IN ONE section of the university building where I teach, there is an enormous and motley collection of discarded computer-related items, stacked and piled in an unwieldy mess.

Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which is working towards setting up a dedicated electronic waste processing unit in the metropolitan region, is now planning to include Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation in the project.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is contemplating to introduce dustbins to collect e-waste at vital points in the City, in partnership with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), said Kanwerpal, Secretary, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka.

Wipro now No. 2 green electronics brand

Mobile phone handset maker Nokia plans to extend its handset take-back programme to 25 Indian cities by December this year. The company had introduced the first phase of the programme on January 1 this year through a pilot project covering four cities: Delhi, Gurgaon, Ludhiana and Bangalore

- Centre allows e-waste imports for recycling, activists cry foul
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Hardware hazard

New Delhi, Sept. 22: The Centre has approved the first legally tenable import of electronic waste for responsible recycling, angering environmental groups who say millions of kilograms of domestic e-waste is recycled hazardously.