A STUDY ON AWARENESS OF CONSUMERS TOWARDS E-WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF JAIPUR

For any nation to grow, technology plays a crucial role. On the same route, India is witnessing growth in different spheres and one of the major growing segments of the nation is Information Technology industry. But certain hurdles are to be jumped in the journey of advancement of any nation. Growing quantity of e-waste is one of the major problems that India is dealing with now-a-days. E-waste includes all electrical and electronic components which have been discarded by the owner without the intent of reuse. An attempt has been made in this paper to study the awareness level of consumers towards health hazards caused due to e-waste, disposal practices, environmental problems resulting out of poor disposal of e-waste and awareness towards legislative policies related to e-waste management in India. Data has been gathered from 150 households of urban area of Jaipur using questionnaire. The findings indicates that with the rise in income, respondents tend to purchase more number of computers and mobile phones. Further data suggests that gender and marital status do not affect the levels of awareness amongst the respondents but education level does have an effect. It is suggested that there is need to create awareness about proper disposal of e-waste amongst people of urban areas.