ASH
RECYCLERS in NDTV “Just imagine
the negative fall-out of electronic age on environment.
Hundreds and thousands of discarded Computers, mobile
phones and refrigerators are cluttering the planet. Let
us take just one item at one Indian city. Computers and
what is happening in recycling processes in Bangalore.
Ash recyclers began to chip-in the gold and platinum from
discarded motherboards”.
ASH
RECYCLERS in BBC WORLD
"Somebody's going to give you money, free of cost,
and say 'this is waste, take it away'. And if you could
really use it you can make money out of it, and give
employment for poor people who are without jobs here;
that is what you can see in my factory. I have given
jobs to the underprivileged muslim community."
There are plans for a large industrial recycling plant
to open here in 2007. Until then, the poor will help
form the backbone of Bangalore's e-waste clean up.
The growth of India's IT sector show few signs of slowing,
nor do the piles of waste it creates. Government policies
to stop dumping and encourage recycling will have to
work quickly if India is to avoid leaving an unwanted
legacy.
ASH
RECYCLERS in NDTV Andrew
Stevens Anchor/Correspondent CNN International “World
News Asia”
“Bangalore produces 6000 tons of IT related waste
every year ending up in piles of motherboards like this.
Extracting gold from motherboards is also the most dangerous
part of the entire process. Here it is still broken down
much further and components are used. Virtually nothing
is wasted here, everything is recycled here”. “In
this warehouse at Bangalore these women breakdown the
obsolete computers. This operation follows local government’s
safety regulations”.
Visit
of ASH Recyclers byWilma Rodrigues The visit of ASH recycler's
dismantling factory was carried by Wilma Rodrigues from
Sahaas and David Rochat from EMPA/GTZ on September 27.
They were guided by Mr. Sreenath, director of the factory. The factory is located in
a 5 story building (basement and roof included). A large
majority of material landing there is bought in the "grey"
market through a large network of contacts in the informal
sector. Barely nothing is purchased directly from the
IT companies, as the material must be physically broken
before selling it as e-waste due to custom bond. This
destruction of EEE makes dismantling difficult, even impossible,
and increases the risk of injury for the workers.
"
Trash Trouble" Vijay times. “E-waste is generated
when electronic goods are dismantled to collect valuables
like gold, platinum, silver and copper and therefore,
its unscientific handling or mismanage- -ment can be harmful
to the environment. Hence proper collection, transportation,
segregation, recycling and disposal is the need of the
hour. Keeping this in mind the board has authorized Ash
recyclers, starting from this month to collect and process
e-waste. The company is also authorized to bring e-waste
from other states so that the venture is economically
viable and sustainable in the long run”.
“A
wiser approach to E-waste” Financial Express “The recycling
of e-waste is undertaken in an unscientific manner, affecting
both health and environment. Recently the Karnataka State
Pollution Control Board has given authorization for Ash
Recyclers to handle e-Trash in Bangalore”.
“Electronic Waste Adds to Pollution in India” “Electronic waste, composed of heated and discarded metals from computer parts, is accumulating quickly as India's computer recycling industry rapidly expands. NewsHour reports on government regulation of computer recycling and the health threat posed by improper recycling of computer parts.”
“India's poor tackle toxic e-waste” “While businesses see Bangalore as a technology hub, environmentalists claim India is the world's dumping ground for old computers. And this is threatening the health of some of the country's most vulnerable people.”
“Ako sa v indickom Bangalore recyklujú PC” “Zamestnanci spoločnosti 'Ash Recyclers', jedného z dvoch autorizovaných podnikov na recykláciu PC odpadu v indickom Bangalore PC, počítačové klávesnice a myši.”
“Recycling e-waste with care” “Ash Recyclers of Bangalore, started by social activist A. Syed Hussain, offers to pick up any obsolete electronic equipment and even pays for it as part of its effort to reduce more hazardous methods of recycling electronic waste.”
“The e-waste problem” “You may be a software professional working on the latest PC, a call-centre employee on your first job, or a teenager tapping away furiously on an assembled computer at home. Whatever slot you fall into, have you stopped to think what happens when you get parts of your PC, or all of it, replaced? Where do these parts go and where does all the unwanted or unusable stuff land up? e-waste or Waste from Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) is no longer a subject for academic discussions at environmental forums. Instead, there is a growing realisation that the issue may assume dangerous proportions over the next few years if it continues to be left unaddressed.”
“E-Müll” “ Für seine Schiffsabwracker an den Stränden des Indischen Ozeans ist Indien bekannt. Doch in dem Riesenland werden auch Computer industriell verschrottet.”
“Developing countries are awash in e-waste” “A worker in Bangalore handles unwanted electronic equipment at India's first e-waste crematorium. Photo by Anju Chopra, special to the Chronicle”
“India’s silicon valley grapples with e-junk” “IT firms, NGOs, pollution control board join hands to check unregulated dumping of nearly 8,000 tonnes of electronic waste every year in Bangalore”
