A new research study has called for an overhaul of the way mobile devices are manufactured and contracted, in order to stop the harmful effects on the environment caused by current business models.

The city corporation has finally woken up to the problem of e-waste generated in the city.

Moving to give legal teeth to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Ministry of Environment and Forests will make littering, throwing waste in the open, dumping electronic waste, defacement of public plac

The last several decades have brought a global explosion of electronics with a huge impact on quality of life and communications, as well as the world economy.

Exporting e-waste to Asia worked out 10 times cheaper than processing it in within these countries."

Up to 90% of the world’s electronic waste, worth nearly $19bn (£12bn), is illegally traded or dumped each year, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep).

VADODARA: While the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) won wide accolades for its e-waste collection programme, it seems a long way before the problem can be resolved.

India will ensure peoples' participation in mitigating climate change, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, adding that the prime minister was confident of India's lead i

The rubbish heap of last season's televisions and computers is growing faster than ever, prompting calls for an increase to the intake targets of the National Television and Computer Recycling Sche