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>
Waste Recycling
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APT recycling may solve crisis
The best option is, of course, recycling in an environmentally sound manner. But it is also a fact that most civic bodies fail to collect and dispose waste. Instead of implementing techno logical innovations States such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal other than Delhi have banned the use of plastic bags.
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Waste is valuable
Waste can be a resource! Sounds strange, but this is what forms the central concept behind SEARCH, a joint initiative by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pack Ltd., undertaken to inculcate a practice of waste management through effective recycling.
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No new factory without ETP Minister warns
State Minister for Environment and Forests Mostafizur Rahman at a workshop in Dhaka has said that setting up of any new factory will not be allowed without its own wastage recycling or effluent treatment plants (ETP). He also pointed out that a clean development mechanism (CDM) is necessary for Bangladesh, as many countries have adopted this eco-friendly industrialisation technology.
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Awareness on recycling waste
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in collaboration with Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd on Wednesday, launched a project
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and not for garbage
Because the primary resource, apart from land, is people. Ragpickers are human resource it is not easy to determine the amount of garbage India produces. No large corporations see business opportunities in it, political parties do not see votes in it, the media does not see stories in it. Stands to reason the Planning Commission has not proposed a grand plan to make India the world
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Modernised toilet soap base plant inaugurated
VEDASANDUR (DINDIGUL): Rural development is an essential component for over-all development of nation. Scientists wish to extend their knowledge for development of villages and desire to provide scientific solutions to their practical difficulties, said R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser.
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Recycle glass, dont just reuse it
Date of manufacture to be marked on containers to prevent misuse. R. Balaji Chennai, July 3 When was the last time you went to a provision store to pick up that anonymous bottle of pickle or other unbranded food stuff? Do you know what the bottle contained earlier or whether it was washed clean before it was filled?
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Recycling: from e-waste to resources
The appropriate handling of electronic waste (e-waste) can both prevent serious environmental damage but also recover valuable materials, especially different types of metals such as aluminium, copper, palladium and gold. This publication focuses on the significance and possibilities of getting resources back out of e-waste trough a sustainable technology transfer in the field of recycling.
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Recycling concrete: towards zero landfill
This report argues that recycling concrete reduces natural resource exploitation and waste going to landfill. It asks for an ultimate goal of