XLRI launches its e-waste policy

Jamshedpur : The B-school XLRI launched its e-waste policy for its campus during the International Conference on Responsible Marketing.

The e-waste policy was launched by Anand Sen, president (TQM and steel business), Tata Steel and Father E. Abraham, director, XLRI. Under the guidance of the Centre for Global Management and Responsible Leadership (CGMRL), XLRI, other student bodies have supported the project.

The officials informed that although the work started last year, the first e-waste collection drive was conducted in November last year, where XLRI collected about 50 Kg of e-waste from the campus that has a population of 1500 people.
As part of the project, the B school has tied up with Jusco.

The collected e-waste) will be handed over to Jusco who will ensure a proper disposal with another agency. As of now there are no e-waste management centres in Jamshedpur. Jusco is in the process of identifying agencies that are totally environment friendly.

XLRI has tied up with JUSCO to dispose its e-waste in an environmentally friendly manner. After the launch of the e-waste policy, X-Lead and Sigma the student bodies who would be spear heading the e-waste collection and disposal drive in XLRI would hand over some e-waste to JUSCO as a symbolic beginning of the collection drive.