6.1. E-waste recycling practices in India and developed countries
Around the globe, regulations have been brought for e-waste
recycling depending on the local market and consumer behavior.
Canada has a developed recycling industry which is regulated by
an industry standard for proper electronics recycling and processing. Europe has evolved regulations with each of the 27 countries
having their own versions with the aim of recycling at least 85
percent of generated WEEE by 2019. Half of the states in U.S has a
range of laws with developed electronics recycling industry, but
would not have a national level law or system for recycling of
WEEE. Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico have e-waste
rules in Latin America. Brazil is coming up with a comprehensive
e-scrap policy with a target of 17 percent by 2018. Africa does not
have legal structures for e-waste recycling. About 85 percent of
surplus electronics imports are reused, not discarded. Africa's
technology lifecycle for displays is two to three times the productive use cycle in richer nations. Australia has the National
Television and Computer Recycling Scheme which involves a
combination of government regulation and industry action to take
responsibility for the collection and recycling of e-waste. In Asia,
only Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China and India have e-waste
policies. Taiwan recycles maximum, 82 percent of e-waste, followed by South Korea and Japan at around 75 percent each. While
China has a formal law for managing WEEE, it is currently developing its formal recycling capacity. The regulations and the recycling market in many other countries across the world is yet toevolve [35].