New E-waste rules announced

Compared to the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, these seem to be a welcome change.

Total e-waste generated would be enough to create 4,500 Eiffel Towers

United Nations has warned that the world is soon going to be hit by a tsunami of e-waste. It says that in 2018 the world has already produced 48.…

From Britain to Nigeria

Mobile app shows users the hazards of e-waste

Consumer demand for the 'next big thing' and ready supply by electronic companies are the primary causes behind e-waste generation

Stuffed inside used vehicles, thousands of tonnes of e-waste reach Nigeria every year

About three-fourths of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016 originated from EU ports

Asia witnessed 63 per cent jump in e-waste generation in five years

A UN study revealed that most of these countries lack the infrastructure to recycle e-waste safely and cleanly

Death by virtual world

Documentary>>Citizens at Risk, How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Path out of Poverty for India's Recyclers Produced by IMAK and Chintan

Better manage e-waste, improve working conditions for recyclers: ILO

The UN agency has called for urgent steps to promote investments in the sector to create “decent” working conditions

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Apocalyptic vision

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Pakistan mulls ban on e-waste import

Environmentalists endorse it; traders oppose  

Treasure in your trash

E-toxic trail

Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study

Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to recycle compact fluorescent lamps

At a time when developing countries are struggling with safe disposal of compact fluorescent lamps, Sri Lanka is leading by example

E-waste recycling hub: Moradabad

Rudimentary and risky ways of recycling cut costs, offer the formal sector tough competition  

Manage e-waste the EU way

Proposed legislation makes producers responsible for recycling

Recycling the bin

Several initiatives are demonstrating how the informal e-waste recycling sector can be formalised

Tricks of the e-waste trade

New rules offer no help to informal operators. They ignore reality and are likely to be toothless  

Trade secrets

IT's underbelly

India produces about 400,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year, growing exponentially. Handling this is a great challenge. What adds to it is …

A year in the life of a law

An assessment of what ails the implementation of e-waste rules

Single window dumpyard

India wants global waste. So it gets what it wants  

E-waste toxins in mum’s milk

Urban people more at risk

A different waste model

End-of-life neglect

Safe recycling of e-waste remains a pipe dream despite government rules