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, plastic scrap filling State coffers
Ditched computers and smartphones are fast raking in money for the cash-strapped coffers of the Kerala government. Clean Kerala Company, a State-run agency under the Department of Local-Self Government,
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Recycling e-waste could be worth up to €3.7bn by 2020
Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could be worth €3.7bn to the European economy by 2020, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield found
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E-waste: War to start in schools
KOCHI: The battle against electronic waste should start from schools. This seems to be the new motto of the government, which failed to take effective steps to dispose all kinds of waste. The urban affairs
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Disposal of e-waste as per Basel Convention, 13/08/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Disposal of e-waste as per Basel Convention, 13/08/2015. Central Pollution Control Board in the year 2005 had estimated a quantity of 8 lakh tonne of e-waste generation
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Formulate scheme for disposal of e-waste: NGT to MoEF
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to convene a meeting of various stakeholders and propose a scheme for environment-friendly disposal of e-waste.
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e-waste, an environmental, health hazard
Walk into any home, office or warehouse and you can be sure to come across electronic junk or old, disused electronic gadgets such as cell phones, electric lamps, tape-recorders, radios, iPods and stereos,
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Blowing smoke: is vaping waste as bad as cigarette butts?
Consumers are not properly aware of the dangers of e-cigarette waste, with whole vaping devices being sent straight to landfill rather than being recycled. That’s according to waste management company
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Doctor warns about lead poisoning risk from recycling older electronic equipment
The disposal and recycling of electronic devices has increased exposure to lead and other toxicants and created "an emerging health concern," according to a pediatrician who directs the Environmental Health
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Centre, states asked to deal with increasing e-waste
Noting that generation of e-waste is increasing at a "staggering" pace and there is a "yawning gap" between its generation and capacity to deal with it, a parliamentary panel today urged the Centre and
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E-waste and e-radiation
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-sixth Report on 'E-waste and E-radiation. In its meeting held on the