User: fredericknoronha Topic: e-waste
Category: e-waste
Last updated: May 19 2013 18:41 IST RSS 2.0
 
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The ‘take back’ model 19.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The ‘take back’ model
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Wired in toxicity 19.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Wired in toxicity
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The ‘take back’ model 19.5.2013 Hindu: News
To combat the enormous problem posed by e-waste, Attero Recycling and IFC are training rag-pickers and scrap dealers to aid the process
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Wired in toxicity 19.5.2013 Hindu: News
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
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Green panel wants scanners in scrap market (Cached) 11.5.2013 TOI: Delhi Times
Green panel wants scanners in scrap market
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Green tribunal bans use of gas, electronic cutters in dismantling machinery in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market (Cached) 10.5.2013 Down to Earth

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.

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National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market (Cached) 9.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market
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Pollution board plans to streamline e-waste collection in state 9.5.2013 Orissa News, Bhubaneshwar News, Bhubaneshwar City News | Times of India Orissa City News
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.
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Delhi among US cellphones junkyards 7.5.2013 Deccan Herald - Analysis
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 — copper wires, gold and silver threads — 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 ...
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Why America’s junk cellphones land in India (Cached) 6.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Why America’s junk cellphones land in India
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Piling e-waste turning city toxic 6.5.2013 Hyderabad News, Hyderabad City News | Cities News - Times of India
Piling e-waste turning city toxic
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Mining gold from e-waste, the CMET way 1.5.2013 HBL: Gold
WEALTH FROM DROSS
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Dispose waste the artistic way 1.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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.
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Disposal of E-waste (Cached) 29.4.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Disposal of E-waste

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Lab to analyse hazardous e-wastes opened 28.4.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Lab to analyse hazardous e-wastes opened
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C-MET strikes gold with e-waste 28.4.2013 Hindu: Hyderabad
There’s a fortune to be earned for those disposing of discarded computers and mobiles in a scientific way
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Log in to dispose e-waste 25.4.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Log in to dispose e-waste
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Log in to dispose e-waste 25.4.2013 Hindu: Cities
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...
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PCB to take stock of State’s e-waste 24.4.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
PCB to take stock of State’s e-waste
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e-waste collection centre to open soon 24.4.2013 Hindu: Kochi
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...
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