E -Waste Management Awareness and Practices by Households in Bangalore

The revolutionary changes in the field of science and technology has made the industries breed faster across the world. The swift growth factor has its own merits and demerits when it comes to the impact on society. The technological revolution in the electrical, electronic equipments and gadgets are getting upgraded very frequently resulting in diverse change in preferences of the customers for the same. One looks at change for the need of hour after a definite period of time. The question arises about what to do with the existing one. Companies have methodical policies/ procedures to dispose electrical and electronic waste to abide by the compliances for business to run smoothly up to convinced extent with legal obligations. Whereas, the households are not bound by the formal obligations or compliances and the e-waste generated is disarray leading to lot of harm. The paper focuses on the process/ procedures concerned with e-waste management by the households. It also gives a quick look at the awareness level among the Bangalore households concerning e-waste management. This article also gives insight into strategies, that can be implemented to educate the people about the vulnerability of e-wastes and the suitable alternatives for waste management by the households.