Wipro plans e-waste disposal facility
18 Jul 2006
Mumbai: Wipro is planning to offer an e-waste disposal services to its customers from September 1, 2006. Wipro says its customers can avail of the facility free-of-cost by paying nominal freight charges. It says it is pioneering this service in India.
On the issue raised by Greenpeace with reference to Wipro, an official company release said: The issue highlighted by Greenpeace is about the disposal of scrapped devices by owners and users of computers and electronics goods.
This involves all users and owners of computers, the entire installed base of computers and all vendors/manufacturers in India.
Wipro has been actively working on the issue since August, 2005 and had set up an environment management team to lead Wipro's initiatives on this front. Over the last one year, the company has defined the process, identified suitable disposal mechanisms, created service points across the country, identified technically competent disposal agencies and setup a process for disposal of e-waste.
Additionally, Wipro is voluntarily driving efforts to maximize the usage of RoHS compliant components, the release said.
