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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Discovery, Beyond Channels
A variety of programmes in school and outside are turning the capital’s children into environment-sensitive citizens. Besides getting to know nature first-hand, they are also taking steps to make and keep
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What a waste: a global review of solid waste management
<p><span id="itro1">This new report by World Bank on the state of municipal solid waste (MSW) around the world predicts a sharp rise in the amount of garbage generated by urban residents between now &
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Bengal govt shortlists two firms to set up e-waste disposal facilities
The selected private party will hold 50 per cent stake in the projects, estimated to cost Rs 12.5 crore each, followed by 25 per cent each by the State and the Union governments. Kolkata, Feb. 23:
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Green Drive Makes Coca-Cola & Pepsi See Red Once Again
New bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-based. The next time you take a swig from a Coca-Cola bottle, it may well be ‘green’ — not in colour or content, but in composition. Coke will soon launch new
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Mineral Foundation initiates solid waste management in Virdi with SMC.
The Mineral Foundation of Goa (MFG) in coordination with Sanquelim Municipal Council (SMC) has initiated the ‘Nirmal Gram’ project on solid waste management at the community level in Virdi. As part of the project, awareness programme was organized in Virdi during the traditional Kalotsav (Jatra) of Shri Mahadev Devasthan on Saturday. The event was used as a platform to reach out to the entire village and beyond.
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36 tonnes of Valley plastic waste recyclable into oil
There is a debate raging over the government’s reported plan to install a diesel plant, considering billions of rupees needed to import fuel to run the facility. Advocates of hydropower say, at a time
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Sustainable solid waste management in India
This study examined the present status of waste management in India, its effects on public health and the environment, and the prospects of introducing improved means of disposing municipal solid waste
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X-mas waste can fuel 20 trips to moon
London: If discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards in the UK were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to run more than 20 trips to moon. This has been
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S. Korea gives Rs. 600 million to tackle garbage problem
The Korean Government has provided Rs. 600 million to tackle the much discussed garbage problem in the country. The Rs. 600 million-grant comes following a number of discussions held by the Central
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Civic body proposes three more waste recycling plants
Riding high on the success on the city’s first construction waste recycling plant in Burari, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has proposed three more such units to produce tiles, kerbstones and