E-Scavengers.......

Inspired by the large quantity of worn out electronic goods available in the era of technology, the junk dealers of the city are shifting their attention from waste papers and glass bottles to television, refrigerator and other electronic junks. Though the trend began nearly six years back, it has become more prominent recently.
The existence of a class of junk dealers to collect and resale electronic waste became the need of the owners of electronic showrooms, when the companies started to compete by giving exchange offer to the consumers. The used and worn out goods given in exchange of new products started to fill the showrooms and they started to find an alternative to remove it.
The junk dealers have appointed agents in different parts of the city to collect order from electronic showrooms. These agents collect worn out television sets, refrigerators and other electronic goods from various electronic showrooms and take it to the junk yards, where the workers dismantle the goods in to different parts. Glass, coppers and metallic parts of the goods are later on sold to various companies. Though the junk dealers collect goods in all seasons, festival seasons including, Onam, Christmas, Vishu and Ramazan are the most favourable time for them.

In the case of television sets, the screens are removed and sold to a company from Bangalore and other metallic parts to the steel companies of Palakkad.
There are more than six junk dealers in the city itself who collect electronic waste or e-waste. While a few of them concentrate on television sets other concentrate on refrigerators and washing machines. As computer waste also has started to pile up in the showrooms, a few have also started to collect computer waste also.