E Waste Management

What Is E-Waste? A Biggest Concern

E-waste is a popular, informal name for electronic products nearing the end of their "useful life." Mobile Phones, Smart Phones, Feature phone, I Phones, accessories, Laptop, Desktop, Thin Clients , Air Conditioners, Televisions, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, VCDs, stereos, copiers, Printers and fax machines, including toner cartridges are common electronic products. Many of these products can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.

E-waste has been one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. While e-waste contains valuable materials such as aluminium, copper, gold, palladium and silver, it also contains harmful substances like cadmium, lead and mercury. In the absence of proper awareness, disposing e-waste in landfill can result in toxic emissions to the air, water and soil and pose a serious health and environmental hazards.

Under the guidelines of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 & as amendment 2018 have been notified Portronics Digital Private Limited stands committed to implement E-Waste Rules.

We Portronics Digital Private Limited understand there is a need to encourage recycling of all useful and valuable material from e-waste so as to conserve the ever depleting natural resources. Recycling end-of-life discarded products is vital if we are to save resources and minimize landfill Portronics Digital Private Limited understands its responsibility and in this regards we have tied-up with one of the leading and authorised e-waste recycler namely 3R Recycler Pvt Ltd for facilitating our customers to enable them to dispose off e-waste products after its end-of-life.

3R Recycler Private Limited one of the renowned recycler is pioneer of recycling the e-waste in the most organized manner in India. Authorized by CPCB ,HSPCB and UPPCB and are committed towards Environmental Social & Corporate Governance. They have expertise in assisting Producers in fulfilling their compliances related to EPR and E-waste Management.

As part of our partnership with 3R Recycler, the company will provide EPR Services and ensure environmentally sound management of electronics that have reached their end-of-life phase. 3R Recycler Pvt Ltd has obtained all the necessary authorizations from the appropriate government agencies for their processing facilities. 3R Recycle Pvt Ltd ensures proper recycling and disposal of e-waste. This helps us protect the environment from any hazardous consequences, which would be otherwise caused by the inappropriate waste management of e-waste.

E-waste recycling & collection Mechanism for Consumer:

As per the E-waste Regulation under E-waste (Management) Rule, 2016 & Amendment E-waste Rule, 2018 Portronics Digital Private Limited being a good corporate citizen understand the responsibility towards environment and thus following the mechanism for collection of e-waste and channelizing it for safe recycling:

How end consumer can reach us?

If any of the End consumer willing to dispose or recycle their end of life product/e-waste  can call  or reach us at our Recycling Partner toll free number,3R Recycler Pvt Ltd representative would explain our customers about process of disposal and make them aware about nearest drop point available to drop the e-waste or we send logistic team to pick the e-waste from the doorstep of customer and channelize the same to our E-waste partner Plant Plot No. 392 , Sector -8 , IMT Manesar , Gurgaon -122050, Haryana ; Unit-II Plot No. A-61/2, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Sikandrabad-203202, Uttar Pradesh, India for final processing.

Toll Free No. for End Consumer reach

Toll Free No PAN INDIA.: 1800-212-8632

Collection Point Link for Customer reach:

Collection Point across India:

 

Details of collection points along with address are given below:

S.No. State ASC Name Adderss Contact Number Contact Person Email id
1 Andhara Pradesh Mahalashmi Mobile (Mobile Clinic) Shop No. 07, Opp. BSNL Office, Lakshami Narasimha Complex, Dabagardens, Visakhapatnam - 530 020 8917966972 Vijay Shankar Padala mobileclinicvskp@gmail.com
2 Bihar The Pheripheral Services (Patna) O3M, Om Complex, S.P Verma Road, Patna Bihar-800001 9334117605 Tribhuvan Prashad service@peplworld.com
3 Chandigarh Music Tone (Chandigarh) Shop No.-153, Sector 35D, Chandigarh 9876962188 Satnam Singh musictone35@gmail.com
4 Delhi Portronics Digital Pvt.Ltd. Vegas Business Tower, Unit No. - 1082, 10th Floor, Plot. - 6, Sector 14 Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 8588850451 Rahul Gupta help@portronics.com
5 Goa Ray Services (Goa) G-16/17, B-Wing, Jairam Complex, Mala Road, Panjim, Goa - 403001 9604150082 Rushabh Shah rushabhshah@rayservices.co.in
6 Gujarat Maruti Marketing 11/139,Gate No.1 Vidhya Nagar Flats,Opp. Himmat Lal Park BRTS Bus Stop Gujarat-380015 9898222440 Mr. Vijay
7 Haryana Sivam Infotech (Rohtak) 1360A Gali No.5 Opp. Saini Dharamshala, Chunni Pur, Saini College Road Rohtak-124001 9416259512 Alok Saini aloksaini@rediffmail.com
8 Himachal Shri Som Communication (Kangra) Near Main Gate Dr. Rajendra Prashad Medical College Tanda, Kangra, Himachal-176001 9418229162 Rinku Kumar bhabrarinku@gmail.com
9 Jammu Itess (Jammu) 274A, Last Morh, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu - 180004 9419669200 Pramod digitalitess@gmail.com
10 Jharkhand Medalist Enterprises 2nd, 0, Sen Villa, P P Compound Main Road Ranchi ,JH - 834001 9334666410 Vikram Choudhary medalistenterprises@gmail.com

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Take Back Scheme /collection Scheme

Once any end consumer will contact us at our Toll free no. for handover the end of life product /e-waste for proper disposal,3R Recycler Pvt Ltd representative will get information to end customer about any incentive or exchange offer that may be an offer, at that time, against their end of life product and  encourage customers/end users to deposit any of their old absolute products (spare parts) and their accessories (irrespective of brand) and also propose to exchange the same with a promotional voucher or any other lucrative offersdepending upon the remaining Life of the Product.

 

 

Do’s& Don’ts of End of life Products/e-waste

 

Do’s:

  • Always look for information on the catalogue with your productfor end-of-life equipment handling.
  • Ensure that only Authorized Recyclers/Dismantler handle your electronic (i..e. Desktop, Laptops , Servers parts & accessories etc) products.
  • Always call at our toll-free No’s to Dispose products that have reached end-of life
  • Always drop your used electronic products, batteries or any accessories when they reach the end of their life at your nearest Authorized E-Waste Collection Points.
  • Always disconnect the battery from product, and ensure any glass surface is protected against breakage.

Don’ts:

  • Do not dismantle your electronic Products on your own
  • Do not throw electronics in bins having “Do not Dispose” sign.
  • Do not give e-waste to informal and unorganized sectors like Local Scrap Dealer/ Rag Pickers.
  • Do not dispose your product in garbage bins along with municipal waste that ultimately reaches landfills.

What should I do with my electronic discards?

The mantra of "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" applies here.

Reduce your generation of e-waste through smart handling and good maintenance. 

Reuse still functioning electronic equipment by donating to us.

Recycle those products that cannot be repaired. Customer may handover their end of life products to our nearest drop points for proper Recycling.

Life cycle of the product:

As defined under New E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 life cycle of our products are as follows:

 

Product Name

EEE Codeof Product

Average Life

Personal Computing:

Personal computers (CPU with input & output devices)

ITEW2

6 Year

Smart Phone (its spares and Accessories) Accessories

ITEW15

5 Year

We look forward to your support in ensuring safe and efficient disposal of e-waste which is a shared responsibility between our valued consumers and us. We value your co-operation.

To know more about safe and secure recycling and proper disposal of end-of-life electrical and Electronic Products Customer can contact at our toll-free numbers region wise at:

PAN India -1800-212-8632 IEmail – info@3rrecycler.com