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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EU regulation bans six toxic chemicals in household gadgets
EU frames stringent rules against toxic chemicals
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Tax on recycled plastic proposed; industry criticises government
Tax on recycled plastic
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Online
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Radioactive Crime
A Russian court has upheld a federal government's decision to dismiss Vitaly Sadovnikov, director of Mayak, the nation's main nuclear waste processing plant in the Ural mountains. Sadovnikov had
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Getting the tan right
Removing chromium from effluent of leather units
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Limit upheld
The Environment Court (ec) of New Zealand (nz) has rejected all appeals regarding a controversial battery recycling plant located in Petone, Wellington. They upheld the lead emission limits set by
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Brinksman
As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We ve discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in popular lingo. The workers at the shipbreaking yards of Alang have suddenly become people. Almost. For the media ha
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Business models
<script language='javascript'> function graph() { var popurl="image/20060228/30_graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=400,height=250,scrollbars=yes") } </script> As long as there are ships, they would have to be dismantled. The shipbreaking business is directly proportional to the total global ship fleet. Between 1994 and 2003, about 4,700 ships were demolished worldwide.
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Plastic busters
A bacteria and a fungus make a formidable pair
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Offloaded
Responsibility to dispose Mumbai s construction waste