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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CM's pledge: Bangalore will be garbage-free in six months
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated on Wednesday that Bangalore would be garbage-free in six months. “The State government will extend all possible help to the BBMP to make the City free from waste,” he said after inaugurating the ambitious ‘Kasa Muktha Bengaluru’ (garbage-free Bangalore), a pilot scheme to make 22 select wards free from trash.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on municipal waste management in Punjab dated 23/07/2013
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of People for Transparency through kamal anand Vs State of Punjab & Ors regarding municipal waste management in Punjab dated 23/07/2013.
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New project to collect discarded plastics, polythene
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) under the direction of Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha has planned a new project to collect discarded polythene and plastics from
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TNPCB officials widen radar to curb illegal dumping of waste
District level officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have decided to keep a tab on private plastic recycling units operating outside their radar following recent incidents of illegal waste dumped
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Investor Interest in E-waste Startups Surges on New Norms
Cos gain from rules that mandate producers & bulk consumers to dispose used gadgets Numerous companies that recycle electronic waste are seeing a spurt in growth and drawing investor interest after new rules placing the onus on producers and bulk consumers for the safe disposal of used gadgets came into effect last year.
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Illegal recycling of hospital waste: EPD to launch drive against factories
Provincial Health Minister Khalil Tahir Sindhu has directed the Environment Protection Department (EPD) to launch a grand operation against factories involved in illegal recycling of hospital waste in
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B’lore South to start garbage segregation
Bangalore: It’s back to the basics of garbage management. BBMP wants waste segregated at home, to reduce recyclable waste sent to landfills. But the onus is not yet on the citizen. Beginning Tuesday, the civic body is piloting a project in 34 wards where it will collect segregated waste, and also train pourakarmikas on how to dispose of it. But there’s still confusion as to which process will begin first.
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Waste management policy sent to Cabinet
The Waste Management Council forwarded the waste management policy for approval to the Cabinet today. The council today held a meeting for the first time in three decades to endorse the policy. “The
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Pollution board sets up team to monitor e-waste project
The pollution control norms for e-waste management - making recycling the 'individual or collective responsibility' of the companies generating the waste - were first announced last year in April. Now,
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Plastic waste continues to choke Puducherry
Despite the ban and repeated raids, use of plastic still rampant. Though there is a ban on non-biodegradable plastic in Puducherry, the lack of effective enforcement mechanism has failed to take forward