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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No pulp fiction
An ecofriendly process to convert paper mill waste into hydrogen
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Slow and unsteady
Each British household generates over one tonne of waste per year, reveals a report of uk's department of environment. Worse, only 11 per cent of this is recycled. According to the document, the
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Packaged afresh
Plastic minus the
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Do the dirty on
Biotoilets fail to save Dal lake from pollution due to official apathy
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Helping hand
A us $108.8 million global fund has been raised to tackle environmental problems and nuclear waste in northwest Russia. At a recent conference in Brussels, the European Commission pledged us
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Hope or hype?
Guarded optimism greets new biomedical waste treatment facility near Kanpur
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Junked...at last
Finally the government has decided to scrap the much-hyped Timarpur plant which had become a white elephant. The move has been hailed by environmentalists, who have criticised the project for more
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Battle over bottle
Who is responsible for recycling glass bottles? Pubs or breweries? A uk High Court clarified this knotty situation while passing its verdict in a recent case. The court said that pubs rather
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Scrappy progress
Britain has failed to meet the April 21 deadline to comply with the European Union's (eu) directive on recycling cars. In fact, the uk isn't alone in non-adherence to the time schedule, with
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Shear waste
Efficient e waste recycling technology on the anvil