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 …
Ditched computers and smartphones are fast raking in money for the cash-strapped coffers of the Kerala government. Clean Kerala Company, a State-run agency under the Department of Local-Self Government, has contributed about Rs.25 lakh to the exchequer through sale of recyclable e-waste and plastic scrap collected from 43 local bodies …
Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could be worth €3.7bn to the European economy by 2020, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield found that recycling electronic waste was already worth €2.15bn in 2014 and could rise to €3.67bn by 2020. On top …
KOCHI: The battle against electronic waste should start from schools. This seems to be the new motto of the government, which failed to take effective steps to dispose all kinds of waste. The urban affairs department will introduce an initiative with the help of Clean Kerala Company Ltd to install …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Disposal of e-waste as per Basel Convention, 13/08/2015. Central Pollution Control Board in the year 2005 had estimated a quantity of 8 lakh tonne of e-waste generation in the country in the year 2012. e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 have been notified for …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to convene a meeting of various stakeholders and propose a scheme for environment-friendly disposal of e-waste. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi directed MOEF along with Central Pollution Control Board and Bureau of Indian Standards …
Walk into any home, office or warehouse and you can be sure to come across electronic junk or old, disused electronic gadgets such as cell phones, electric lamps, tape-recorders, radios, iPods and stereos, CDs, DVDs, batteries, even old TV and computers, fax machines and so on. Unlike kitchen and household …
Consumers are not properly aware of the dangers of e-cigarette waste, with whole vaping devices being sent straight to landfill rather than being recycled. That’s according to waste management company Business Waste, which claims e-cigarettes are pose an increasing problem for waste management firms across the country. Business Waste’s commercial …
The disposal and recycling of electronic devices has increased exposure to lead and other toxicants and created "an emerging health concern," according to a pediatrician who directs the Environmental Health and Lead Clinic at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the …
Noting that generation of e-waste is increasing at a "staggering" pace and there is a "yawning gap" between its generation and capacity to deal with it, a parliamentary panel today urged the Centre and state authorities to take immediate remedial measures. A parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-sixth Report on 'E-waste and E-radiation. In its meeting held on the 20th November, 2014, the Committee heard the views of the Ministries of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Science & Technology and Department …
Visakhapatnam: India is turning into a dumping ground for e-waste from western countries like US, Canada, Australia and European nations. Despite curbs on import of used electronic goods from Western countries especially laptops, desktops, mobile phones and servers, they are finding their way into India. While India itself is unable …
frican and Asian countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, China, Pakistan, India, and Vietnam are turning into illegal e-waste hubs, bypassing the legitimate global waste and recycling market that is thought to be worth $410bn a year. Unep warns the growing volumes of e-waste, municipal waste, food waste, discarded chemicals and …
With people tending to change cell phones as frequently as every three to four years, e-waste management has now assumed great importance in the country. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said with around 25 crore cell phones dumped every year, the problem of e-waste management has gone beyond electronic items like …
This book by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) introduces the concept of Green Integration and makes the case that countries in Asia should make sustainability the main objective of their integration efforts. Regional Integration is stepping up in Asia. The launch of the ASEAN community by the end …
Olirum Erodu Foundation and CII Young Indians have together started a month-long e-waste collection camp in the district for safe disposal of harmful materials and safeguard people from toxic effects. District Collector S. Prabakar launched the camp last week at Prochamps Car Parking area located near Johnson MRI Scan along …
The State government is planning to establish an e-waste sorting centre at Cacora near Curchorem in south Goa. Goa State Pollution Control Board Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said the proposed e-waste (electrical, electronic equipment waste) sorting centre will dismantle, separate and segregation different parts and the e-waste generated by the …
outside inter-State junk dealers Fed up with the lagging measures of the local self-government institutions here to set up sufficient number of treatment plants to recycle plastic and electronic waste, nearly 35 residents associations in the city have come together to make use of the same facilities available in other …
People changing mobile phone handsets every few months these days is creating a big problem for the environment ministry. The country is facing the issue of e-waste, with 30 crore mobile handsets getting dumped every year. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar revealed the staggering figure during a …
These rules may be called the e-waste (Management) Rules, 2015. These rules shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centres, dealers, refurbishers, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) listed in Schedule 1, …
A new research study has called for an overhaul of the way mobile devices are manufactured and contracted, in order to stop the harmful effects on the environment caused by current business models. Researchers from the University of Surrey analysed studies on the lifespan of mobile devices, from manufacture, use …
