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 …
The Bengal IT department has initiated the process of setting up an e-waste management and processing unit in an adjoining district of Calcutta. It is scouting for a suitable plot of land in North and South 24-Parganas and Howrah. Sources said this would ideally require not more than two acres, …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is going to form a committee to create an inventory of e-wastes following frequent failure to collect these wastes in the state. Two months ago, the OSPCB had authorized five collection centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to collect the waste but the job …
To prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyres, wires or any such materials in the scrap market of Mayapuri here. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed that no one in the …
Throwing out your old computer in a garbage dump may lead to mercury poisoning and a possible brain stroke. Confused? Experts on e-waste (electronic waste) management warned Hyderabadis against the hazards of not disposing e-waste properly and going by their claims, the city could have its very own Erin Brockovich …
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on Wednesday. Products should be made to become "designer minerals" at the end of their lifetimes so they can more simply …
If you have e-waste in your neighbourhood and do not know how to dispose it without causing any damage to the environment, just log in to www.ewaste.in. Recently, members of the Green Brigade club in Anna University pitched in to raise awareness of the website and the benefits of recycling …
JAIPUR: Come May and the country's first five-star rated green building in Achrol exclusively dedicated to environment audit will be ready to be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The International Centre for Environmental Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED), the first government green building, would be the only one in the …
Odisha government said on Tuesday that it has engaged five private agencies for disposal of e-waste and created awareness on the danger of such pollution. This was announced by Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray in the assembly while replying to a question. He said besides holding two workshops, the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has authorized five collection centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to collect electronic wastes and send it to registered recyclers for recovery of metals and other materials. The OSPCB authorized the collection centres after nine months of the e-waste management rules came into …
Last year, two inspectors from California’s hazardous waste agency were visiting an electronics recycling company near Fresno for a routine review of paperwork when they came across a warehouse the size of a football field, packed with tens of thousands of old computer monitors and televisions. ON THE TRAIL Members …
State Pollution Control Board organised an awareness workshop on e-waste Management at Forest Information Centre, Jammu. The work shop first of its kind in the State after the implementation of e-waste Rules, 2011 was attended by the stakeholders involved in the e-waste valve chain, viz, Producers, Sales Officers (Samsung, Videocon, …
A Bill to provide for proper handling and disposal of electronic waste being generated by discarded electronic devices by prescribing norms and fixing responsibilities and duties on manufacturers, recyclers and consumers with regard to disposal of electronic waste and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Attero Recycling, India’s sole integrated recycling company for e-waste, has hit upon a novel method of teaching the local kabariwallahs how to handle hazardous waste. Attero Recycling, founded by brothers Rohan and Nitin Gupta, has developed its own proprietary technology to extract precious metals, including copper, lead and gold, and …
Growing mounds of electronic scrap can mean profits or scandals. Poor countries have long been a popular destination for the rich world’s toxic trash. In 1987 an Italian importer sparked international outrage by dumping 8,000 leaky barrels in the Nigerian village of Koko. On January 9th Nigeria fined importers $1m …
Reverse supply chains that characterize reuse and recycling remains the primary focus of large businesses in a globalized economy. This article critically examines the environmental and social benefits of reuse that would result through systematic interventions in the existing WEEE trade chain in India. There exists an increasing body of …
This paper by ILO explores the volume, sources and flow of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers & the environment. It also focuses on the regulatory frameworks. Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in …
Overtakes HP to top in the guide for 2012 Wipro, the Bangalore-based company with interests in consumer goods, electronics hardware and IT services among others, has topped the 'Guide to Greener Electronics’ list for 2012 released by global non-governmental environmental organisation Greenpeace. The company, which previously participated in the Indian …
Northern Ireland's second largest shopping centre, which serves 14 million shoppers a year, has been recognised for achieving zero waste to landfill. CastleCourt teamed up with waste management company WasteSolve to convert its average annual 500 tonnes of waste, 86% of which went to landfill, into new energy and products. …
Bangalore’s unprecedented fall into the depths of waste management standards has triggered global attention, even a dramatic New York Times article. While many took offence at this inglorious attack on the city’s image, the civic agencies might have to depend on international help to arrest this dangerous slide into absolute …
The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems report sets out to quantify the human health impacts from major sources of hazardous pollution in low to middle-income countries. In particular the focus is on sites in the developing world where toxic pollution has occurred because of industrial activity. This evaluation of industries …
