Editor
To ensure that electronic waste is managed in an organized way, the Karnataka state government is working on a strict separate policy. The new policy is supposed to be implemented as soon as possible, as…
Aafrin Kidwai
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has appointed Suritex Pvt Ltd to collect, transport, and recycle e-waste. The NMC will offer incentives to encourage citizens to deposit their e-waste with the company. The e-waste collection will be…
Aafrin Kidwai
Justice Arun Mishra, Chairperson of India’s National Human Rights Commission, expressed concern about developed countries dumping e-waste into the borders of developing countries. He emphasized the importance of ending this practice in order to universally…
Aafrin Kidwai
To promote proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste), the Tirupur city corporation has launched the “Nothing is Waste” campaign. In collaboration with the NGO Thuppuravalan, the municipal corporation held an awareness camp at its main…
Aafrin Kidwai
On Monday, the Union government informed the Lok Sabha that 29 incidents of illicit e-waste importation have been discovered across the country since 2019. The data was placed by the administration in answer to a…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi government has announced the establishment of the “country’s first” e-waste eco-park in New Delhi to deal with rising e-waste The Delhi goverment plans to carry out recycling and remanufacturing on the 20-acre plot…
Aafrin Kidwai
Maharashtra generated more than 10 lakh metric tonne (MT) of electronic waste but recycled or dismantled less than 1% of it in 2019-20. Meanwhile, 70% of the total 84 lakh MT of solid waste generated…
