WHERE TO DUMP YOUR E-WASTE IN BANGALORE?

e-waste (Electronic Waste) aware? Then, you're surely concerned and you may be haunted by disturbing questions about your responsibility in the matter of trashing your e-waste safely. You know that e-waste is dangerous - far more dangerous than it looks. And you want to save the environment from its devastating effects. But you are in that familiar situation in which you ask "Should I be the first to act? Why not others? Let someone start first and then  I'll join in". Or "I work long hours and spend lots of time commuting too, leaving very little time for personal matters, so why don't the Pollution Control Board people come half way around to help by creating some conveniently located collection centers or install e-waste drop-boxes at popular places?" Another question maybe "What accumulation of e-waste (i.e. qty) is significant to necessitate  a visit to a collection center? Each time I replace cartridges in my printer, I am left with a pair of spent ones. Is it OK to toss the old cartridges into a roadside canal on my way to the office? After all, it's just two small cartridges, so maybe that much of e-waste won't really harm anyone. Alternately, should I visit a drop-box every time I am ready with a pair of spent cartridges?".

Surely questions like these are bound to keep troubling you, disturbing your peace! Yet a small inner voice from your heart says "I'll be really happy if I can give ALL my e-waste to honest recyclers. I want to give it each and every time, no matter how small the quantity, so that no harm is done to the environment. But ... is that really possible? I wish someone would help in a big way by extensively setting up the needed infrastructure and support".

All of us who are concerned have been thinking that way for a long time and solutions are beginning to appear publicly, now. So, it is with delight that I share (from a recent study of e-waste disposal facilities in the city) that there are nearly 70 places in and around Bangalore (as on the date of this post) that accept e-waste from individuals. You can see how they are distributed in the (Google) map below.

e-waste collection centers in Bangalore on 07-April-2018

e-waste drop box located at MK Retail store, Indiranagar (near CMH)

- I use this one!

Good news to you? Then its time to act, too!

So click on the map above (it will open a new browser window that displays a zoomable map with more details), find a collection point near where you live and you are all set. Resist the temptation to procrastinate or make excuses and dispose off your e-waste responsibly - not once but each and every time !

Note: To know more details of a collection center, click on its name displayed in the "Legend" sidebar at left. You should see a pop-up appear giving details of the chosen center (see map below) - whether it accepts e-waste from individuals (or only factories & businesses), mode(s) of acceptance, whether the organization will pay for e-waste and so on. Use that info to choose a center that best suits you. Good luck!