Better manage e-waste, improve working conditions for recyclers: ILO

The UN agency has called for urgent steps to promote investments in the sector to create “decent” working conditions

UK changes its waste strategy for circular economy with Brexit

Maximise the value of resource use, and minimise adverse environmental impacts, aims new waste strategy of UK

Delhi HC asks city authorities if there is a policy to dispose toxic e-waste

The court expressed concern over the rising e-waste in the capital city and asked the municipal bodies and government whether there was a policy …

Chennai’s soil, Delhi’s air most contaminated due to high PCB concentration: study       

Informal recycling of e-waste, open burning of solid waste, combustion of coal and ship-breaking activities cause PCB contamination

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Alang awaits toxic ship

Centre stalls Platinum II beaching

Hills of greyville

Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag

Metallic lustre in food

Tax on recycled plastic proposed; industry criticises government

Tax on recycled plastic

More steel means more livelihood loss, pollution

Unmanaged waste in Tripura

Biomedical waste management system fails to take off in Tripura

Misguided shot

The Basel convention guidelines to manage plastic waste miss the point: reducing plastics is the real solution

Centre amends Plastic Waste Rules, but misses out on strengthening implementation

The amendment does not address the issue of changes needed in plastic waste rules concerning extended producer responsibility

Centre amends e-waste management rules 2016 yet again

Even the producers or importers, who have recently started their operations, have been given a collection target which is lesser than the targets …

Plastic oil

Ideal disposal for waste plastic bottles

Mumbai produces highest e-waste

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Ghaziabad battles noxious fumes from burnt batteries

Wheels of pollution

No one is tracking the substantial amount of lead that escapes into the environment from car tyres

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

What about recycling for solar PV?

With a target of 100 GW, India has made no plans for disposal of e-waste that the solar sector will generate

Green technique can convert plaster of Paris waste into useful products

Scientists from Pune and Mumbai use hazardous medical waste to make ammonium sulphate and calcium bicarbonate

End-of-life neglect

Safe recycling of e-waste remains a pipe dream despite government rules

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