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India among Top 5 nations producing e-waste : Report out

China, the US, Japan, Germany and India- ok, it’s not a diplomatic alliance to save the planet or any defence alliance but the list of top 5 countries producing E-Waste.

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In India, state of Maharashtra is the largest contributor of E-Waste, with 19% and recycles only about 47,810 tonnes/ annum(TPA), a report released by Assocham and NEC ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 says.

From the total E-waste produced in 2016, only 20%, that is about 8.9MT has been documented to be collected properly and recycled. The Study said that no record of the remaining E-waste was got.

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