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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Global firm to study! e-waste generation
SWAPNILRAWAL MUMBAI, MARCH 1 The task of ascertaining the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) generated in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region has been given to International Resources Group (IRG) System South Asia Pvt Ltd.
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Urgent steps needed to check e-waste: Report
Ananya Panda The ever-changing consumption patterns and the recent policies of the Indian government have resulted in an obvious upsurge in the consumption-base in the electronics industry.
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Draft national hazardous waste management strategy: executive summary
Hazardous Waste, bulk of which is generated by the industries, can cause environmental pollution and adverse health effects if not handled and managed properly. Its effective management, with emphasis on minimization of generation and recycling/ reuse, taking into account economic aspects, is therefore essential.
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E-waste flowing on charity tag
KOCHI: In the wake of Union Government
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MPCB body to manage e-waste
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has formed an association of NGOs and IT firms to establish an environment-friendly and sustainable system for managing e-waste in the city. According to MPCB estimates, Mumbai generates around 23,000 metric tonnes of e-waste a year, and if not managed properly, this could be a major cause for concern by 2015.
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An e-waste processing unit for city, hunt on for private player
Mumbai: Mumbai, the electronic waste capital of the country, is likely to get an e-waste processing unit run on a public-private partnership model. The unit will be first of its kind in the country and the second in South East Asia, to where India now supplies its e-waste for recovery of precious metals.
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Novel way to dispose of e-waste
Mumbai: Now, you can get rid of old electronic gadgets and gizmos in a safe, scientific way - and get paid for it. Harshit Patel, a city-based entrepreneur, from Polytela e-Commerce Private Limited, has launched a first nation-wide service to collect e-waste free of cost.
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E-Waste Not
Even though holiday sales were down at least 2% from 2007, millions of Americans awoke Christmas morning to new computers, TVs and iPhones. (I didn't, but thanks for the pens, Mom.) Many of those gifts were replacements or upgrades, which prompts the question, What should you do with your old cell phone and other electronic equipment?
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Fresh rules for managing electronic waste
Pune With nearly 5,000 tonnes of electronic waste generated in Pune every year and about 23,000 tonnes in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is preparing fresh guidelines for e-waste management for the two cities that generate maximum e-waste in the state. Environment secretary Valsa Nair, who is also the chairperson of the MPCB, has already issued a notice to this effect.
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E-waste poses health hazards
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD Nov. 30: Thousands of tonnes of electronic waste generated from the city is tucked away in landfills or burnt disregarding health hazards it poses. The landfills turn harmful with the leaching of mercury, cadmium and lead toxins and contaminates land and water sources by percolation.