How India wants to (literally) fix e-waste

Electronic waste is one of the fastest growing types of rubbish on the planet. India, which is becoming ultra digital, is trying an old trick in new ways to deal with its growing and dangerous dump yards. #planeta #righttorepair #circulareconomy We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: @dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Author: Aditi Rajagopal Camera: Dheeraj Aithal Video Editors: David Jacobi, Aditi Rajagopal Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Joanna Gottschalk, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact-check: Jeannette Cwienk, Kirsten Funck Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Read More (Links): Right to Repair portal: Fixing Planned Obsolescence by Activating the Right to Repair in India: Right to Repair in the EU: Impacts of e-waste: Cartoon on India’s repair culture: Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Haggling 02:47 Repair culture 04:18 Electronics graveyard 06:35 India’s Right to Repair 08:04 The Kataria case 10:08 Progress elsewhere 11:22 Conclusion