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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Nair: Industries aiming at overall growth of India
Technology Day was celebrated on Tuesday at Advanced Material and Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal to commemorate the momentous accomplishments of science and technology.
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E-waste may now include your kid's toys and household goods
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.
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KSPCB herds recyclers for treating e-waste
Extraction of gold, silver and platinum will now become more lucrative
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State to unveil e-waste policy on may 13
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.
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Guide to greener electronics
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.
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Guide to greener electronics: India
Version 9 of Greenpeace
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E-waste policy of Tamil Nadu 2010
<p>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. </p>
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Comments on draft E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010
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.
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Govt to decide rules for e-waste disposal
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 changing these devices after a few months, what does one do with the unutilised electronic devices?
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A disaster waiting to happen in Waste Capital
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