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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e-Waste Piles Up in Pearl City
The e-waste or electronic waste discarded by IT companies is piling up in the backyard of the Pearl City posing health hazard to the denizens. The lengthy process involved in identifying e-waste and getting
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Now, students to carry an e-waste bag too
Soon, thousands of schoolchildren in the State will walk onto their campus carrying a bag filled with discarded plastic bottles and ditched electronic devices. In a unique initiative to weed out the
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Thiruvananthapuram corporation ropes in private firms for plastic, e-waste management
THIRUVANANTHAURAM: The health wing of city corporation, in a clear move to distance itself from Clean Kerala Company, has engaged two private parties for collection of e-waste and plastic waste from the
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Wristband from e-waste to track carbon footprint
Whatever happened to your old Windows 2000 desktop computer? Are you still hanging on to mobile phone handsets of the past? And what about the monolithic printer you chucked out in a zen-inspired fury?
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Pune: A team that collects your plastic waste
Over a month ago, she learned of a group that facilitates door-to-door collection of plastic once a month from various parts of the city. That plastic bags are hazardous to the environment was something
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Dispose e-waste responsibly
Use 500-kg bin at Pragati Maidan from October 18 onwards Don’t know where to dispose your obsolete or broken electrical or electronic devices? From October 18 onwards, city dweller can head to Pragati
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High zinc levels found in soil near Ramganga in Moradabad
A study reveals that the zinc levels are 15 times more than the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standards in the soil samples collected from near river Ramganga at Moradabad, known
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Airports and railway stations to be graded
In the run-up to one year of the Swachh Bharat initiative, the government is planning to grade railway stations, airports, shipyards, hospitals, schools, colleges and tourist destinations based on the
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CSE study shows e-waste recycling leading to heavy metal contamination in Moradabad
CSE study shows e-waste recycling leading to heavy metal contamination in Moradabad Moradabad gets 50 per cent of all PCBs used in India, and 90 tonnes of e-waste everyday CSE collected
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Recommendations to address the issues of informal sector involved in e-waste handling: Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
A study done by the Centre for Science and Research on Moradabad’s e-waste recycling industry has shown contamination due to heavy metals to be very high in and around the city. Moradabad is known for