M S University has implemented new e-waste policy under which more than 2,000 electronic equipment will be sold as scrap. All these gadgets are more than 10 years old and are defunt. Electronic equipment include computers, monitors, air-conditioners, photocopiers among others.

The university had formed an E-Waste committee. A team has surveyed all the faculties and institutions check the electronic instruments which are not in working condition. The new scrap policy has been given go ahead by the university’s syndicate as well.
Although the university had been purchasing electronic equipment for so many years, it did not have any policy to get rid of old and outdated equipment.