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LG, Samsung sue Indian government over electronic-waste pricing policywww.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/lg-samsung-sue-indian-government-over-electronic-waste-pricing-policy-2025-04-21
76 sats \ 1 comment \ @Coinsreporter 21 Apr Politics_And_Law
India is the third-biggest e-waste generator behind China and the U.S., but the government says only 43% of the country's e-waste last year was recycled and at least 80% of the sector comprises informal scrap dealers.
If you have so big a population, you gotta deal with more waste for sure. It's becoming a very big problem here and the government alone can't dump all the waste. The companies need to more responsible. I don't see the court is gonna mandate any relaxation to any company on the matter of E-waste disposal policy.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 21 Apr
LG's filing in the Delhi High Court, which is not public but was reviewed by Reuters on Monday, said the pricing rules "fail to take into consideration that merely by fleecing companies and taxing them in the name of the 'polluter pays principle', the (government) objectives sought to be achieved cannot be achieved." "(If) the authorities have not been able to regulate the informal sector, then it is an enforcement failure," the 550-page court filing from April 16 showed.
Samsung in its 345-page filing, seen by Reuters, said: "The regulation of prices does not inherently serve the purposes of environmental protection," and said this was "expected to cause substantial financial impact."
LG and Samsung are not wrong though. It's the authorities fault; the government should do more or foster better collaboration. But I've never heard of the Indian government making any sensible decisions ever.
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