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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Plastic manufacturers come under scanner
Pollution board instructs all production units to register with the government DNA Correspondent After banning the use of polythene carry bags in state, the government is all set to regulate the products of the plastic manufacturing industries in Rajasthan.
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Time for mobile users to ring in recycling
Manisha Pande / New Delhi August 09, 2010, 0:46 IST Do you plan to discard your mobile phone or exchange it for a new one? Then consider this: Old mobile phones constitute 1,700 tonnes of the 50,000 tonnes of e-waste generated in India each year and, according to a UN report released early this year, e-waste from mobile phones is set to rise 18 times by 2020.
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Waste-pickers oppose U.N. plan
<p>John Vidal</p><p> A waste-picker at work in Mumbai. Waste-pickers handle much of the growing mountains of rubbish in developing countries.</p>
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Technical EIA guidance manual for common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities
The Technical Guidance Manual of Common Hazardous Waste Treatrnent Storage and Disposal Facilities sector describes types of EIA, process and pollution control technologies, operational aspects of EIA wiih model TOR of that sector, and waste minimization techniques, monitoring of environmental quality, post clearance monitoring protocol, related regulations, and procedure of obtaining EC.
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Sheila launches portal to involve youth in development
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday launched a youth portal under the Bhagidari scheme of the Delhi Government for channelising the energy of the youth towards the 11-point agenda of development envisaged for the Capital city by her. Speaking at the launch, Ms. Dikshit said the portal will prove to be an effective bridge between young people and policy makers. Empowerment
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Recycling An Indian Solution
WHAT much of the litter-plagued west needs are kabadiwallahs and a few very Indian notions on recycling. This week, Britain
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India needs to build green buildings to save power
INDIA needs to design and construct green buildings to control the use of electricity as it accounts for nearly 90% of the carbon footprint of a single structure, said panelists at the Economictimes.com Green Business Summit 2010 in Delhi.
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Soon, a Hawaii-sized island made from plastic waste
London: A team of Dutch researchers are planning to make an island the size of Hawaii entirely from 44 million kilogram of plastic waste.
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Bridging the gaps: An E-waste management and recycling assessment of material recycling facilities in Selangor and Penang
<p>The uses of electronic and electrical devices have relatively increased with rapid increases in economic and technological development over some period of time in Malaysia. There is needs for Malaysia to apply “3R” principles of reduce, reuse and recycle for efficient control and management of material circle of electronic and electrical equipments (EEE).
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No lessons learnt: Bio-med waste being recycled illegally
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Business of illegal disposal of bio-medical waste has started again. Over 150 kg bio-medical waste containing needles, syringes, blood bags, vials and other material was seized from a godown in Ghatlodia on Tuesday. The material was neatly packed in plastic bags. This proves that a large amount of medical waste is still not being incinerated in the city.