The high tech boom has given rise to a new type of waste called “Electronic waste or E-waste”. The E-waste in the terms used to discard electronic gadgets like computers, TV, mobile phones, fax machines, audio Equipment etc.

Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste. Batteries contain a number of heavy metals and toxic chemicals; their dumping has raised concern over risks of soil contamination and water pollution.

The greater part of the scrap and metal recycling industry processes ferrous and non ferrous metal scrap into vital secondary raw material for the smelting of new metals.