Environment and Disaster Management › Waste and circular economy
हिन्दी — Read in HindiE-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