{"id":884388,"date":"2024-12-05T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T03:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=884388"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:13:04","slug":"as-it-sector-thrives-pune-grapples-with-e-waste-pile-up-rules-remain-on-paper-as-90-of-recycling-done-through-informal-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/12\/05\/as-it-sector-thrives-pune-grapples-with-e-waste-pile-up-rules-remain-on-paper-as-90-of-recycling-done-through-informal-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"As IT sector thrives, Pune grapples with e-waste pile-up: rules remain on paper as 90% of recycling done through informal channels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pune, a vibrant city known for its thriving IT sector, has experienced remarkable growth and transformation over the past decade. However, this rapid development has brought to light a significant challenge: the management of e-waste. <\/p>\n<p>With rapid urbanisation and the increasing use of technology, Pune generates over 20,000 metric tonnes of e-waste each year. However, the city\u2019s collection rate for e-waste is only around 20 per cent, which is significantly below the national target of 70 per cent. Despite introducing policies such as the E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment Rules, 2023, there remains a considerable gap between the amount of e-waste generated and its proper management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune, a vibrant city known for its thriving IT sector, has experienced remarkable growth and transformation over the past decade. However, this rapid development has brought to light a significant challenge: the management of e-waste. With rapid urbanisation and the increasing use of technology, Pune generates over 20,000 metric tonnes of e-waste each year. However, the city\u2019s collection rate for e-waste is only around 20 per cent, which is significantly below the national target of 70 per cent. Despite introducing policies such as the E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment Rules, 2023, there remains a considerable gap between the amount of e-waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}