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Strong metaphorical messages can help tackle toxic e-waste
Consumers told that not recycling their batteries 'risked polluting the equivalent of 140 Olympic swimming pools every year' were more likely to participate in an electronic waste recycling scheme, a new study has found.
The paper from the…
The path for successful e-waste management in India – Times of India
Col AA Jafri (Retd), Acting Director General, MAITNot long ago, on the eve of Gandhi Jayantilast year, the Prime Minister had made a clarion call to eliminate the “mountains of garbage “ in Indian cities and pledged to prevent untreated…
Mangalore man receives stone and e-waste from Flipkart, after ordering a laptop- Technology News,…
FP StaffOct 27, 2022 17:12:50 ISTA Flipkart customer from Mangalore who had purchased a gaming laptop during the platform’s annual Diwali sale received a stone and some e-waste instead of his laptop recently.
Sellers on e-commerce…
Post-pandemic E-waste crisis : Is India ready to face it? How ready are our laws
As the pandemic pushed the consumption of electronic goods even further in the work-from-home ecosystem in India, the volume of e-waste generated in the country is expected to grow exponentially in the coming times.…
India’s E-Waste Challenges Amid Boom in EV Sector, Explains Attero CEO Nitin Gupta
Electronic waste is becoming a serious concern for India as the 2020 report from Global E-Waste Monitor said the country’s e-waste generation has increased over 2.5 times to 3.23 million metric tonnes in six years till 2019.
The exponential…
The EU’s new universal charger policy claims to tackle e-waste — will it?
Slashing e-waste was a major driver in European Union lawmakers’ proposal yesterday to mandate a universal charger for mobile phones and other devices. But there are still a lot of other factors that have to come together for the measure…
Government To Not Allow Import Of Refurbished Apple iPhones, Laptops As It May Increase E-waste
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that under the Foreign Trade Policy, 201520, import of refurbished or reconditioned spares of refurbished parts of personal computers,…
India spends $2 million annually destroying data storage devices: Study
Pune: A new research by Blancco Technology Group shows that Indian government and public sector organisations spend as much as $2 million annually on the physical destruction of solid-state drives (SSDs), a data storage device widely used…
Haryana better placed than Punjab, HP in e-waste management
Tribune News Service
Vijay C RoyChandigarh, February 16Haryana is much better placed than many other states when it comes to managing electronic or…