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Govt may ban import of e-waste (Cached) 6.9.2010 ET: Policy
A decision is likely to be taken at the Economic Intelligence Council meeting scheduled for this month to be chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.
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Govt may ban import of e-waste (Cached) 6.9.2010 TOI: India
The govt is considering banning the import of used computers and other electronic waste — coming primarily from developed nations such as US, Australia, Canada — after several cases of e-waste smuggling came to light.
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Firms take back used items to check e-waste (Cached) 5.9.2010 Telegraph: Business
New Delhi, Sept. 5: Manufacturers of electric and electronic products have started the recycling and disposal of e-waste as part of their environment-friendly initiatives.
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Samsung India launches e-waste recycling programme (Cached) 1.9.2010 HBL: Breaking News
Samsung India launches e-waste recycling programme
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Banishing e-waste is a hard task calling for collective efforts (Cached) 1.9.2010 DNA: Top News
Final responsibility for management of e-waste rests on the manufacturers of original equipment.
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Waste importers make quick buck out of muck (Cached) 26.8.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Chennai

In the last two years, two ports in Tamil Nadu received at least over 400 tonnes of garbage — e-waste, municipal waste, medical waste — from abroad. “It is possible that more such waste has reached the state. The figure we are referring to is the quantity seized by various agencies,” says a senior official from the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI).

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Scrapped out 25.8.2010 Business Standard: Life & Leisure
A new law to tackle e-waste disposal may impact a sizeable workforce in the unorganised sector.
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E-waste consignment seized at Chennai port, 5th in 3 months (Cached) 21.8.2010 TOI: Chennai
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday detected the fifth case of e-waste dumping in Chennai. On a tip-off, DRI intercepted a container full of old computer parts, imported from Brunei, at the Container Corporation of India godown at Tondiarpet.
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Imported e-waste seized by customs officials (Cached) 20.8.2010 TOI: All Headlines
Imported e-waste seized by customs officials
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“E-waste draft rules lack teeth” 18.8.2010 Hindu: News
The e-waste draft brought out by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry in May this year seems to focus on helping ‘business' and less on tackling environmental impacts, say environmentali...
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Social Participation in effective disposal of garbage ? (Cached) 15.8.2010 Central Chronicle
Social Participation in effective disposal of garbage ?
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Recycling e-waste the need of the hour 15.8.2010 Hindu: Other States
The Mumbai-Pune corridor produces one third of India's electronic waste. A stakeholders' consultation on e-waste management was conducted in Pune to address the issue.The Pune Municipal Cor...
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Survey to fathom how much is generated (Cached) 14.8.2010 TOI: All Headlines
Survey to fathom how much is generated
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Metros show Pune how to handle e-waste (Cached) 14.8.2010 TOI: All Headlines
Metros show Pune how to handle e-waste
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Pune region's e-wasteland is growing (Cached) 14.8.2010 TOI: Cities
Waste from castaway electronic goods in Pune region is as high as 2,500 metric tonnes every year. Sadly, there is no system for its safe and environment-friendly disposal.
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MMRDA will invite bids for e-waste plant (Cached) 9.8.2010 TOI: All Headlines
MMRDA will invite bids for e-waste plant
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Time for mobile users to ring in recycling (Cached) 9.8.2010 Rediff: Business
Mobile phone and PC makers gobble up three per cent of the world's entire gold and silver supply each year, not to mention 13 per cent of palladium, 15 per cent of cobalt, and plenty of copper, steel, nickel and aluminum.
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City's e-waste to have treatment plant (Cached) 9.8.2010 DNA: Mumbai
After being the financial capital, Mumbai has earned the dubious distinction of being the electronic waste capital of India. The city generates about 11,017 tonnes of e-waste every year.
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Time for mobile users to ring in recycling 9.8.2010 Business Standard: Tech World
E-waste, or electronic waste, implies discarded computers, mobiles, refrigerators or any other electronic appliance at the end of its life. With growing consumerism, discarding e-waste has become a big challenge in the country.
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Time to e-cycle your waste (Cached) 8.8.2010 IE: Science & Technology
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