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 collection drive held in Delhi, Noida
To address the e-waste problem, Attero, India's largest electronic asset management company organized an e-waste collection drive in the Delhi-NCR region. The e-waste collection drive was organized
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Disposing of e-waste just a call away
Wondering what to do with your old gadgets like mobile phones, laptops or those old generation computers? If selling is not an option you can recycle them in an eco-friendly manner with the help of Chintan,
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Emerging nations overtake West in dumping e-trash
Oslo : China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday. The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
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India could be dumping ground of US e-waste
An average American generated 29.8kg of hitech trash in 2012 — six times higher than China’s per capita figure of 5.4kg. The UN’s first e-waste world map released on Saturday says that almost 48.9 million
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Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations
Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items Millions of mobile phones, laptops, tablets, toys, digital cameras and other electronic
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India to generate 1.5 lakh tonne e-waste a year by 2020: MAIT
India needs to sharpen focus on e-waste recycling and disposal as it is expected to generate about 1.5 lakh tonne of wastage from the use of electronics every year by 2020, IT hardware industry body MAIT
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PCB moves to rein in e-waste agencies
Kochi: In a bid to control agencies disposing e-waste from the district, the Pollution Control Board (PCB) will soon bring out a notification to ensure that only authorized agencies are involved in the
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Air, water pollution levels rising in B'lore'
Minister for Forest and Environment Ramanath Rai has said it has come to the notice of the government that water and air pollution levels are steadily increasing in Bangalore. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is collecting samples of 55 lakes to assess the water quality, Rai said in a written reply to Eshwar Khandre (Cong) in the Legislative Assembly.
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Karnataka govt to support sustainable business models for handling e-waste
The Karnataka government has indicated that it would support developing sustainable business models for handling as well as dsposal of electronic waste(e-waste), which if of late recognized as a major
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E-waste awareness in colleges from Dec 15
Pune: The latest gadgets and gizmos always create a buzz on college campuses, but for once the conversation will be all about what happens to the models long discarded. Wastepickers collective Solid Waste