with e-waste?

9. What are the problems with e-waste?
• Generated by developed countries – shipped to developing countries

11. Hazards of e-waste

12. Potential Benefits of e-waste - Recycling

13. What about India ?
• India is ranked ____ in terms
of top e-waste producing
countries?
• 5th in the world among top e-
waste producing countries-
USA, China, Japan and
Germany

15. What about
India ?

16. What the GOI is doing?
e-Waste
(Management)
Rules 2016 and
Amendments
2018.

18. What can you do ?
Which is the GREENEST, most eco-friendly phone ever?
For Working electronics
• Donate to Govt School/ NGO – computers, refrigerator, microwaves
• Sell on Olx/ Quikr OR Exchange on Amazon/ Flipkart

19. What you can do?
Out of order electronics
• Never sell or give away your e-
waste to your local scrap
dealer/ragpicker
• Never dismantle your electronic
products by yourself.
• Do not mix your e-waste like
remote control batteries with
regular waste

20. What can you do?
Out of order electronics
• Check if it can be repaired
(www.ifixit.com)
• Give your e-waste to the
nearest authorised e-waste
collection centres/recyclers.
• Call the producer/
manufacturer of your product
for e-waste collection.

21. What can you do?
• Educate yourself, and be a little afraid.
• Don’t buy stuff you don’t need!
(Don’t follow Take Make Waste)
• Encourage Greener technologies, Circular economy

23. Missed something ?
Check www.slideshare.com/gauravg
docgaurav@gmail.com
www.youtube.com/charakclinics
Acknowledgements: Dr. Jeeson Unni – for the motivation 
Google – for everything else !