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 Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has shortlisted 10 sites, including one near Govandi in the city, to set up an electronic waste processing unit. The plant, to be set up on public-private partnership, will have a comprehensive process to collect, transport and recover precious metals from e-waste and its …
The new waste management model should require each firm and each consumer to pay a price for recycling and disposal Should India import and reprocess the world
THE GOVT PROPOSES TO TURN SCRAP DEALERS INTO RECYCLERS. BUT IN THE SPRAWLING WASTE MARKETS OF BANGALORE, THERE ARE FEW TAKERS Jayashree Nandi | TNN In one of the many e-waste dismantling yards of Gowripalya in Bangalore, a young boy stoops over a printed circuit board and pulls out tiny …
The ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) finds itself in the throes of a fresh controversy. The only e-waste company Attero Recycling, to which MoEF has allotted a licence, has been caught reselling the waste rather than re-cycling it. This startling disclosure was made by undercover researchers from the Centre …
NEW DELHI: By ignoring the unorganised sector that currently handles 90 per cent of India's electronic waste, the Union Government's new draft regulations may not be effective in controlling illegal trade in e-waste. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment here notes that the draft rules insist e-waste …
Shyam Ranganathan and Ramya Kannan CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has become the first State in the country to come up with a separate e-waste policy in the country. While welcoming the move, and the policy on collection by community-based organisations (CBO), activists and organisations are awaiting specific details.
Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday unveiled the State government's e-waste policy. The policy sets forth the position of the State government on e-waste management by identifying the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, including the public, in reducing the generation of e-waste and providing a system for its …
Technology Day was celebrated on Tuesday at Advanced Material and Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal to commemorate the momentous accomplishments of science and technology. This day is celebrated every year to commemorate the spurt of technologies starting with the launching of HANSA aircraft by CSIR, the series of atomic blasts …
MUMBAI: Be warned. Your child's seemingly innocent remote-controlled car that you would normally sell to the local raddiwallah could soon be categorised as e-waste. That is if the Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) draft on the disposal of hazardous e-waste is notified and made into a law. The MoEF …
Extraction of gold, silver and platinum will now become more lucrative Concerned over the threat posed to the environment by e-waste generated in the State, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has launched a project
THE State government will unveil the much-awaited e-waste policy on May 13, Minister for Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna conveyed the Assembly on Monday. Replying to the discussion on the demands for grants for the Information Technology Department, she said that Tamil Nadu stood first in the use of cellphone …
This latest Greenpeace guide ranks 18 top consumer electronics producers according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. Nokia tops the list followed by Sony Ericsson & Toshiba while Nintendo remained at the bottom. See Also Report: Take back blues: an assessment of e-waste take back in …
This Policy sets forth position of Tamil Nadu government on e-waste management by identifying the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders to manage the e-waste in an environmentally sound manner , through reduction in the generation of e-waste and providing a system for collection, segregation and recycling of e-waste. The …
E-waste Rules, 2010 is a very important regulation issued by Ministry of Environment & Forest as it integrates the most progressive principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. The Draft Rules, though, need to look closely at the guiding objective and formulate and mandate measures based on that. It also needs to …
DEBARUN BORTHAKUR THE ASIAN AGE Every time you replace your old computer or mobile handset with a new model, what do you do with the old one? In today's tech-savvy times, when one cannot think of life without cellphones, laptops, iPods and other electronic devices, and most of us keep …
Every year, Delhi produces a colossal amount of hazardous waste. With no treatment system in place and a govt in denial, mishaps like the one in Mayapuri may become the order of the day Neha Lalchandani | TNN The government
