Mayapuri
Although Selampur and Mandoli are ideal places to find electronic waste, it is virtually impossible to buy any off them, besides the fact that both places are discouragingly far away. Seelampur is under threat of demolition again, and is getting exceedingly difficult to talk to anyone there, without being viewed with suspicion and distrust. Mandoli on the other hand was hostile from the very beginning of my research. The workers there refuse to talk about the nature of work done there.
I needed about 10 kgs of electronic waste. The next and nearest option for me was Nehru palce. The dealers I found in Nehru Place, seated on small mats in the middle of the market, they have a good spread of circuit boards and other computer hardware. These small dealers mostly sell their wares for reuse. When some pieces do not get rejuvenated they are finally send to the graveyards. I have been told by one such dealer that sumo’s come from the Punjab side and buy loads of waste. The prices that these buyers offer was no where close to my budget. I had to find cheaper options.
I got a few contacts from the yellow pages about sealers of e waste in West Delhi. I found a dealer in Mayapuri. Mayapuri is predominately a car/truck/road roller/bike/crane/tanker scrap market. Its really quiet well organized and quiet fascinating. Tucked away in the dead end of one of the alleys, behind a pile of old tires I found the shop I was looking for. He had a modest amount of e waste. Not the gargantuan piles I had in mind, but a good spread none the less. Metal rings with copper wires, circuit boards of various sizes and shapes, wires. I selected 7kgs of e waste. I was waiting for him to quote some insane price, considering the fact that one mother board costs upto 300 Rs. He surprised me by asking for 700 Rs. I tried my luck and said I would give 500. Eventually I left with 7 kgs for 300 Rs. I was driving away delighted at my bargaining skills, when a motorcyclist drove right into the front right door of my car. After all I was in West Delhi; I was waiting for this to happen.
Aastha Chauhan
I needed about 10 kgs of electronic waste. The next and nearest option for me was Nehru palce. The dealers I found in Nehru Place, seated on small mats in the middle of the market, they have a good spread of circuit boards and other computer hardware. These small dealers mostly sell their wares for reuse. When some pieces do not get rejuvenated they are finally send to the graveyards. I have been told by one such dealer that sumo’s come from the Punjab side and buy loads of waste. The prices that these buyers offer was no where close to my budget. I had to find cheaper options.
I got a few contacts from the yellow pages about sealers of e waste in West Delhi. I found a dealer in Mayapuri. Mayapuri is predominately a car/truck/road roller/bike/crane/tanker scrap market. Its really quiet well organized and quiet fascinating. Tucked away in the dead end of one of the alleys, behind a pile of old tires I found the shop I was looking for. He had a modest amount of e waste. Not the gargantuan piles I had in mind, but a good spread none the less. Metal rings with copper wires, circuit boards of various sizes and shapes, wires. I selected 7kgs of e waste. I was waiting for him to quote some insane price, considering the fact that one mother board costs upto 300 Rs. He surprised me by asking for 700 Rs. I tried my luck and said I would give 500. Eventually I left with 7 kgs for 300 Rs. I was driving away delighted at my bargaining skills, when a motorcyclist drove right into the front right door of my car. After all I was in West Delhi; I was waiting for this to happen.
Aastha Chauhan
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