The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on March 14, 2024, issued the Battery Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024 to further amend the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022. The following has been stated namely: Rule 10 which states “Provision of Certificate for Waste Battery” the sub-rule (17) has …
NEW DELHI: Used lead batteries are not being collected in sufficient quantity to protect public health and the environment from lead hazards according to a recent report
Lithium miners are reaping the benefits of a political and industry push to get more electric vehicles on the road, with shares in some Canadian-listed miners up more than 50 percent in the past two months. Four major producers have long dominated lithium output and demand is likely to double …
With pressure mounting for green revolution, the four wheeler market in the country is seeing the launch of electric vehicles. Recently, four models of electric vehicles (two car models and two bus models) were launched in the domestic market. Nevi Trade Link Private Limited (NTL) has introduced four models of …
KOLKATA, 1 SEPT: At a time when the state pollution control board has taken up a drive to phase out lead, a toxic-metal, innumerable lead-battery units in the city not only continue to cough out lead aerosols dust, but also ignore the safety of labourers working in these units. There …
Neha Sinha The Mayapuri radiation leak seems to have galvanised both the Centre and the Delhi governments into policy action on waste management. The governments of Delhi and Haryana will soon hold a meeting next month to discuss how the new hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal plant (TSDT) being …
Electric and hybrid vehicles are gaining a foothold because they are cheap and clean. But batteries are either expensive or short-lived. Their future rests with industry
BANGALORE: Akai of Japan has launched, for the first time in India, its range of batteries, claimed to be eco-friendly because they contain no mercury or cadmium. The range includes zinc chloride, alkaline, rechargeable and ready-to-use batteries. Country Head, Akai Energy India Ltd, S. L. Naryanan, said after the first …
Chinese authorities on Monday started administering health checks on all children living near a battery factory in the south of the country and closed the plant after more than 40 children were found with lead poisoning. The discovery of clusters of lead poisoning in recent months has sparked unrest and …
Washington: Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by email, ebooks and online news. Scientists at Stanford University in California reported on Monday that they have successfully turned paper coated with ink …
Unexpected success from an experiment is changing the fortunes of Eveready The metal road leading up to village Rani Purva is the brighter side of the discordant showcase of its development. On the seamier side, this village
Washington: Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a new, environmentally friendly silicon-air battery capable of supplying non-stop power for thousands of hours without needing to be replaced. Created from oxygen and silicon, such batteries would be lightweight, have an unlimited shelf life, and have a high tolerance …
Two months ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, the world body's telecoms arm urged governments and companies to use information technology to fight global warming. "Information technologies contribute 2 to 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But they can also reduce emissions in other sectors …
Between November 2007 and March 2008, 18 children died from a rapidly progressive central nervous system disease of unexplained origin in a community involved in the recycling of used lead-acid batteries (ULAB) in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. The researchers investigated the cause of these deaths.
Honda Motor Co has unveiled an electric battery-powered personal transporter, a unicycle shaped like the number eight that riders steer by leaning in the direction they want to travel. The "U3-X," which Honda will show at the Tokyo Motor Show next month, is the latest to join a growing number …
U.S. biofuel company Solazyme Inc said on Thursday it will be providing its algae-derived jet fuel to the U.S. Navy for testing and certification. Privately held Solazyme will sell 1,500 gallons of the green fuel to the U.S. Navy, which is buying fuel from the San Francisco-based company for the …
Better Place, which is building a global network of charging stations for the electric car industry, expects its e-cars to be significantly cheaper than gasoline-powered counterparts, its CEO was quoted as saying. "(Our partner) Renault has not set prices yet. But the e-car will be 3,000 to 5,000 euros ($4,400 …
Hundreds of residents in eastern China's Fujian Province blocked a major road for several hours Thursday to protest against excessive levels of lead found in their children's blood, the official Xinhua news agency said. Villagers believed their children were poisoned by pollution from the local Huaqiang Battery Factory, the agency …
One needs to look no further then the river that runs through Shangba to understand the extent of the heavy metals pollution that experts say has turned the hamlets in this region of southern China into cancer villages. The river's flow ranges from murky white to a bright shade of …
Ford Motor Co is selling a closed plant near Detroit to two companies that plan a $725 million investment to develop a renewable energy park that could create up to 4,000 jobs, the carmaker said on Thursday. Terms of the sale to Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant Energy were not disclosed. …
Dutch utility Essent expects to see one million electric vehicles on the roads in the Netherlands by 2020, its head of new energy said on Thursday. Alexandra van Huffelen said Essent was working with other Dutch companies to stimulate the industry, lobbying the government to speed up the introduction of …
