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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Electronic waste recycling for developing economies
This article reviews the progress of electronic waste recycling around the world and emphasises the need to give more economic importance to this sector in the developing nations. Two cases are considered
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E-Waste Dump in Africa Contaminating Community
Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age. As consumers continually upgrade their electronic devices, the old devices are discarded and usually end up in a toxic e-waste
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Guide to greener electronics: India
This guide ranks leading mobile phone, TV and PC manufacturers on policies and practices to reduce their impact on the climate, produce greener products and make their operations more sustainable.
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Changing the climate of apathy
As Greenpeace completes 10 years in India, it chalks up its successes and faces some flak. Kunal Majumder looks at both sides of the story WHEN GREENPEACE India listed 33 successful campaigns to celebrate
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Collection and recycling of waste paper in India
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has prepared this discussion paper on “Collection and recycling of waste paper in India”, with the objective of developing a suitable policy framework
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TNPCB asks local bodies to set up e-waste collection centres
In an effort to prevent e-waste being broken down by rudimentary hazardous methods by people in the informal sector, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked local bodies, including the Chennai Corporation, to set up e-waste collection centres.
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Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of e-waste, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste
The present technical guidelines provide guidance for transboundary movements of used electrical and electronic equipment (further used equipment), in particular on the distinction between waste and non-waste
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Transboundary movements of hazardous wastes: quantities moved, reasons for movements and their impact on human health and the environment
This paper is a preliminary attempt to illustrate and quantify the harm being caused to human health or the environment by the transboundary movements of hazardous waste.
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Informal sector e-waste recycling practices in Bangladesh
This study aims at examining the current practice of recycling e-waste in the informal sectors of Bangladesh and identifying the problems towards development of a system of hazard-free e-waste recycling
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E-waste expected to increase to 8 lakh MT by 2012
The Central Pollution Control Board has set alarm bells ringing with its latest findings of nearly 7.5-fold increase in generation of e-waste material in the country by 2012. From the estimated 1.47 lakh