Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) launches door-to-door collection of e-waste
Will run the e-waste collection drive every Saturday This is the first time the drive is being introduced to stop... Read More
Delhi LG moots e-waste management park for state
Plans to implement EPR rules for batteries Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has directed officials to chalk out a proposal for... Read More
IIT Delhi develops process to convert e-waste into useful materials
Says e-waste can be considered an “urban mine” for metal recovery The team has successfully installed a 10kg/h (kilogram per... Read More
Railways gets its first waste-to-energy plant
The East Coast Railway has commissioned the government’s first waste-to-energy plant which will turn e-waste and plastic into light diesel... Read More
E-waste: Profitable after recycling, expensive to recycle
For the last few years, 1,600 Japanese municipal officials have been collecting thousands of tonnes of old electronic devices, from... Read More
Tata Power e-waste campaign
This year alone, three million tonnes of e-waste will be generated in India, reports Assocham. Unfortunately, only 5% of this... Read More
DIPP Swachh Bharat Grand Challenge Awards
As part of the Swachhta Pakhwada, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) organized a Swachh Bharat Grand Challenge to... Read More
World-first waste microfactory launched
World’s first microfactory that can revamp the components from electronic waste (e-waste) items into valuable materials for reuse has been... Read More
E-Waste Management rules enhanced
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has said that the Government has amended the E-waste... Read More
Veolia to clean Japan’s N-waste
Veolia, a France-based water treatment company, has entered nuclear waste cleaning sector of Japan through its acquisition of USbased company... Read More
E-Waste to cover CFL and Mercury Lamps too
New E-waste rules will now include Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) and other mercury containing lamps as well as other such... Read More
E-waste Certification
Simply defined, e-waste is the waste generated from used electronic devices and household appliances which are not fit for their... Read More
An Integrated approach to SWM
“From establishing a separate e-waste collection facility, complaint redressal system, litter prevention system to slum up-gradation & rehabilitation, Vadodara Municipal... Read More
Illegal e-waste filling landfills
The annual quantum of dangerous-toxic junk or the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) generated is going to be about... Read More
E-waste unit
The Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal, has initiated the process of setting up an e-waste... Read More
Drop boxes for E-waste
Odisha will soon have drop boxes at various points in all its 30 districts to collect e-waste. The Odisha State... Read More
Emphasis on EPR to regulate e-waste disposal
It is a year since the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 have been implemented in India. Emphasising on the... Read More
Utilizing e-Waste
Bangalore based innovator Suren Vikash has developed a solar-powered eco-friendly bag, which is 85% upcycled, made from waste rubber tyres... Read More
Technopark e-waste collection systems
In the past four years, Technopark campus in Thiruvanathapuram has had a system for collecting e-waste. Every three months the... Read More
Website for Waste Disposal
As streets overflow with recyclable garbage and cities struggle with inept management systems, Kuppathotti.com, an online venture started by Chennai... Read More
