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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The current attention-grab
As the passion for recycling remains on a high, Micha Kuechenhoff turns towards garbage for jewellery. The Berlin-born, California based designer takes old, unwanted things like locks, keys, brooches and broken pieces of glass, and creates bright, stylish jewellery out of them. High end boutiques then sell them for upto US $300. The idea, Micha Kuechenhoff said, is to make people aware of
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Municipalities urged to recycle plastic
After imposing a ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the state, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has now asked different municipalities to have their own plastic recycling units. Moreover, airports, railways and shopping malls will have to make arrangements for collection of plastic wastes and send them to plastic recycling units.
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Gurgaon residents to recycle waste
Converter Installed To Produce Bio-Fertilizer
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Students show the right way
Visakhapatnam, Oct. 13: A project to tackle e-waste conceived by students of Gitam University gained applause at the Students in Free Enterprise
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Cooking gas from waste
Cooking gas plants that generate gas from bio-degradable household waste would be useful in addressing the current fuel crisis and waste disposal problem in the capital. But the technology has largely been ignored.
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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in India a critical review
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).
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E-waste recycling in India: From vicious to virtuous circle!
India has had a very long history of recycling, which has continued to be practiced in an informal set up mostly by urban poor. From paper, old bottles, plastics, clothes to old machineries- all are seen as potential income source and have been reused and recycled to earn revenue. Ewaste is relatively new entrant to this long list of profitable, recyclable items.
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The informal recycling sector in developing countries
For the urban poor in developing countries, informal waste recycling is a common way to earn income. There are few reliable
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A different muse
In an era when
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World Bank to assist in expansion of Lahore compost plant
Lahore Composting Plant is currently operating with a capacity of 300 tons per day (TPD). It will be expanded to 1,000 TPD by 2009 with a possibility of further expansion up to 1,500 TPD. All these expansions can be materialised within the present premises of LCL with the co-operation of World Bank at a total cost of $5.524 million.