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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£80m saved as Wales' recycling rates continue to rise
Latest figures show that Wales' recycling and composting rate for the past year has reached 56% - a 2% climb from 2013. Over the span of 12 years, Wales has reduced the amount of resources it was sending
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Fashion chain H&M offers $1m recycling prize for reusable clothing
Hennes & Mauritz, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, is launching an effort to promote recycling as it seeks to cut its environmental impact, boost its ethical credentials and address looming
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Rome to make eco-asphalt out of garbage
Rome's waste management Agency (AMA) is due to receive soon an exclusive Italian patent to turn garbage into eco-asphalt, with a new procedure that may allow the municipality to both save money and preserve
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e-waste, plastic scrap filling State coffers
Ditched computers and smartphones are fast raking in money for the cash-strapped coffers of the Kerala government. Clean Kerala Company, a State-run agency under the Department of Local-Self Government,
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Recycling e-waste could be worth up to €3.7bn by 2020
Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could be worth €3.7bn to the European economy by 2020, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield found
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One third of people want more children educated about recycling
A survey has shown that 30% of people in the UK believe that more should be done to educate school children about recycling. Conducted by Direct365, the research highlighted that more needs to be done
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Protecting environment: Project to recycle waste launched in Kohat
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has launched a new solid waste recycling plant to bring pollution down to a minimum. This was stated in a handout issued on Monday. According to the document, this
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Kadanad Panchayat shows the way in waste management
Kadanad Panchayat in Ooty Panchayat Union in the Nilgiris district has become a trendsetter of sorts in waste management. The panchayat administration with support from the District Rural Development Agency
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Kudumbashree warned against burning plastic
KOZHIKODE: City corporation authorities have instructed the Kudumbashree members engaged in daily waste collection to not burn the plastic waste collected from the houses for disposal. The direction
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Nod to waste recycling plant
Finally, a big respite has come for residents of Dehradun city, especially of the Sahastradhara area who have been living a miserable life near the trenching ground of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation