Currently in India, over 85% of the electronic scrap is recycled in the informal sector, where the use of unsafe practices is commonplace.Though businesses often pay a great deal of attention to their environmental footprint and to the performance impact of IT assets when they are in use, relatively little attention is paid to the environmental impact of IT assets after their useful life has come to an end. Given the alarming environmental impact of e-waste, this inattention is a potential public relations liability and a mistake for companies that care about protecting the environment. E-waste represents over 90% of the long-lived toxic material disposed of by a typical white collar firm Unregulated and improper e-waste recycling has been linked to massive fish die-offs and other ecological catastrophes. E-waste represents over 90% of the long-lived toxic material disposed of by a typical white collar firm Unregulated and improper e-waste recycling has been linked to massive fish die-offs and other ecological catastrophes.