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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Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movements) Third Amendment Rules, 2010
These rules may be called the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movements) Third Amendment Rules, 2010. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
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Forecasting global generation of obsolete personal computers
Electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a new policy priority around the world. Motivations to address e-waste include rapidly growing waste streams, concern over the environmental fate of heavy metals and other substances in e-waste, and impacts of informal recycling in developing countries.
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Engg students show their green side
Nirma Students To Organise Zero Carbon Footprint Symposium Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Going the green way, a group of chemical engineering students of Nirma University will be organising their annual event,
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Wealth out of Waste project takes off
Plan to carry out a door-to-door awareness drive in Mettupalayam To rid of waste:Chairperson of Mettupalayam Municipality Satyavati Ganesh (second right) hands over a garbage collection bag to a resident COIMBATORE: Wealth out of Waste, a project under which paper waste and plastic bags are bought from houses and shops, began in Mettupalayam Municipality in the district on Thursday.
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Shipbreaking: clampdown in Asia will send it to Africa
Ingvild Jenssen from the NGO Platform on Shipbreaking explains how tougher regulations simply relocated the shipbreaking industry, and how the public can help stop the trade.
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Waste pickers rally against company
Waste pickers in New Delhi have made a business proposition that the municipal authorities should find difficult to refuse. They have said that they can generate more than Rs 12 crores a year from composting biodegradable wastes and save Rs 3 crores in transportation costs if their traditional role in garbage collection and segregation is recognised.
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Solid waste management: Standing Committee on Urban Development (2009-2010)
This report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development deals with action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their 38th Report(Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on "Solid Waste Management
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Report of the committee to evolve road map on management of wastes in India
This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management.
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Solid wastes, poverty and the environment in Developing Country cities: challenges and opportunities
<p>Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes. Despite spending increasing resources, many cities – particularly in Africa and Asia – collect less than half of the waste generated.
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Inspiring progress: learning from Exnora Green Pammals solid waste management partnerships in four localities
This booklet by Exnora Green Pammal (EGP) begins by highlighting the grave situation in relation to solid waste management in the country and the steps undertaken by the government to tackle this issue.