Only 1 out of 10 users in Bengaluru consider recycling their old phones:
Source: The New Indian Express, Date: , 2019
E-waste is a growing threat to the environment,
with smartphones being a major contributor. Two million tonnes of e-waste are
contributed by India alone. More than 50 per cent of Bengaluru’s e-waste is
five years old and while citizens are aware of e-waste disposal, only 31 per
cent of them have disposed it by giving it to the local waste
collector/aggregator. 91mobiles.com, a gadget discovery site, recently
conducted a survey across the country to understand phone recycling habits of
smartphone users.