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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Govt authorises 37 e-waste collection centres across city
E-waste is generated when old mobile phones, computers, laptops, TV sets, and other electronic and electrical material become obsolete In a bid to promote segregation of e-waste in the national Capital,
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AMC may stop collecting unsegregated waste
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to seriously consider waste segregation at the doorstep, and is thinking of not collecting waste from societies unless it is segregated. The AMC
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‘Every family is a source’ of dangerous plastic waste choking in Pune
However, only 20 to 25 per cent plastic waste is recycled, while the remaining 60 to 70 per cent either remains in the landfills or ends up in the city’s water bodies. As Pune struggles with its burgeoning
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Experts find ‘faults’ in survey for Pune’s high rank in clean city club
Pune: It is a faulty survey system and methodology that makes Pune one of the top cleanest city in India on paper, experts have said. To drive home their point, they drew attention to the ground reality
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Garbage nation? 70% of urban waste dumped unscientifically
Residents in all major Indian cities -Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, among others -have been protesting against unscientific dumping of solid waste, but the fact that 70% of
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L-G approves action plan to curb pollution
Corporations working towards solid waste management policy Lt Governor Anil Baijal today approved an action plan to convert entire municipal solid waste generated in Delhi to energy or recycled products,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of recycled treated water of the STP of DJB situated at Qutub Metro Station for horticulture use, 18/04/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahesh Chandra Saxena Vs. SDMC and Ors dated 18/04/2017 regarding use of recycled treated water of the STP of DJB situated at Qutub Metro Station,
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SA 'up there with the best' recycling plastic bottles
Many South Africans are under the impression that we don’t have much of a recycling culture‚ but when it comes to plastic bottles‚ we’re up there with the best in the world. Save & Share In fact‚ our
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Waste-to-energy and recycling- Competing systems of waste management in urban India
<p>Incineration-based waste-to-energy technologies have recently emerged as the preferred policy option for managing the growing problem of waste in India. These technologies require a continuous supply
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in electronic waste, 27/03/2017
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in electronic waste, 27/03/2017. The country’s economic growth, rise in per capita income, and technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic