Kalpana Jain / New Delhi January 27, 2010, 0:22 IST

THE Copenhagen summit last month may have failed to persuade world leaders to come up with a global treaty to tackle climate change, but it seems to have inspired Indian advertisers and marketers to join the green brandwagon.

Recycled plastics, solar recharge, E-manuals, low power consumption chargers, green calculator, minimised packaging, take-back options - with mobile phone companies waving the green flag, it

RASHME SEHGAL

India, being a major IT destination, is presently producing 400,000 tonnes of e-waste annually
The campaign launched by civil society groups against the huge quantities of toxic waste being generated in India has forced the United Nations to send UN special rapporteur Okechukwu Ibeanu to get a first hand take on practises being followed here.

Pune With the growth of the city

Consumer goods are reused much beyond what their manufacturers intend them to be in India, but there is always a point beyond which they just don

Vandana Kamath, Bangalore, Dec 28, DHNS:

If you don't know where to dispose your old television, refrigerators or any other electronic equipment that doesn't work and is lying dusty in the corner of your house, here

NIVI SHRIVASTAVA

The increase in e-pollution is prompting many to recycle and manage e-waste

The Good Earth

Subhash Arya's underground alternative to air-conditioning has fought cynicism and inertia and is nowbeating the heat.

KOCHI: E-waste disposal is a matter of concern for environmentalists and socially committed groups especially in developing countries. The third world countries are the worst sufferers as they have traditionally been the dumping yards for hazardous e-waste from developed nations.