This article reviews the progress of electronic waste recycling around the world and emphasises the need to give more economic importance to this sector in the developing nations. Two cases are considered for determining a model of recycling under the present constraints. These alternative models can provide a basic foundation for laying out the respective roles of producers and consumers for economic recycling of this waste.

Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age.

This guide ranks leading mobile phone, TV and PC manufacturers on policies and practices to reduce their impact on the climate, produce greener products and make their operations more sustainable.

As Greenpeace completes 10 years in India, it chalks up its successes and faces some flak. Kunal Majumder looks at both sides of the story

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has prepared this discussion paper on “Collection and recycling of waste paper in India”, with the objective of developing a suitable policy framework to define the obligations of producers and users, to sensitize the citizens to improve the segregation, collection and reuse of waste paper in the

In an effort to prevent e-waste being broken down by rudimentary hazardous methods by people in the informal sector, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked local bodies, including the Chennai Corporation, to set up e-waste collection centres.

This paper is a preliminary attempt to illustrate and quantify the harm being caused to human health or the environment by the transboundary movements of hazardous waste.

The present technical guidelines provide guidance for transboundary movements of used electrical and electronic equipment (further used equipment), in particular on the distinction between waste and non-waste pursuant to decisions IX/16 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous

This study aims at examining the current practice of recycling e-waste in the informal sectors of Bangladesh and identifying the problems towards development of a system of hazard-free e-waste recycling in the country. It is based on both primary and secondary data sources.

The Central Pollution Control Board has set alarm bells ringing with its latest findings of nearly 7.5-fold increase in generation of e-waste material in the country by 2012.

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