The global e-waste monitor 2024
<p>The world's electronic waste generation is increasing five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, according to the United Nation's fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report.</p>
Electronic Waste
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding electronic waste, 07/11/2022
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Varun Sheokand Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/11/2022.</p> <p>The National Green Tribunal, November 7, 2022 directed
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The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022
The Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change on 2nd November 2022, has published the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 which shall come into force from the 1st day of April, 2023. These rules
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Towards a circular economy for the electronics sector in Africa: overview, actions and recommendations
This report provides an overview of the current state of circularity in the electronics value chain in Africa, identifies key areas of concern, provides appropriate recommendations, and proposes priority
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Global transboundary e-waste flows monitor 2022
The transboundary movement of e-waste topic has found its way into the public perception via various alarming reports, however, the facts on the quantities and trade routes have not yet been researched
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Waste-wise cities: best practices in municipal solid waste management
<p>This report released by NITI Aayog and Centre for Science and Environment documents best practices from 28 cities in 15 states of India. It is a resource for developing cities to get new ideas, learn about the strategies, institutional arrangements, technologies and implementation modalities that have made things possible for some of the cities to emerge as stand-out performer</p>
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Telangana government report to the NGT on compliance with waste management rules, 27/07/2021
<p>First quarterly status report for the year 2021-22 (April 2021 to June 2021) on the compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 by the state of Telangana with the directions of the National Green
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Toward sustainable e-waste management in Asia and the Pacific
The purpose of this policy brief is to analyze the current situation in e-waste management in Asia and the Pacific and suggest appropriate policy options in the context of a specific set of challenges
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Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health
<p>Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the informal processing of discarded electrical or electronic devices according to this new ground-breaking report from the World Health Organization.</p>
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EU actions and existing challenges on electronic waste
A review by the European Court of Auditors has found that EU member States collect and recover more discarded electrical and electronic equipment than most of the world. The review addresses actions and
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Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the twenty firth report ((Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on the subject ‘Solid Waste Management including Hazardous Waste, Medical Waste and E-Waste’
This Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2020-21) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on