NewsRack: fredericknoronha/e_waste/e_waste

'India Sitting on e-waste explosion' - newindianexpress.com

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The âtake backâ model - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The âtake backâ model

Wired in toxicity - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Wired in toxicity

The ‘take back’ model - Hindu: News

Yuthika Bhargava — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

To combat the enormous problem posed by e-waste, Attero Recycling and IFC are training rag-pickers and scrap dealers to aid the process

Wired in toxicity - Hindu: News

Meeta Ahlawat, Divya Trivedi — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

How the traditional journey of e-waste, from both domestic and overseas sources, in north India leads to health hazards and high levels of pollution

Green panel wants scanners in scrap market - TOI: Delhi Times

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Green panel wants scanners in scrap market

Green tribunal bans use of gas, electronic cutters in dismantling machinery in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market - Down to Earth

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Orders MoEF to install scanners to prevent recurrence of radiation mishaps like the one in 2010

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of gas or electronic cutters in dismantling heavy machinery like generators, tankers and transformers in Mayapuri junk market in west Delhi, one of India’s biggest market for used automotive and industrial spare parts.

Pollution board plans to streamline e-waste collection in state - Orissa News, Bhubaneshwar News, Bhubaneshwar City News | Times of India Orissa City News

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is going to form a committee to create an inventory of e-wastes following frequent failure to collect these wastes in the state.

National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market - TOI: All Headlines

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market

Delhi among US cellphones junkyards - Deccan Herald - Analysis

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Americans replace their cellphones every 22 months, junking some 150 million old phones in 2010 alone. Ever wondered what happens to all these old phones? The answer isn't pretty. In far-flung, mostly impoverished places like Agbogbloshie, Ghana; Delhi, India; and Guiyu, China, children pile e-waste into giant mountains and burn it so they can extract the metals &mdash; copper wires, gold and silver threads &mdash; inside, which they sell to recycling merchants for only a few dollars. In India, young boys smash computer batteries with mallets to recover cadmium, toxic flecks of which cover their hands and feet as they work. Women spend their days bent over baths of hot lead, 'cooking' circuit boards so they can remove slivers of gold inside. Greenpeace, the Basel Action Network and others have posted YouTube videos of young children inhaling the smoke that rises from burned phone casings as they identify and separate different kinds of plastics for recyclers. It is hard to imagine that ...

Why America’s junk cellphones land in India - TOI: All Headlines

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Why America’s junk cellphones land in India

Piling e-waste turning city toxic - Hyderabad News, Hyderabad City News | Cities News - Times of India

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Piling e-waste turning city toxic

Mining gold from e-waste, the CMET way - HBL: Gold

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

WEALTH FROM DROSS

Dispose waste the artistic way - newindianexpress.com

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A group of 10 individuals have come up with a solution to understanding the hazards caused by e-waste, they have come forward to create a unique awareness programme among citizens through an exhibition of e-art.

Disposal of E-waste - Govt of india: PIB

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Disposal of E-waste

Lab to analyse hazardous e-wastes opened - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Lab to analyse hazardous e-wastes opened

C-MET strikes gold with e-waste - Hindu: Hyderabad

Special Correspondent — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

There’s a fortune to be earned for those disposing of discarded computers and mobiles in a scientific way

Log in to dispose e-waste - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Log in to dispose e-waste - Hindu: Cities

STAFF REPORTER — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

If you have e-waste in your neighbourhood and do not know how to dispose it without causing any damage to the environment, just log in to www.ewaste.in.Recently, members of the Green Brigad...

PCB to take stock of Stateâs e-waste - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

PCB to take stock of Stateâs e-waste

e-waste collection centre to open soon - Hindu: Kochi

M. P. Praveen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Much to the relief of those groping in the dark on how to deal with the burgeoning quantity of e-waste being generated in the State, the Kerala Enviro Infrastructure Limited — which runs the Commo...

PCB to take stock of State’s e-waste - Hindu: Kochi

Staff Reporter — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has initiated steps to deal with the large quantity of electronic waste being generated in the State.A fortnight ago, the KSPCB held a natio...

‘Innovation must for waste to wealth’ - newindianexpress.com

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Weak law enforcement and apathy defeat efforts to save capital - Delhi News, Delhi City News - Cities News - Times of India

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Weak law enforcement and apathy defeat efforts to save capital

Chennai Corporation seeks proposals from BARC - The Hindu: Today's Paper

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Chennai Corporation seeks proposals from BARC