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>
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India fifth biggest generator of e-waste in 2014: U.N. report
India is the fifth biggest producer of e-waste in the world, discarding 1.7 million tonnes (Mt) of electronic and electrical equipment in 2014, a UN report has warned that the volume of global e-waste
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World's mountain of electrical waste reaches new peak of 42m tonnes
The biggest per-capita tallies were in countries known for green awareness, such as Norway and Denmark, with Britain fifth and US ninth on the UN report’s list A record amount of electrical and electronic
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The global e-waste monitor 2014
<p>India is the fifth largest generator of e-waste in the world revealed this new report released by the United Nations University. India (1.7 Mt) along with Japan (2.2 Mt) and China (6.0 Mt) is amongst the top three Asian nations with the highest e-waste generation in absolute quantities. </p>
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NGT asks DGFT to reply on plea alleging rampant violation of E-waste rules
The National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on a plea alleging rampant violation of E-waste management rules notified in 2011. "We find that
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Australia's e-waste disposal system 10 years behind rest of the world
It's Monday morning and Larissa Shashkof's alarm goes off. As she and husband Neil wake, they reach for their smartphones, checking the news and the weather. In the next room the pair have their own
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Draft E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the draft E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 for public comments . The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 shall apply to every manufacturer,
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Occupational health hazards related to informal recycling of E-waste in India: An overview
The innovation in science and technology coupled with the change in lifestyle of an individual has made an incredible change in the electronic industry show casing an assorted range of new products every
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Bulbs polluting atmosphere?
While most people trash broken light bulbs in routine garbage, a recent study by an environmental research organisation, Toxic Links, has revealed that a large amount of mercury from the bulbs is polluting
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E-waste: Government grant opens door for precious-metal recovery
The Government has allocated £600,000 to help develop Britain's first 'plasma facility' which will recover gold, silver and platinum from electronic waste. In the next five years, electronic goods
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E-waste disposal: Entities to register with 2 Kolhapur agencies
The civic body is going to make all commercial and government entities in the city that generate e-waste to register with agencies approved by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for scientific