The global e-waste monitor 2024
<p>The world's electronic waste generation is increasing five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, according to the United Nation's fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report.</p>
Electronic Waste
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NDMC sets up 5 e-waste collection centres
In a bid to prevent health risks resulting from exposure to electronic junk, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has set up five e-waste collection centres in its areas. It has also initiated a door-to-door
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E-waste issue: 90% in Delhi not aware of legal recourse
One in every two people is unaware of what e-waste is. A survey 'What India Knows about E-waste' conducted by an environmental NGO Toxics Link that was released on Tuesday revealed that most were unaware
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Guidelines for environmentally sound management of E-Waste
Target based approach for implementation of EPR has been adopted in the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016. Phase wise collection target has been fixed for producers for the collection of e-waste, which
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Performance Audit of Environmental degradation in the greater Guwahati area with special emphasis on the role of the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA)
Guwahati, the gateway to the North Eastern Region (NER) of India is the largest and fastest growing commercial and industrial centre in the Region. The pressure of the ever increasing human population
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Virtuous Circle: How the circular economy can create jobs and save lives in low and middle-income countries
This paper highlights a significant opportunity to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Case studies from Brazil, Ghana, Kenya and India demonstrate how supporting (and removing
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Bring seperate law, central authority for e-waste management: Parliamentary panel
The Committee of Subordinate Legislations (2015-16) chaired by Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi tabled its 15th report on rules of e-waste management in Lok Sabha recently. Concerned over lack of effective
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Rules on E-Waste Management: Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2015-2016)
The Committee on Subordinate Legislation present this Fifteenth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Rules on E-Waste Management. Electronic waste creates a global crisis due to environmental degradation. The
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17 lakh tonne of e-waste generated in India in 2014
The government today said that around 17 lakh tonne of e-waste was generated in the country in 2014 and it has notified rules in March this year to ensure better management of such wastes. "Based on
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for disposal and recycling of e-wastes, 08/08/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for disposal and recycling of e-wastes, 08/08/2016. Based on a survey carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2005, the generation of e-waste in
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Take responsibility for electronic-waste disposal
<p>International cooperation is needed to stop developed nations simply offloading defunct electronics on developing countries, argue Zhaohua Wang, Bin Zhang and Dabo Guan.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/take-responsibility-for-electronic-waste-disposal-1.20345"