IIT Madras announces online platform ‘E-Source’ to tackle e-Waste
- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is working on developing an innovative digital model to address the problem of e-waste (electronic wastes).
- The digital platform, named as ‘e-Source,’ will act as an exchange platform, to serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
- The platform will link various stakeholders (buyers and sellers) of used and waste electronic equipment and components, both in the formal and informal economy.
- The initiative is being led by the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS), a centre set up at IIT Madras in 2010 at the initiative of the German and Indian governments.
Source: NewsonAir
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- Name of digital platform by IIT Madras to address e-waste issue?
- e-Source is a digital platform launched by which institute to tackle e-waste issue?