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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Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015 for public comments . These rules shall apply to every waste generator, urban local body,
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Draft E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the draft E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 for public comments . The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 shall apply to every manufacturer,
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A source book on solid and liquid waste management for rural areas
Solid and liquid waste management are becoming issues of great concern in rural India. The changes in consumption patterns including that of people living in rural areas have an impact on the quantity
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Occupational health hazards related to informal recycling of E-waste in India: An overview
The innovation in science and technology coupled with the change in lifestyle of an individual has made an incredible change in the electronic industry show casing an assorted range of new products every
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Bulbs polluting atmosphere?
While most people trash broken light bulbs in routine garbage, a recent study by an environmental research organisation, Toxic Links, has revealed that a large amount of mercury from the bulbs is polluting
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30 kg Plastic Can be Found in Every Dead Cow, Buffalo
At least 30 kg of plastic can be found from the stomach of every cow or buffalo which dies in India, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar has said. A ‘plastic carry-bag free India’ campaign would
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India, 20/03/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/03/2015 regarding the issue of collection, treatment
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Nestle achieves key sustainability targets ahead of time
Nestlé has today released its Creating Shared Value Report 2014, revealing it to have hit several key sustainability targets two years early. The global nutrition, health and wellness company has already
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SOLID WASTE- No Technology for Peculiar Indian Conditions
Uniqueness of Indian waste means that technology is yet to be developed A large metropolis is a good place to study the magnitude of the problems of solid waste man agement in Indian cities. In Bengaluru,
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Khoj's latest venture raises concerns on environment depletion
An intriguing inverted glass pot housing plants that grow as the temperature within changes, in a 12-minute long video, seems to cry out loud in an attempt to draw attention to the rapidly degrading environment.