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Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
5. Th Electronic waste, or e-waste, is one of the fastest-growing waste streams worldwide. Discuss the measures that are needed for safe disposal of e-wate in the country. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Down to Earth, Insights on India
Why the question:
India’s share in global hardware electronics production is about 3 per cent. The share of domestic electronics production in India’s gross domestic product is 2.3 per cent.
Key Demand of the question:
To mention the cause for the exponential growth of e waste across the world and effective measures to check it.
Directive word:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you must debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You must give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving few facts regarding the rising number of e waste production every year.
Body:
Firstly, highlight the various factors leading to high amount of e waste generation such as low product life cycle, technology getting redundant very quickly, low opportunities for repairs and recycles etc and impact of this on developing countries like India wand environment.
Next, suggest various measures to control and minimise the cause of e waste production, highlight some of the provisions of e waste management rules,2016 and also the benefits of recycling e waste.
Conclusion:
Conclude by stressing on the need for a quick and effective approach by the government highlighting the fact that recycling is a great way to extract precious metals and also curb burning of hazardous materials in the landfills.
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