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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Delhi launches e-waste disposal scheme
NEW DELHI: The Capital would now focus on systematic and hygienic disposal of e-waste to minimise the damage being done by it to the environment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Monday at a programme organised to launch e-waste disposal at Delhi Secretariat.
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City govt plans e-waste bins
In the run up to the Commonwealth Games this year, the Delhi government will launch a pilot project to set up e-waste disposal bins at various locations to curb the growing menace of electronic waste in the city. The e-waste disposal bins will be placed at markets including Nehru Place, which is famous for electronic shops. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit will inaugurate this
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Special e-waste bins to dispose of old batteries, phones
As part of efforts to tackle growing menace of electronic waste in city, CM Sheila Dikshit will launch a pilot project on Monday to set up special e-waste disposal bins at strategic locations including schools and markets.
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Award for e-waste recycler
P Parthsarathy, e-waste recycler of Bangalore, was honoured recently during the 20th Foundation Day of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in New Delhi. The Union Minister for Finance Pranab Mukherjee honoured Parthsarathy by presenting him a memento.
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No plot yet for e-waste plant, tenders in 2 months
Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will float tenders in two months to set up a dedicated electronic waste processing unit in the metropolitan region. However, the MMRDA is yet to locate a four-acre plot in the region for the unit.
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NEERI report on e-waste management by April 2011
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), appointed by the state in 2009 to study and suggest measures for management of e-waste in Mumbai, will submit its report by April 2011.
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E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010
The Central Government considers it necessary in the public interest and to enable the recovery and/or reuse of useful material from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), thereby reducing the hazardous wastes destined for disposal and to ensure the environmentally sound management of all types of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
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Greenpeace activists protest against toxic waste
Greenpeace activists today staged a protest against toxic waste in front of the Dell office here, carrying placards with messages that read ''Micahel Dell: Drop the Toxics''.
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Forecasting global generation of obsolete personal computers
Electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a new policy priority around the world. Motivations to address e-waste include rapidly growing waste streams, concern over the environmental fate of heavy metals and other substances in e-waste, and impacts of informal recycling in developing countries.
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Electronic waste increases
There is a high demand for electronic items in the country.