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Recycling has gone up in last 5 years, but 67% of e-waste remains unprocessed
March 31, 2023 6:28 pm
Several agencies have said untreated e-waste also ends up in informal industries where children are employed to dismantle electronics. Exposure to chemicals such as lead and mercury can adversely affect children’s growth and development.
How the e-waste you produce is providing poor children with a dangerous living
February 09, 2023 10:58 pm
Discarded laptops and smartphones contain valuable metals. However, extraction, usually performed by children, is a crude and hazardous process that goes unregulated.
E-waste eco-park to be set up in Delhi
February 24, 2022 9:44 pm
Collection centres will be set up across 12 zones in the city for e-waste. The eco-park will have set rates for buy-back of electronic goods and electronic components that can be sold to refurbishers.
Karnataka: KSPCB to place 50 e-waste collection bins in Bengaluru, 100 more in state
February 10, 2022 4:55 pm
A senior official from KSPCB says that government places like Vidhana Soudha, High Court, malls etc have been identified in Bengaluru
31.6% rise in e-waste generation last year: Ashwini Choubey to Rajya Sabha
July 27, 2021 11:42 am
In 2017-18, India generated 7,08,445 tonnes of e-waste and 7,71,215 tonnes in 2018-19 – an increase of 8.86 per cent.
3 e-waste parks to come up to recycle used products
April 03, 2021 1:42 am
Officials are preparing a plan on how the parks are to be built following directions from the principal scientific advisor to the Centre, and L-G.
‘People are still stuck on making profit out of e-waste’
November 09, 2019 4:37 am
India now has 178 registered e-waste recyclers, accredited by the state governments to process e-waste. But many of India’s e-waste recyclers aren’t recycling waste at all.
E-waste management: Speakers lay stress on right way to dispose of old gadgets
June 23, 2019 3:04 am
The right way to dispose e-waste is by dismantling the item and shredding it. Experts have a mechanism to concentrate, shred and treat e-waste responsibly, not allowing harmful chemicals from coming into contact with the environment.
Waste pickers’ cooperative to set up mobile e-waste kiosks in Aundh
May 19, 2019 10:43 am
These pop-up kiosks will be stationed at prominent locations, making it convenient for residents to drop off not just e-waste but also old clothes, toys, books and household items among others that they wish to discard. This will then be recycled and reused.
India sets tone in Geneva as COP meetings adopt amendments to restrict e-waste dumping on developing countries
May 17, 2019 1:40 am
The meetings involved conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and were held in Geneva between April 29 and May 10 on the theme 'Clean Planet, Healthy People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste'. Over 180 countries participated in the meetings.
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