{"id":4002,"date":"2012-01-30T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:43","slug":"chennai-sits-on-growing-pile-of-electronic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/chennai-sits-on-growing-pile-of-electronic-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Chennai Sits on Growing Pile of Electronic Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR01301.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2487\" title=\"White mobile phone in a dry river bed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR01301.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2487 lazyload\" title=\"White mobile phone in a dry river bed\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SPR01301.jpg\"><\/a>A recommendation by the TNPCB (Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board) to set up collection centers for electronic waste in Chennai is gathering dust with sources from corporations claiming that many people simply refuse to hand their goods over for free at such places.&nbsp;&nbsp; The city generates over 30,000 tons of electronic waste, including the likes of old cell phones, each and every year, and that number is continuing to grow, being predicted to have reached by two lakh tons within 18 years by the year 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Social activists and environmentalists are afraid that the free distribution of laptop computers and televisions will only add to the electronic waste heap, with lead and many other toxic substances that 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