Aafrin Kidwai
One of the biggest e-waste recovery companies, Attero India, will invest nearly Rs 600 crore to build a new plant in Telangana. According to the state’s IT Minister Mr KT Rama Rao, the projected facility…
Aafrin Kidwai
The SDMC’s online platform for e-waste collection has received over 2,300 applications, with over 900 people using the service so far, according to civic officials. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) initiated an initiative in…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will install 50 e-waste collection bins in Bengaluru, including the Vidhana Soudha and the High Court. In addition, one hundred bins will be installed in other parts of…
Aafrin Kidwai
All state Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees have been ordered by the National Green Tribunal to provide status reports on the operation of e-waste recycling industries that are generating environmental degradation and health…
Aafrin Kidwai
Attero Recycling, India’s largest electronic waste recycling firm, has said it plans to invest Rs 300 crore in ramping up its lithium-ion battery recycling capacity to 11,000 metric tonnes per annum by October 2022 from its current capacity of 1,000…
Aafrin Kidwai
The third and last session of the inaugural day of the CII’s Virtual Waste to Worth Conference focussed on India’s e-waste landscape and addressed the status of India’s e-waste management ecosystem, challenges and potential paths for improvements,…
Aafrin Kidwai
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has announced plans for two recycling plants to treat floral and e-waste at Mutyalampadu and Ajith Singh Nagar. The city generates 15 tonnes of floral waste and seven tonne of electronic…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is planning to streamline the management of e-waste and the floral waste being generated in the city by facilitating the collection, transportation, processing, and disposal of this waste. The civic body…
Aafrin Kidwai
The UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report has found that the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year, up 21 per cent in just five years. The new report also predicts…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following an extended lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, waste collection in various streams considered ‘non-essential’ has taken a hit. Only Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Biomedical Waste (BMW) are being collected and treated by…
