Informal e-waste recycling activities may have several adverse health effects. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable. The ILO and WHO estimate that millions of women and child labourers working in the informal recycling sector globally may be at risk of hazardous e-waste exposures.
To ensure responsible disposal students of the Interact Club of the Laidlaw Memorial School & Jr. College of Ketti took it upon themselves to collect e-waste from within their campus and bring it to the waste management facility, a laudable effort which brought in 537 kg of such material.
The school authorities assured that such activities will continue, and they plan to take in e-waste generated elsewhere as well in their bid to tackle one of the fastest growing solid waste streams in the world
