Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland have published the 2013 report of the world's worst polluted places, The Top Ten Toxic Threats: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges. The report presents a new list of the top ten polluted places and provides updates on sites previously published by Blacksmith and Green …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is planning to revive its three-year-old project for setting up an electronic-waste (e-waste) disposal facility. There is an urgent need to set up this facility as e-waste generated by the city is piling up faster due to electronic devices getting obsolete sooner following rapid …
The threat of electronic waste (e-waste) destroying the ecological health is looming large over India. E-waste from old computers is set to jump 400 per cent within the next five years, while it is expected to increase seven times from 2007 levels within the next five years. Mr Anand Kumar, …
The organised sector handles only 10 per cent of e-waste. The rest is handled by the unorganised sector that employs unscientific methods. Bangalore surely basked in the global glory of its “IT hub” tag for years. Thanks to the huge IT revenues it generated and the big ticket firms that …
Though more than a year has passed since the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules came into effect in May 2012, their implementation is still in a nascent stage, at least in Varanasi, one of the major cities of Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the state ranks fourth among the 10 largest …
Tonnes of e-waste from Bangalore and across India are shipped to Singapore, Belgium and Japan. For the country doesn’t have a single fullfledged unit capable of extracting precious metals like gold, silver and platinum from it. According to industry sources, approximately 200 tonnes are sent annually to these three countries. …
Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors. A recent international study by scientists of Ehime University, Japan in association with local experts, revealed that there are many informal backyards and scrap …
The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at least 20 to 25 years, with riders that it should be away from habitation clusters, forest …
India is among the countries generating lowest quantity of e-waste from personal computers, the Rajya Sabha was informed. According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report titled 'Recycling - From E-waste to Resources', India with generation of less than 0.15 kg/capita/year of e-waste is amongst the countries with lowest …
More than a year after the e-waste management and handling rules 2012 came into effect in the country, Madhya Pradesh is yet to have a dedicated e-waste collection centre. The states were to ensure a proper channel of collection and disposal of e-waste after May 1, 2012. While the primary …
TVs, washing machines and computers may be a part of most city households, but Chennai has not figured out a structured way to collect discarded household electronic equipment – collectively called e-waste — which needs to be disposed of properly. E-waste contains toxins that can leech out over several years …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is yet to carry out an inventory to take stock of the electronic waste generated in government offices. Although a committee comprising officials from the IT, OSPCB and the environment department, has been formed to prepare a draft guideline for e-waste collection …
Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha has appointed a special committee to propose a suitable mechanism for e-waste management. The minister said the committee was asked to handover a report in this regard within two weeks. He was addressing a press conference at the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) auditorium …
Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha has appointed a special committee to propose a suitable mechanism for e-waste management. The minister said the committee was asked to handover a report in this regard within two weeks. He was addressing a press conference at the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) auditorium …
Environmental issues, waste management, transportation, civic issues. How many children today are aware of these? Confined within the strict schedules of classes, structured activities and tuitions, children today are far away from these realities that affect their day-to-day life. To address this very gap, SWaCH, Parisar and CEE have launched …
Cos gain from rules that mandate producers & bulk consumers to dispose used gadgets Numerous companies that recycle electronic waste are seeing a spurt in growth and drawing investor interest after new rules placing the onus on producers and bulk consumers for the safe disposal of used gadgets came into …
The pollution control norms for e-waste management - making recycling the 'individual or collective responsibility' of the companies generating the waste - were first announced last year in April. Now, with the compliance deadline of July 31, 2013 fast approaching, the pollution control board has set up a special team …
New Delhi : New Delhi Municipal Council’s ambitious electronic waste collection project is facing problems as residents of the VIP zone have turned a deaf ear to the pleas of agency to dispose of e-waste in bins marked for it. According to a senior official at the council, the agency …
E-waste generated from the end-of-life electrical and electronic goods including computers and electronic gadgets in India is growing at 30 per cent annually, according to BK Soni, chief executive officer of Ecoreco, an e-waste recycling company based in Mumbai. He also said though 95 per cent of the e-waste was …
BHUBANESWAR: Drop boxes just like dustbins will be installed at different locations in all the 30 districts of the state to spread awareness about e-waste collection. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked five authorized collection centres to put up the boxes. The boxes will mainly be set …
