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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Thumbs-up for policy. Time to show spine to make it work
Spreme Court rulings on the
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Importing a crisis
Gokul Chandraseka Almost 30 per cent of the total e-waste imported to the country comes under the garb of charity or donations A sizeable chunk of e waste enters the coun try in the garb of charity. That could be curbed if the Centre's draft e-waste (management & handling) rules come into force in its present form.
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Govandi site among 10 shortlisted for e-waste processing
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has shortlisted 10 sites, including one near Govandi in the city, to set up an electronic waste processing unit. The plant, to be set up on public-private partnership, will have a comprehensive process to collect, transport and recover precious metals from e-waste and its safe treatment.
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A different waste model
The new waste management model should require each firm and each consumer to pay a price for recycling and disposal
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Will a draft law reboot e-mess?
THE GOVT PROPOSES TO TURN SCRAP DEALERS INTO RECYCLERS. BUT IN THE SPRAWLING WASTE MARKETS OF BANGALORE, THERE ARE FEW TAKERS Jayashree Nandi | TNN
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MoEF in controversy over recycling licence
The ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) finds itself in the throes of a fresh controversy. The only e-waste company Attero Recycling, to which MoEF has allotted a licence, has been caught reselling the waste rather than re-cycling it.
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E-waste rules ignore unorganised sector
NEW DELHI: By ignoring the unorganised sector that currently handles 90 per cent of India's electronic waste, the Union Government's new draft regulations may not be effective in controlling illegal trade in e-waste.
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The challenge of hazardous waste
THE radiation leak in the capital of India origin has been traced to Delhi University. The radioactive material belongs to machine called
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Tamil Nadu frames separate e-waste policy
Shyam Ranganathan and Ramya Kannan CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has become the first State in the country to come up with a separate e-waste policy in the country. While welcoming the move, and the policy on collection by community-based organisations (CBO), activists and organisations are awaiting specific details.
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Stalin unveils e-waste policy
Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday unveiled the State government's e-waste policy. The policy sets forth the position of the State government on e-waste management by identifying the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, including the public, in reducing the generation of e-waste and providing a system for its collection, segregation and recycling.