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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Environmental responsibility report - Apple
Apple released its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report, posting the new information on its updated Environmental Initiatives website. The report, which covers fiscal 2013, highlights the progress
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Plastic waste costs $13 billion worth of damages a year to marine ecosystems
Every year plastic waste costs marine ecosystems $13 billion in damages, says a report released recently by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The estimated 10-20 million tonnes of plastic
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EU sets 70% recycling target in new Circular Economy Package
The European Commission has today (2 July) unveiled a revamped package of waste and recycling targets to accelerate Europe's transition to a circular economy. The 'Circular Economy Package' requires
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Electronic companies and pollution boards flout e-waste rules: Report
Most reputed electronic and electrical equipment companies—both Indian and multinational have failed grossly in fulfilling their responsibilities under extended producer responsibility (EPR) as defined
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UK councils could be required to recycle 70% of waste by 2030
Councils will have to recycle 70% of household waste by the end of the next decade, under proposals unveiled on Wednesday by the European commission. This would require a significant increase in the proportion
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Untouchable to indispensable: the Dalit women revolutionising waste in India
Pune has give an army of mostly Dalit ('untouchable') women the sole rights to collect and recycle the city's mountains of trash Massive solid waste accumulation has become an environmental, health
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Dwarka to get first 'zero waste' project
For Dwarka residents, sanitation has been a pending concern. Efforts and false starts notwithstanding, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been unable to streamline the waste management system in the
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World's first fully recyclable paper cup to hit UK high streets
Inventor Martin Myerscough and the Green Your Cup, which has a thin film liner which separates easily from the paper 'Cardboard' bottle creator produces cup design aimed at cutting 25,000 tones of landfill
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Results-based financing for municipal solid waste
Cities worldwide generated more than 1.3 billion tons of solid waste in 2010. As drivers of economic activity and recipients of millions of rural migrants every year, cities expect to see this number to
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Gurgaon residents show the safe and correct way to dispose e-waste
More than 70,000 metric tonnes of e-waste is generated in the Millennium City annually, but just 10 per cent of it is disposed in a safe manner. A group of environmentally conscious citizens in Nirvana