The illegal trade in chemicals
<p>Chemicals provide important benefits to society and play a vital role in the global economy, but they also carry risks for the environment and human health, with greater risks to vulnerable social groups.
Toxic Wastes
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DU team claims to have developed a solution for chromium pollution
NEW DELHI: The Green Chemistry Network Centre (GCNC) of Delhi University has claimed to have developed a solution for chromium pollution from tanneries. In a recently concluded workshop on sustainability
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City’s waste turns toxic for neighbouring towns
District Panchayat Convenes Emergency Meet Today Kochi: The district panchayat has convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the growing complaints of sewage and septic waste being dumped in the outskirts of the city. Most of these complaints are from Perumbavoor, Kunnathunadu and Muvattupuzha, which have turned a dumpyard for waste suspected to be from residences in Kochi.
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Activists oppose move to incinerate Carbide toxic waste at Pithampur
Local activists in Pithampur, have expressed serious concern over state government's move to incinerate toxic waste from Union Carbide factory, Bhopal at the Pithampur-based TSDF facility of Ramky Enviro
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MP agrees for incineration of Carbide waste at Pithampur
Madhya Pradesh government has on Monday agreed to conduct trial run to dispose toxic wastes dumped at Union Carbide factory premises, Bhopal at the TSDF facility operated by Ramky Enviro Engineers at Pithampur.
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Cancel licence of toxic plant
A protest march was taken out in Okhla in South Delhi on Sunday against the release of toxic emissions from a waste treatment plant run by a private company. The protestors alleged that the company was
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Check damage to crops caused by pollution: NHRC
PCB has confirmed fluoride emission in some villages: activist Taking exception to damage of crops allegedly by toxic gas emanating from Hindalco Industries Limited at Hirakud in Sambalpur district, National Human Rights Commission has asked State Pollution Control Board to curb the menace.
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Disposing of e-waste just a call away
Wondering what to do with your old gadgets like mobile phones, laptops or those old generation computers? If selling is not an option you can recycle them in an eco-friendly manner with the help of Chintan,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding toxic waste spillage from the Vapi hazardous waste landfill, 20/12/2013
Read text of National Green Tribunal order in the matter of Ramubhai Kariyabhai Patel & Ors V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 20/12/2013 regarding monitoring and control over the activities of the Industrial Units in the GIDC area and the stock of hazardous wastes and toxic waste spillage from the Vapi hazardous waste landfill.
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Emerging nations overtake West in dumping e-trash
Oslo : China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday. The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
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India could be dumping ground of US e-waste
An average American generated 29.8kg of hitech trash in 2012 — six times higher than China’s per capita figure of 5.4kg. The UN’s first e-waste world map released on Saturday says that almost 48.9 million