Exchange e-waste for money

Harshit Patel, a Mumbai-based entrepreneur, from Polytela e-commerce Private Ltd, has launched a first nation-wide service to collect e-waste free of cost. The company has formed eight collection centres –TechShops – across the country. Anyone sending e-waste can collect a coupon of र 125 from the company. The e-waste is passed on to MGA and Associates based at Kandla in Gujarat. MGA plans and carries out the collection, transportation, processing and recovery of all base materials from electronic equipment.