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>
<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>
The Coimbatore Corporation and Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Coimbatore, on Wednesday organised a rally to create awareness on solid waste management. Mayor R. Venkatachalam flagged off the rally in the presence of Deputy Mayor N.
There is a need to create an awareness among officials, students and the public to maintain sustainability in the Sampoorna Swachatha Andolan (Total Cleanliness Drive) which has been started in the remaining 47 Gram Panchayats in the district, said Zilla Panchayat CEO N Krishnappa. Zilla Panchayat CEO N Krishnappa, Chief Accountant Surendra and Assistant Project Director Shabeer Pasha at a dist
All panchayats in the district will be asked to install a Plastic Shredding Unit as part of the ongoing Mass Action for Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode, (MAP), District Collector P.B. Salim has said. Addressing newspersons at the Collectorate conference hall here on Tuesday, Dr.
The High Powered Committee on Sonsodo headed by Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat has favoured one-time payment of Rs 7.31 crore to Fomento to set up the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo, with the Chief Minister promising financial grant to the Margao Municipal Council to meet the financial obligations. The draft concession agreement will now be placed before the meeting of the Margao Municipal Coun
The city is faring quite poorly in comparison to other major cities of the country if a report of the central Ministry for Urban Development is to be believed. The ministry has prepared a Service Level Bench Mark Data of the country's 28 cities.
The district panchayat is planning to take up integrated drinking water and solid-waste management projects in association with block and grama panchayats in the coming fiscal. These and other draft projects proposed under the 2011-12 budget Plan of the district panchayat were discussed with block and grama panchayat representatives and standing committee members at the grama sabha meeting held
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The State Government has approved the selection of a Delhi based company by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) for collection and disposal of garbage under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) programme being undertaken at a cost of `24.6 crore provided under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Government is approving the selection of the company by the succes
Batting for the use of atomic energy, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today slammed environmentalists opposed to it, saying the ongoing debate over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant was more political than technical in nature. Amid concerns over nuclear waste management at the 10,000Mw plant in Maharashtra, Ramesh said it was not an immediate problem for India.