Amit Jain

Amit Jain
Independent Researcher

B.Tech, M.Tech, M.B.A

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Publications (16)
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The extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy is a vital enabler of the circular economy. The study analyses the Indian industry perspective on EPR policy instruments. It also develops the Situation-Actors-Process–Learning-Actions-Performance (SAP–LAP) framework to analyse the effect of EPR policy instruments on corporate performance. The descr...
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Due to ever increasing demand, the electronics industry has been growing at a rapid pace, and therefore handling and management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has become one of the key problems in the modern world. Improper handling and management of WEEE in developing countries can cause a huge environmental damage and threats...
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The electronics industry leads the world’s largest and fastest growing manufacturing sector and management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has become a prominent problem in the modern world. Most of the developing countries are improperly handled and managed WEEE that release toxic pollution harming the people and environment, a...
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E-waste in India, which may exceed three million tons by 2020, contributes significantly to solid waste generation in cities. Indian e-waste recycling is a subset of metal scrap industry consisting of formal and informal collectors, transporters, dismantlers, and recyclers. Class 1 and 2 cities act as major e-waste suppliers where informal sector c...
Conference Paper
In India, e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules 2011 provide regulatory framework based on “pollution prevention” with “polluter pays principle” under “extended producer responsibility” (EPR). Their enforcement from 1st May 2012 raises major issues: (i) start up of EPR based system; (ii) secure finance; (iii) organize take back mechanism; (iv) ensu...
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E-waste business model evolves from recycling industry operating under policy and regulatory framework in a country. In India, environmental policy and regulatory framework is emerging from “pollution control” to “pollution prevention” with an increasing implementation of business model under public private partnership. In this context, an assessme...
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E-waste policies and regulations form the basis of E-waste management in a country. The evolution of policy and regulatory regime in this context is driven by a number of drivers both at local and international level. In this context, analysis of the existing policy and regulations and emergence of future trends has been carried out for E-waste man...
Conference Paper
E-waste inventory and its future projections form the basis of any intervention for E-waste management. However, E-waste inventory estimation in developing country is constrained by lack of reliable data. In such scenario, a combination of ldquomarket supply methodrdquo followed by tracer tracking is used to arrive at E-waste inventory in a geograp...
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An attempt has been made to establish an approach and a methodology to quantify electronic waste (e-waste) in India. The study was limited to personal computers (PCs) and televisions (TVs) within the state boundaries of Delhi and in selected areas in the National Capital Region (NCR). Material flow analysis was used to establish an e-waste trade va...
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Rapid economic growth in Asia and the increasing transboundary movement of secondary resources will increasingly require both 3R endeavors (reduce, reuse, recycle) in each country and appropriate control of international material cycles. Recently, managing electrical and electronic waste (E-waste) has become an important target for domestic and int...
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The management and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE was assessed in the city of Delhi, India. In order to do this, the personal computer was defined as the tracer for which a model was designed. The model depicts the entire life cycle of the tracer, from production through sale and consumption—including reuse and refurbis...

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