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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Singapore: a model for sustainable development?
As a pioneer in sustainable development, Singapore has been approached by the World Bank to provide technical assistance on urban planning in neighbouring countries. Vicente Carbona analyses Singapore
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PIL for a ban on use and throw plastic and recycled plastics
The PIL filed by INFORSE-IDL in Madras High Court, asking for a complete ban on manufacture, trading and use of 'use & throw plastic products & carry bags upto 150 microns thickness (both virgin & recycled) and kudams/containers made of recycled plastics.
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Draft national hazardous waste management strategy: executive summary
Hazardous Waste, bulk of which is generated by the industries, can cause environmental pollution and adverse health effects if not handled and managed properly. Its effective management, with emphasis on minimization of generation and recycling/ reuse, taking into account economic aspects, is therefore essential.
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Hepatitis outbreak: Cops bust medical waste-recycling racket
Ahmedabad: Modasa
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Death factory in Bimaru Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: Modasa
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Going green
Old handsets have a knack of getting handed down, rarely discarded. According to the results of a global consumer survey, conducted by Nokia on 6,500 people in 13 countries as far-flung as Germany, the UAE, USA, Nigeria, India and China, only 3 per cent of people recycle their
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Green bank award presented
CHENNAI: A fresh green garden greets visitors at the head office of the Standard Chartered Bank on Rajaji Salai. The garden is nurtured by compost made at the zero waste centres on the premises. The bank
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New waste recycling plants get approval
NEW DELHI The MCD is com ing up with four construction and demolition waste recycling plants in the would help in alleviating the problem of disposal of waste generated by construction activity throughout the year.
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Dahej to have countrys first Rs 2.5K-cr waste recycling zone
TACKLING TRASH Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: After joining hands for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Japan will partner Surat-based Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Limited (GEPIL) to make Gujarat a
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Scrap Crash
When the economic downturn nosedived in the second half of 2008, the talk was primarily about macro-economic trends, causes and impacts in the formal economy. In India, where over 90% of the livelihoods