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>
<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>
In the Darwinian struggle for global manufacturing orders, the "Wal-Mart price" has generally been short-hand for shaving production costs to the bare minimum.
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Solid waste management in Chandigarh impresses expert from Netherlands
PANJIM, OCT 14 Is this not a waste? The Corporation of the City of Panaji spends Rs 65 lakh on its Patto garbage treatment plant! While a large number of bills are still pending clearance on the anaerobic plant of the CCP at Patto, data has brought to light that the plant has cost the corporation close to Rs 65 lakh over a period of seven months.
K. Manikandan Adhoc arrangement: Vacant plots in southern suburbs of Chennai serve as makeshift dump yards in the absence of effective and sound solid waste management practices by most urban and rural local bodies. A scene at Medavakkam.
DH News Service, Bangalore: Environmentalist A N Yellappa Reddy on Monday said that urban local bodies should take up programmes for treatment of sewage water, and also take the necessary steps to ensure scientific disposal of garbage.
R. Srikanth CHENNAI: The public hearing on waste dumping at Pallikaranai marshland, organised by the expert committee on solid waste management at Pallikaranai, on Sunday saw a good response from residents and environmentalists.
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the most neglected aspects of India's environment and the recent Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management (MSWM).