India's first e-waste clinic opens in Bhopal

Bhopal: Country’s first e-waste clinic is being opened in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh yesterday. It would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. 

The e-waste clinic will be inaugurated by the Union Environment Secretary in a short while now. The Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board will also grace the occasion. The e-waste clinic is jointly setting up by the Central Pollution Control Board-CPCB and Bhopal Municipal Corporation-BMC.

"The e-waste clinic is being started on the basis of a three-month pilot project. If this



project is successful, e-waste clinics will be established at other places in the country. BMC official informed that electronic waste will be collected door-to-door or could be deposited directly at the e-waste clinic. The CPCB will provide technical support to the clinic. 

The most interesting aspect of e-waste clinic is that the clinic has been prepared in junk low floor bus. The bus is decorated with e-waste material from outside and inside. A TV has been also installed in it, in which documentary films on the subject of environmental damage caused by e-waste will be shown.