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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Happy Earth Day; now ban plastic bags at your home
Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today.
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Exhibition turns spotlight on recycling
Recycled objects made by inmates of Tihar Jail will also be on display NEW DELHI: A nine-day exhibition of over 30 works in videos, digital prints, watercolours, drawings, photographs and paintings on the concept of recycling opens at Travancore Art Gallery here this Wednesday.
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KKPKP passes for Recycling Policy
A delegation of write-pickets from the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) an association elf waste-pickers from Pune, and the national alliance of waste-picker's' organisations, presented the Lok Sabha candidates with a petition asking them to pass a - "Recycling Policy', which gives due place to the waste-pickers and the informal recycling sector.
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JKOA Takes 'Go Green' Environmental Campaign Nationwide
John Keells Office Automation Limited (JKOA) recently announced the island-wide launch of its flagship environmental campaign, "Go Green". The announcement was made at a seminar jointly organised by JKOA and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL), with the full patronage of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) at CEA Auditorium.
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Kids talk garbage handling
By Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore, DH News Service: Children in Malleswaram are using their summer vacation to spread awareness on garbage management in their neighbourhood. These children in the age groups of 6 to 16 have been making door to door visits educating their neighbours about how segregated garbage can be recycled.
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Trash to cash
Ragpicking, one would assume, is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Consider this: for 80 per cent of the 630 paper mills in India, waste paper is a key raw material.
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Paper reclaimed
Recycled paper has come of age and continues to improve. But the next time you place an order for new stationary paper stack, be sure you are well-informed about what recycled paper actually is.
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Extraction of aluminium from automobile waste gets nod
R. Chidambaram inaugurates an international seminar on composites CHENNAI: A pilot project to recycle automobile waste and extract aluminium from that has been sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries, R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government, said on Tuesday.
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Swiss artist designs pyramid with recycled material
R Venkatesh, Bangalore, DH News Service: Namaskara, a Swiss artist Marc Lee welcomes you in his foreign accent to his dream structure 'pyramid' covered with recycled material and shiny plastic waste, acting as chimes.
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IT firm makes fuel out of waste
March 9: IT major Wipro has set an example of eco-friendliness through its car-pooling facility which enables employees to share rides rather than use individual vehicles.