Hazardous Waste

Coordinated efforts help in e-waste management

Efficient handling:S. Kannan, Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise, speaking at a confrence in Tiruchi on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2010
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Waste Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Hazardous Waste

Report of the committee to evolve road map on management of wastes in India

This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Solid Waste, Plastics, Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Waste Management, India, Waste Recycling
Hazardous Waste

Waste electrical and electronic equipment: the EU and India - sharing best practices

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has requested the APSF to contribute to exchange of knowledge on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (hereafter referred to as e-waste), ship dismantling and the remediation of contaminated sites.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2010
& et al, Satish Sinha, Priti Mahesh, Erik Donders
APSF-Environment
Tags:
Electronic Waste, India, European Union (EU), Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Occupational Health, Informal Sector, Waste Recycling, Electronics Industry, Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste

China, India adding to e-waste timebomb: UN

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Publication Date: 
23/02/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Electronics Industry, UNEP, China, India
Hazardous Waste

DPCC told to take action against e-waste recyclers

Neha Lalchandani | TNN

Publication Date: 
20/02/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), CFL, Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Delhi, Waste Recycling
Hazardous Waste

By 2012 e-waste would be about 80-lakh tons

MP Pollution Control Board Chairman Dr NP Shukla said that e-waste which includes electrical and electronic products and their parts are now emerging as a serious challenge in all cities and rural areas. According to an estimate by the year 2012 e-waste would be about 80-lakh tons, which has to be disposed according to the environmental rules.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Madhya Pradesh
Hazardous Waste

Workshop on e-waste management today

Due to economic progress production of electrical and electronic items has gone up considerably in the country. These products are being updated frequently and the old products become outdated and replaced by the new technology products. We call these outdated products as e-waste. The e-waste is growing rapidly.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Electronic Waste, Waste Management, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Madhya Pradesh
Hazardous Waste

To manage e-waste, govt considers segregated disposal

With Delhi emerging as a leading hub of electronic waste dumping

Publication Date: 
03/02/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Recyclable Waste, Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Municipal Corporations, Delhi, Mumbai
Hazardous Waste

Report on inventorization of e-waste in two cities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (Hyderabad and Bangalore)

This report on inventorization of e-waste in Hyderabad and Bangalore reveals that e-waste generation from household sector alone is expected to touch 1,07,886 MT in 2013 in Hyderabad and 1,30,383 MT in 2013 in Bangalore.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2010
WHO
Tags:
Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Waste Management, India, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (T), Karnataka, Bangalore (T), WHO, Waste Recycling, New Delhi
Environment

Wipro arm launches green PCs

WIPRO Infotech, the India and Middle East IT arm of Wipro, on Thursday launched its eco-friendly and toxinfree desktops, manufactured with materials free of deadly chemicals.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Electronic Waste, WIPRO

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