STORY PROJECT
Electronic Waste Problem in India
India’s insatiable appetite for new smartphones, making it the world’s second largest phone market in the world, and its digital revolution, are contributing to a disturbing rise in the country’s e-waste mountain. Just last year, in 2019, India became the world’s third largest producer of e-waste, behind China and the U.S…
E-WASTE IN INDIA
By Anand Murali and Pankaj Mishra
The pre- 90s era electronics
were meant to last for decades,
if not for a lifetime. Today,
electronics are expected to last
barely for a few years.
E-Waste in India
BY PRITI MAHESH
E-WASTE IN INDIA
Project
Contributors
Creative Direction And Design
Vasu Agarwal
Development & Design
Outofbox
Project Partners
Toxics Link and Karo Sambhav
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