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 …
SWAPNILRAWAL MUMBAI, MARCH 1 The task of ascertaining the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) generated in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region has been given to International Resources Group (IRG) System South Asia Pvt Ltd. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed IRG to carry out a detailed study of …
Ananya Panda The ever-changing consumption patterns and the recent policies of the Indian government have resulted in an obvious upsurge in the consumption-base in the electronics industry. Consequently, this has left the country to combat with an accelerating rate of e-waste generation, which is around 10 per cent annually, as …
Hazardous Waste, bulk of which is generated by the industries, can cause environmental pollution and adverse health effects if not handled and managed properly. Its effective management, with emphasis on minimization of generation and recycling/ reuse, taking into account economic aspects, is therefore essential. With this objective, it is felt …
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has formed an association of NGOs and IT firms to establish an environment-friendly and sustainable system for managing e-waste in the city. According to MPCB estimates, Mumbai generates around 23,000 metric tonnes of e-waste a year, and if not managed properly, this could …
Mumbai: Mumbai, the electronic waste capital of the country, is likely to get an e-waste processing unit run on a public-private partnership model. The unit will be first of its kind in the country and the second in South East Asia, to where India now supplies its e-waste for recovery …
Mumbai: Now, you can get rid of old electronic gadgets and gizmos in a safe, scientific way - and get paid for it. Harshit Patel, a city-based entrepreneur, from Polytela e-Commerce Private Limited, has launched a first nation-wide service to collect e-waste free of cost. Every year 1.46 lakh tonnes …
Even though holiday sales were down at least 2% from 2007, millions of Americans awoke Christmas morning to new computers, TVs and iPhones. (I didn't, but thanks for the pens, Mom.) Many of those gifts were replacements or upgrades, which prompts the question, What should you do with your old …
Pune With nearly 5,000 tonnes of electronic waste generated in Pune every year and about 23,000 tonnes in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is preparing fresh guidelines for e-waste management for the two cities that generate maximum e-waste in the state. Environment secretary Valsa Nair, who is also …
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD Nov. 30: Thousands of tonnes of electronic waste generated from the city is tucked away in landfills or burnt disregarding health hazards it poses. The landfills turn harmful with the leaching of mercury, cadmium and lead toxins and contaminates land and water sources by percolation. Studies …
HERALD REPORTER VASCO, NOV 8 Greenpeace, internationally renowned organization, has praised and thanked the members of Chicalim Villagers Action Committee (CVAC) for the help given to them during their protest action programme in Goa, recently. CVAC office bearers Cyril Fernandes and Rui Manuel Costa Araujo were hailed for the helping …
Sajimon P S: HOW many cell phones have you used till today? Know where all those old phones you sold have gone? Any idea what happened to the lead, the plastic and the antimony in those phones you happily got rid of ? The bad news is that they are …
India has had a very long history of recycling, which has continued to be practiced in an informal set up mostly by urban poor. From paper, old bottles, plastics, clothes to old machineries- all are seen as potential income source and have been reused and recycled to earn revenue. Ewaste …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The need to bring about a legislation to manage e-waste was emphasised by speakers at a national workshop on environmentally sound management of e-waste, organised in the City, on Thursday. Ashok Kumar Manoli, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology and Bio-Technology, called for the formulation of …
Leslie D`monte / Mumbai September 20, 2008, 0:32 IST Used electronic items such as monitors, computers and mobile phones from the US end up in countries like India and China, where disposal practices are unsafe to workers and dangerous to the environment. A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report …
