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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Garage recyclers of e-waste are the new threat
Jagadish Angadi, Bangalore, April 21, DH News Service: Backyard practitioners of e-waste pose a new and dangerous threat to the City
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Rules for e-waste on May 15, Elders told
The Government will come out with a set of rules on May 15 to manage electronic waste (e-waste), Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. He said the new rules will have public-private partnership (PPP) and focus on recycling of useful material and destroying toxic waste.
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E-waste disposal rules within a month: Govt
With illegal recycling of used electronic goods like mobile phone and computer posing environmental and health hazard, the Government will in less than a month come out with e-waste management and disposal rules.
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No laws for nuke, e-waste
PRASHANT PANDEY and SUCHITRA K. MOHANTY The Delhi Municipal Act, which was enact- ed in 1957, has no provision to deal with e-waste and nuclear waste. There is no law on disposal of such waste.
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Metal biosorption by Helminthosporium solani a simple microbiological technique to remove metal from e-waste
Electronic waste (e-waste) or Waste from Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) as it is popularly called includes used, obsolete or damaged electronic and electrical equipments and other such scrap. Recycling of WEEE has emerged as a lucrative business as these products are stripped down to obtain valuable metals like platinum, gold and copper.
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Govt to discuss ways to handle, treat waste
Days after a radiation leak at a scrap shop in West Delhi, the Delhi government is preparing to hold a brainstorming session next week to look at how best to recycle the Capital
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MCD to form scrap inspection policy
In the wake of the Mayapuri incident where six persons got seriously injured after getting exposed to a radioactive element, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to form a
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Burnt e-waste raises health alarm for locals
New Delhi: The plastic scrap market in Mundka which caught fire early morning on Sunday was a big dumping ground for electronic waste items. Several tonnes of hazardous e-waste
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Not aware of amount of e-waste generated: Delhi Government
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government this past week announced that it would install collection bins across the Capital to contain the growing problem of hazardous waste (including e-waste) disposal in the city.
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City gets e-waste disposal system
Govt Plans To Install Collection Bins Across The Capital