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Editorial

EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief : Mangala Chandran
Editor : Mohana M
Special Correspondent : Shaik Ismail
Editorial Assistant : Tulsi Khandelwal
DESIGN
Studio Manager : Madhu K
SALES & MARKETING
Director Projects-Clean India : Prakash Kuttappan
GM-Sales : Manjulatha
Manager Sales : Shubha Acharya
GM-Marketing : Reema Trivedi
ndia’s transition -- from a not-so-cleanliness-conscious Manager-Digital Marketing : Dipesh Ayare
nation to be known today as a major force driving sanitation
and sustainability -- has garnered much global attention and IT
Iapproval. Success of the Swachh Bharat Mission with large- Manager : Sudarshan Jadhav
scale stakeholder engagement and use of technology like IoT, AI Assistant Manager : Aditya Nair
& sensors in waste management and sanitation projects has now CIRCULATION
been measured and acclaimed. However, somewhere on the way, Manager : Prashant More
as the processes are being spelt out for collection, segregation,
disposal & recycling of an array of waste materials, the efforts to MANAGEMENT
recycle e-waste has fallen short of the need and the urgency. Chairman : Jayaraman Nair
This issue analyses why despite the legislative framework in Managing Director : Jayaprakash Nair
place for scientific e-waste recycling, the gap in the enforcement
of rules and lack of awareness & infrastructure is hampering Advisory Panel
the process. With approximately 3.2 million tonnes of annual
production of e-waste, India has to hasten the process of awareness Ralph Sunil, Senior Vice President Administration, JSW Steel,
Vijayanagar Works
creation in disposal, handling of hazardous components and Charu Thapar, Regional Director & Head Strategy & Platform,
regulated methods for recycling. PAM Asia Pacific, JLL India
All through 2023, Clean India Journal has been allocating Vinay Deshmukh, Executive Director & CEO, Forbes Facility Services
a good number of pages for Facility Management –processes, Dr Shakti Singh Chauhan, Country Head - Facility Management, 32nd
technology, sustainability, innovations- be it for office space,
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
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