First corporate client for E-WaRDD

The Bangalore-based E-WaRDD now has its first corporate client: Titan Industries, a leading name in watches in India.

E-WaRDD is an association of e-waste recyclers who are in the process of being upgraded from the informal sector.

Ms. Wilma Rodrigues (Sahaas) Mr. Asif Pasha (E-WaRDD) and Vice President Ajoy H.Chawla (Titan)

Every year Titan has an exchange programme whereby old watches are exchanged for new purchases under a specasial discount scheme. Last year between 600,000 and 700,000 old watches were collected under this scheme most of which finally ended up in a landfill.Titan is aware that digital watches are also classified as e-waste and therefore need to be recycled safely.

They have thus partnered with Saahas, a development organization working to facilitate safe e-waste recycling. The watches collected under this programme will be finally given to E-WaRDD for dismantling and retrieval of components. The toxic content will be stored for disposal in a hazardous waste landfill.