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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Virtuous Circle: How the circular economy can create jobs and save lives in low and middle-income countries
This paper highlights a significant opportunity to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Case studies from Brazil, Ghana, Kenya and India demonstrate how supporting (and removing
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Phone companies release too many new models, say consumers
Consumers want manufacturers to release fewer mobile phone models and do more to help them recycle, according to a new study by Greenpeace. A survey of approximately 6,000 people across the US, Mexico,
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Sewage sludge could make great sustainable fertilizer
Ever thought of putting sewage on your plants? Scientists say thermally conditioned sewage sludge serves as an excellent fertilizer to improve soil properties. This was recently published in the open-access
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Bring seperate law, central authority for e-waste management: Parliamentary panel
The Committee of Subordinate Legislations (2015-16) chaired by Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi tabled its 15th report on rules of e-waste management in Lok Sabha recently. Concerned over lack of effective
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Rules on E-Waste Management: Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2015-2016)
The Committee on Subordinate Legislation present this Fifteenth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Rules on E-Waste Management. Electronic waste creates a global crisis due to environmental degradation. The
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17 lakh tonne of e-waste generated in India in 2014
The government today said that around 17 lakh tonne of e-waste was generated in the country in 2014 and it has notified rules in March this year to ensure better management of such wastes. "Based on
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for disposal and recycling of e-wastes, 08/08/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for disposal and recycling of e-wastes, 08/08/2016. Based on a survey carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2005, the generation of e-waste in
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Take responsibility for electronic-waste disposal
<p>International cooperation is needed to stop developed nations simply offloading defunct electronics on developing countries, argue Zhaohua Wang, Bin Zhang and Dabo Guan.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/take-responsibility-for-electronic-waste-disposal-1.20345"
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Biomedical waste bomb ticks
Bhopal: A bomb is ticking on biomedical waste heap in Madhya Pradesh, as at least 22,071 kilograms of hazardous waste are being dumped in the open without treatment in the state every year. As per Bio-Medical
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on New Solid Waste Management Rules, 26/07/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on New Solid Waste Management Rules, 26/07/2016. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has comprehensively revised and notified Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rule