Technology Day was celebrated on Tuesday at Advanced Material and Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal to commemorate the momentous accomplishments of science and technology.

MUMBAI: Be warned. Your child's seemingly innocent remote-controlled car that you would normally sell to the local raddiwallah could soon be categorised as e-waste. That is if the Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) draft on the disposal of hazardous e-waste is notified and made into a law.

Extraction of gold, silver and platinum will now become more lucrative

THE State government will unveil the much-awaited e-waste policy on May 13, Minister for Information Technology Poongothai Aladi Aruna conveyed the Assembly on Monday.

DEBARUN BORTHAKUR THE ASIAN AGE

Every time you replace your old computer or mobile handset with a new model, what do you do with the old one? In today's tech-savvy times, when one cannot think of life without cellphones, laptops, iPods and other electronic devices, and most of us keep changing these devices after a few months, what does one do with the unutilised electronic devices?

Every year, Delhi produces a colossal amount of hazardous waste. With no treatment system in place and a govt in denial, mishaps like the one in Mayapuri may become the order of the day
Neha Lalchandani | TNN