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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Waste to Resource
<p>Cities are choking because of their own construction and demolition (C&D) waste with serious environmental consequences warned the sustainable building experts at the conference organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) & Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). </p>
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Disposing of e-waste just a call away
Wondering what to do with your old gadgets like mobile phones, laptops or those old generation computers? If selling is not an option you can recycle them in an eco-friendly manner with the help of Chintan,
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Solid waste management initiative makes slow progress in slum areas
The zero-garbage project – a joint initiative of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), non-governmental organizations (NGO) and corporate sector – has found many takers in housing societies and commercial
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the business of dealing with old and unusable vehicles, railway materials and other such machinery and its dismantling, 18/12/2013
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sh. Nagender Deswal Vs. Chief Secretary & Ors. dated 18/12/2013 regarding the business of dealing with old and unusable vehicles, railway materials
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Emerging nations overtake West in dumping e-trash
Oslo : China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday. The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
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Fund crunch hits waste treatment plan
The implementation of the much-hyped ward level pipe composting units ran into trouble in the Kozhikode corporation limit following non-allocation of fund by the Kerala State Sanitation Mission. The
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental pollution caused by burning of plastic, leather, rubber, motor engine oil and such other waste materials on agricultural lands in village Mundka, New Delhi
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/12/2013 regarding environmental pollution caused by burning of plastic, leather, rubber, motor
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India to generate 1.5 lakh tonne e-waste a year by 2020: MAIT
India needs to sharpen focus on e-waste recycling and disposal as it is expected to generate about 1.5 lakh tonne of wastage from the use of electronics every year by 2020, IT hardware industry body MAIT
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Hospital waste disposal risks highlighted
The management of healthcare waste requires attention and diligence to avoid the substantial disease burden associated with the process, including exposure to infectious agents and toxic substances.
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Nimhans takes the lead in zero waste
Even as the city's administration is struggling to bail out citizens from garbage woes, Nimhans has come up with novel ways to stand out in solid waste management. Nimhans is probably the first hospital