Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centres with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online
Over 4.5 lakhs child labours engaged in various e-waste activities in India: ASSOCHAM study; India’s capital produces 67,000 MT of electronic waste a year. In India, about 4.5 lakhs child labours between
The Meghalaya Agrovet Private Limited has been served a one month deadline by the Headmen of Umsning area under the umbrella of Umtrew River Protection Committee (URPC), urging the company to remove
Beijing: In a first, a Chinese company has built a group of 10 completely 3D-printed houses, created entirely out of recycled materials, in just under a day. The houses, each covering an area of 200 sq
After Pallavaram, Kuthambakkam, Poonamallee and Kallakurichi, Sembakkam has joined the list of neighbourhoods whose residents have moved the national green tribunal against the dumping of garbage in their
Thiruvananthapuram: The Energy Management Centre-Kerala has shortlisted IRG Systems South Asia, an Indian subsidiary of an American company, for preparing a detailed project report for setting up a chain
Spent CFLs may be polluting the environment silently and causing a toxic hazard for kabadiwalas who handle such discarded bulbs. Despite a huge spike in the demand (about 30% in the last five years) for these energy-saving lamps, a recent survey by NGO Toxics Link has found a number of ecological concerns with the management of these lamps. One of them is that they are not recycled safely; the mercury-laden glass invariably ends up in the municipal solid waste. Also, there is no set standard in India on the amount of mercury that should be used in a bulb.
Hyderabad: Lack of adequate recycling capacity for electronic waste is costing the country several thousands crore of rupees each year. About 10 states, including Andhra Pradesh, annually generate about
The system will create a framework to define and assess how green the company is and highlight the way forward on how to turn greener With GreenCo Rating System, an initiative of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Green Building Centre, is eying 100 companies by end of 2015 in India for this rating. The objective of GreenCo rating system is to create a framework to define and assess how green the company is and highlight the way forward on how to turn greener.
Despite the popularity of the mobile phone recycling industry, handsets only contribute towards a small percentage of the overall E-Waste accumulation. According to a study by the US US environmental
