siliconindia | | DECEMBER 20204When we were under lockdown, the earth became greener. But would it remain so when we have unlocked almost everything? ASSOCHAM's prediction about India generating 5.2 million tonnes of e-Waste by 2020, but are we still standing here? No. The pandemic almost saw a surge in the use, sale or renting of electronic gadgets like laptops, desktops, smartphones, televisions and others. As people were forced to work from home, kids to study from home and elderly confined to the four walls of the home, no one was left with the option but to buy or own more of the electronic products. Now imagine the tonnes of e-Waste we will generate in the coming years! India already is the third largest e-Waste generator in the world with limited capacity to treat only one-fourth of its waste. So how are we going to catch-up treating e-Waste with the pace we are generating it? A lot more sensibility in the usage of electronic gadgets & equipment and how we dispose off them. There needs to be a wave of educating users on this, whether individuals or corporates as many of us are scared of data theft if sold to e-Waste management companies. And if you wonder why so much a hullabaloo about the earth getting polluted with e-Waste when we have earth, we humans have already already left about 500000 pounds of waste on the moon. Let's spare the MOON. And hence the responsibility vests on the shoulders of e-Waste management companies also on educating individuals & corporates and creating the market. Just like previous year, this year too we bring to you siliconindia Magazine's `10 Most Promising e-Waste Management Companies ­ 2020' to enlighten you about companies that do exactly this ­ educating and providing the best of e-Waste services. Read to know more about them. Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialDisencumbering Mother Earth from e-Waste Vol 09 · Issue 4 - 4 · DECEMBER , 2020 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Avinash Roy Mandvi Singh VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2020 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Vetrivel S Sivasankar S Manjunath RGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran PerumalAnupreethi Danila.D Chander Thyagaraj Felisha Rita Correspondents Sambit Satpathy Subhadarshani Mohanty
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