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 …
After analyzing the Environmental Status of 88 Industrial Clusters selected in the country, Central Pollution Control Board in consultation with the Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified 43 critically polluted industrial clusters based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI). Out of 43 critically polluted industrial clusters, Najafgarh Drain Basin …
Exhorts youngsters to find a solution to the issue Safe disposal of e-waste is a big challenge in the developing society. With the growing usage of mobile phones and TV sets, e-wastes are accruing in a big way. A few plastics parts could be used after recycling and the country …
E-waste is generated when old mobile phones, computers, laptops, TV sets, and other electronic and electrical material become obsolete In a bid to promote segregation of e-waste in the national Capital, the Delhi government on Wednesday authorised 37 waste collection centres. The decision was taken as the Environment Department has …
Environ, a group of environmental management for sustainable development, has started an awareness programme on environmental hazards of electronic waste under the ‘Digital India Initiative’. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, MAIT and CEAMA has embarked upon an awareness programme on environmental hazards of …
The report also said that discoms are required to obtain permission from the competent authority for extraction of ground water and submitted that inadequate fire safety arrangements were found at all the premises. The National Green Tribunal has directed an inspection team headed by the Central Pollution Control Board to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to shut down all the industries running in residential areas without any consent. The green tribunal also instructed the Moradabad District Magistrate (DM) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to provide all assistance to the …
BENGALURU: The city is the third-largest producer of e-waste in India, preceded by Mumbai and Delhi. But Bengaluru's official recycling units are woefully underutilised as around 70 per cent of e-waste is handled by the unorganised sector and the rest by organisations registered with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board …
In Nigeria, an entire industry thrives on the demand for imported second-hand electronic goods. Urban mining is when electronic items are broken apart and then stripped of precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium and others. This poses a danger to the environment and also to people’s health. Al Jazeera’s …
Germany is to support Ghana with €25 million euros to tackle its growing electronic waste menace. The fund is to support the establishment of structures for the effective collection and recycling of e-waste, which had become an environment and health threat in the country over the last decade. The Ambassador …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in electronic waste, 27/03/2017. The country’s economic growth, rise in per capita income, and technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic and electrical equipment to increase in the rate of generation of e-waste. Toxic constituents such as Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Management of e-waste , 20/03/2017. The policy framework for environmentally sound management of e-waste is laid down in E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 which was notified in March, 2016. The provisions of these Rules include expanded producers’ responsibility, setting up of producer responsibility organizations and …
More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 years, …
The volume of discarded electronics in East and South-East Asia jumped almost two-thirds between 2010 and 2015, and e-waste generation is growing fast in both total volume and per capita measures, new UNU research shows. Driven by rising incomes and high demand for new gadgets and appliances, the average increase …
Levels of electronic waste are rising sharply across Asia, as higher incomes mean hundreds of millions of people can afford smartphones and other gadgets, according to a UN study. The amount of e-waste in Asia has risen by 63% in five years, a report by United Nations University said, warning …
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd, Ranchi unit, joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation, Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT) and Consumer Electronics Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) on Monday, as part of its Swachh Bharat Mission, to hold an awareness program on the environmental hazards of electronic wastes. The ministry of …
As a first of its kind initiative, Mumbai will gets its first E-Waste drop-off centre in Bandra West (Shop no 25, 1st floor, Kenilworth Phase II, linking road). Under the campaign "E-Waste wise", run by the NGO OASIS and Sony Music, the drop-off center will give people an opportunity to …
The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 mandate CPCB to prepare guidelines on implementation of E-Waste Rules, which includes specific guidelines for extended producer responsibility, channelisation, collection centres, storage, transportation, environmentally sound dismantling and recycling, refurbishment, and random sampling of EEE for testing of RoHS parameters. In this document all the above …
This is the mantra preached by Veena Sahajwalla, a materials scientist at the University of New South Wales who wants to fundamentally change how we perceive our electronic waste: not as trash, but as treasure. Electronic waste, or “e-waste”, is full of valuable resources: a tonne of mobile phones, which …
The facilities were charged with violating the Minamata Convention on mercury as it couldn’t safely dispose of CFLs containing mercury The National Green Tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to consider upgradation of treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) in the country after a plea alleged that TSDFs …
Utilizing high-tech methods to track high-tech wastes, the environmental watchdog, Basel Action Network (BAN) as part of their e-Trash Transparency Project, funded by the Body Shop Foundation, planted GPS trackers into 205 old printers and monitors and then delivered them to charities and recyclers. The new report, entitled Scam Recycling: …
