An article today in livemint is about e-waste generation in the country and its way of collection and recycling mostly through scrap dealers. About 4.0 lac tonnes of e-waste is generated in the country and is growing at 10-15% per year. Struggle for existence makes availability of cheap labour and their exploitation. It may be that children are engaged for collection of scrap including e-waste. As this is unorganised sector, working conditions remain pathetic and out of purview of the regulators thereby endangering the health of the workers and surroundings. Effluents will be discharged into public sewage/drainage and thereby contaminating the ground and water bodies.