Sarita Singh

Asst. Prof. Department of Zoology , Govt. Maharaja P .G. College, Chhatarpur (M.P .)

Author's Introduction :

Planet earth has been sustaining life for billions of years due to its equilibrium. Nothing comes into earth and nothing goes out, one element changes into another but remains on earth forever . Human civilization and development has altered this equilibrium by overuse of resources and dump¬ing of waste indiscriminately . The natural assimilative capac¬ity of earth is unable to cope up with the mounds of waste dumped, thereby leading to loss of equilibrium. Such a situ¬ation has lead to famine, floods, climate change, epidem¬ics, water scarcity , polluted air and water, fallow lands and inequity among people. Development and environment are two sides of a coin, if one is welcomed other is lost. Still hu¬manity proposes sustainable development, a method where environment is protected along with developmental activi¬ties, as the panacea for this. Despite this, equity among men remains unattainable; the poor are still getting poorer and the rich becoming richer . The basis of sustainable develop¬ment is REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, which can be true for any perishable goods manufactured on earth. Notwithstand¬ing the existence of awareness about industrial, agricultural and commercial wastes, this paper deals with the magnitude of generation of e-waste in India and abroad and the institu¬tional measures undertaken to overcome the problem based on the available information.