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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Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary notified as eco-sensitive zone
Considering that it is a treasure trove of plant and animal species that have historical, economic and medicinal significance, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued a draft notification
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Toxic plastic makes way into your home
New Delhi: Plastic salvaged from electronic waste is posing serious health and environmental hazards. Environmentalists have pointed out that toxic plastic is being recycled and toys and other household
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Toward sustainable municipal organic waste management in South Asia
The massive scale of urbanization in South Asia is expected to create a surge in demand for solid waste services. An enormous opportunity exists to improve upon the “business-as-usual” approach of uncollected
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Implementing waste management law can rid city of garbage problem
Kathmandu Valley is facing an immense challenge not only in managing solid waste but also garnering public participation in the process. In order to improve the situation, the parliament passed a bill
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Solid waste management, still challenging
Experts in SWM call for measures to promote segregation of waste at source and efficient disposal system In the past few weeks, conservancy workers have been working overtime to clear garbage that has piled up across the city. Apart from being an eyesore, the overflowing waste bins pose health hazards. Garbage is clogging canals and choking stormwater drains in parts of Pulianthope, Adyar, Kodambakkam and Triplicane zones.
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Use energy efficiently to fight climate change: BEE official
Climate Change ends up focusing on the energy sector and with India poised to grow exponentially in the coming decades, the need of the hour is not to abstain from using energy but to use it efficiently, so as to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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IPDF to initiate solid waste management project in Islamabad
Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF) has decided to initiate a modern Municipal Solid Waste Management Project in collaboration with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to develop a proper
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No efforts yet to set up Haryana plastic waste collection centres
Despite a notification from the Ministry of Environment and Forests that all urban local bodies in the country should set up their own plastic waste collection centres on February 4 of this year,Haryana
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HP traders get time till Oct 2 to stop use of plastic cups, plates
<p> To ensure that its concerted campaign towards making Himachal Pradesh the country’s first “plastic-free” state is not faced with any hurdles, the state government is likely grant
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Jayalalithaa announces mass cleaning programme in Chennai, suburbs
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, announced a mass cleaning programme in Chennai and its suburbs. In a ‘Suo Motu’ statement in the Assembly today, the Chief Minister, said that following