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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Waste needs dissent
What will the city do about its growing mountains of waste? Last fortnight, two people died in Delhi because the garbage mountain of the city collapsed on them. The waste dump, called landfill for want
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Another look at waste: Belgian startup to print 3D recycled sunglasses
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgium-based start-up is on its way to making the world a bit sunnier, by printing the first 3D sunglasses out of recycled plastic. The Antwerp-based company w.r.yuma - pronounced
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Camp fire, loud music close to eco-sensitive zones banned
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has banned camp fires, loud music and plastic in resorts, homestays and hotels located near eco-sensitive zones. The state's forest, ecology and environment department
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Crackdown aims at pollution in recycling industry
China is taking steps to standardise its solid waste recycling industry, which despite being a burgeoning green sector has stoked environmental concerns due to reckless expansion. The Ministry of Environmental
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Study finds policy is key for food-waste recycling
Food scraps. Okay, those aren't the first words that come to mind when you think about the environment. But 22 percent of the municipal solid waste dropped into landfills or incinerators in the U.S. is,
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NGT ignored: Use of thin plastic bags continues, manjha ban defied
NEW DELHI: It's been a week since National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered an interim ban on "thin" plastic bags (less than 50 microns) and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on anyone caught violating the order.
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Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn plastic waste into road tar
According to the country’s environment ministry, Indonesians consume a million plastic bags per minute, and rank second in the world (behind China) for dumping plastic into the sea. Cities Plastic
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First world responsiblefor climate change: CSI
SI Synod supports Gadgil panel report for protecting the Western Ghats “The present development paradigm promoted by the developed countries is responsible for the global ecological crisis. The developed
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Greenhouse gas doubled in Andhra Pradesh, carbon footprint high
VIJAYAWADA: According to an internal assessment by the Andhra Pradesh government, there has been a sharp rise in the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from 54 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2005-06 to
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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
<p>Plastics have outgrown most man-made materials and have long been under environmental scrutiny. However, robust global information, particularly about their end-of-life fate, is lacking. By identifying