The e-waste or electronic waste discarded by IT companies is piling up in the backyard of the Pearl City posing health hazard to the denizens.

Soon, thousands of schoolchildren in the State will walk onto their campus carrying a bag filled with discarded plastic bottles and ditched electronic devices.

THIRUVANANTHAURAM: The health wing of city corporation, in a clear move to distance itself from Clean Kerala Company, has engaged two private parties for collection of e-waste and plastic waste fro

Whatever happened to your old Windows 2000 desktop computer? Are you still hanging on to mobile phone handsets of the past?

Over a month ago, she learned of a group that facilitates door-to-door collection of plastic once a month from various parts of the city.

Use 500-kg bin at Pragati Maidan from October 18 onwards

A study reveals that the zinc levels are 15 times more than the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standards in the soil samples collected from near river Ramganga at Moradabad,

A study done by the Centre for Science and Research on Moradabad’s e-waste recycling industry has shown contamination due to heavy metals to be very high in and around the city. Moradabad is known for its e-waste recycling industry. The city is located on the banks of the Ramganga, an important tributary of the Ganga.

CSE study shows e-waste recycling leading to heavy metal contamination in Moradabad

Moradabad gets 50 per cent of all PCBs used in India, and 90 tonnes of e-waste everyday

CSE collected soil and water samples from five locations

India does not have heavy metal contamination standards for soil

Zinc levels five times higher than normal (as per US standards) in soil, and mercury eight times higher in water

CSE has recommended legalisation of e-recycling industry and creating standards for soil contamination due to heavy metals

In the run-up to one year of the Swachh Bharat initiative, the government is planning to grade railway stations, airports, shipyards, hospitals, schools, colleges and tourist destinations based on

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