Urgent need to stop e-waste generation

Amberpet: Sahara, a voluntary organization, under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEIT), has organised an e-waste management awareness and action program at Bhararti Vidya Bhavan High School at Ganganagar in Amberpet. Speaking on this occasion, Sahara Director R Narsing Rao said that the electronic devices, dead cells and batteries thrown away with other garbage contain lead that easily mixes with underground water, making it unfit for direct consumption.

 It causes threat not only to the human beings, but also to the mother earth. The reason for the increase of e-waste is because of the growing technology. In an attempt to get better devices, we get rid of the old electronics, the best example being the smart phones. Thus, everything that falls into e-waste category includes computers, laptops, tablets, smart phones and so on.

 There are proper methods to dispose electronic items, and they should be handled differently like to collect the items and sending them to recycling and refurbishing units.The students have been asked to launch a campaign for a week in creating awareness and collecting e-waste among their parents, relatives and friends.

 The collected e-waste will be sent for recycling units to safeguard the environment. Principal and staff of Bharati Vidya Bhavan High School and K Rama, Rubeena, Sahara program coordinator, appreciated the students for participating in the e-waste management week.