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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Bangalore third in e-waste generation in the country
Bangalore generated over 37,000 metric tonne (MT) of electronic waste in 2012 and stands third in the country after Mumbai and Navi Mumbai generating 61,500 MT followed by NCR (National Capital Region)
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The worlds worst 2013: the top ten toxic threats
<p>This 2013 report published by Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland presents a new list of the top ten polluted places in the world and also provides updates on the sites published in the previous editions.</p>
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E-waste disposal unit may get Maharashtra nod
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is planning to revive its three-year-old project for setting up an electronic-waste (e-waste) disposal facility. There is an urgent need to set up
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India’s e-waste will rise by 400% in next 5 years'
The threat of electronic waste (e-waste) destroying the ecological health is looming large over India. E-waste from old computers is set to jump 400 per cent within the next five years, while it is expected
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Ctrl+Alt+Del e-waste
The organised sector handles only 10 per cent of e-waste. The rest is handled by the unorganised sector that employs unscientific methods. Bangalore surely basked in the global glory of its “IT hub” tag for years. Thanks to the huge IT revenues it generated and the big ticket firms that dug deep roots here, Bangalore deserved that. But now, it is wake up time. No, not from its unrelenting garbage piles or its mounting civic problems, but this time from the rising threat of its electronic waste. Rising because, the city’s e-waste volumes are going beyond 18,000 metric tonnes per annum, an astounding piece of statistic brought home by a recent Assocham survey.
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E-waste still a health menace in Varanasi
Though more than a year has passed since the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules came into effect in May 2012, their implementation is still in a nascent stage, at least in Varanasi, one of the major
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Singapore, Japan get rich on city’s e-waste
Tonnes of e-waste from Bangalore and across India are shipped to Singapore, Belgium and Japan. For the country doesn’t have a single fullfledged unit capable of extracting precious metals like gold, silver
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E-waste units pose health problems
Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors. A recent international study by scientists of Ehime University, Japan in association with local experts, revealed that there are many informal backyards and scrap units here where ewaste is not recycled as per norms and this poses serious health risks to people working there and those around them.
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Draft civic waste rules focus on landfill site selection
The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at least
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India among nations generating lowest e-waste
India is among the countries generating lowest quantity of e-waste from personal computers, the Rajya Sabha was informed. According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report titled 'Recycling