According to a report of United Nations Environment , developing countries like India, China and South Africa may have to suffer serious consequences by 2020 if they won’t take strict action to stop the alarming growth rate of electronic waste.

According to UN, By 2020, the size of electronic waste from mobile phones will be 18 times more and the electronic waste from computers will be five times more than 2007. E-waste from Discarded refrigerators and televisions will also become double or triple than the current amount.

The report estimates that India’s current e-waste generation is: 2.75 lakh tonnes from TVs, over one lakh tonnes from refrigerators, 56,300 tonnes from personal computers, 1,700 tonnes from mobiles and 4,700 from printers.

Mobile Manufacturer Company Intex has launched the first triple Sim mobile handset in India, Intex IN 5030.

The mobile set contains three slots 2 GSM + 1 CDMA and dual batteries for extended talk time. The handset will be available for purchase at the price of INR 4700 excluding taxes.

The mobile set also supports mobile tracking softwares which can be used to recover the handset in case it is lost. Other features which are included in this handset are 1.3Mp Camera, Webcam Option, Bluetooth, FM Radio, Audio & Video Player for playing the files stored in the memory card which can be expanded upto 4Gb size. Internet users can be happy with this handset because it supports GPRS & WAP.