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E-waste, battery and hazardous waste

Electronic, battery and hazardous waste: recovering metals from old electronics, biomedical waste, ship breaking and the trade in waste. Prelims has asked which substances are released into the environment when old computers are disposed of carelessly.

Foundation note: Extended producer responsibility across the waste rules

UPSC has asked

  • Prelims 2013: chromium and other metals released as e-waste

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