North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched a web application to facilitate collection, transportation, processing and disposal of e-waste management
The portal i.e. http://northmcd.com/ewaste will provide a platform for the citizens and vendors for management of e-waste.
Now any citizen can directly dispose of various old, unserviceable, obsolete IT equipment, electronic items, etc online through the e-waste management web application of North DMC.
Commissioner of North DMC Sanjay Goel said that the application has various features like selection of vendors, price specifications for various items, scheduling inspection by the vendor, payment for the e-waste to the citizens who are willing to sell/dispose the waste.
Goel said that e-waste contains complex combinations of highly toxic substances that pose a danger to health and the environment. “The complex composition and improper handling of e-waste adversely affect human health and the environment. Many of the products also contain recoverable precious materials, making it a different kind of waste compared with traditional municipal waste,” he said.
Goel said “The newly launched e-waste management application of the Corporation is a new hope for mitigation of health hazards linked to such waste through better e-waste management in a citizen friendly and remunerative way. The three empanelled firms will collect the e-waste from the house of residents of North DMC, wherever required.”
