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TOXICITY of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has seen an upsurge of interest in recent years. These compounds exhibit toxicity similar to that of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD). This information on PCB has prompted several investigat...
Introduction Over the years, together with a spreading of environmental consciousness, there has been a change in the traditionally-held perception that there is a trade-off between environmental quality and economic growth as people...
Introduction Packaging presents a major growth area where there has been an increasing demand for plastics and 52% of the plastics produced in India are utilized for packaging. Among the commodity plastics, polyethylene (PE) and poly...
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (Deparment of Environment, Forest and Wildlife) NOTIFICA TION New Delhi, the 19th November, 1986 S.O. 844(E). -In exercise of the powers conferred by sectio...
THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 (Central Act 29 OF 1986) [23rd May, 1986] An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith. Whereas the decisions were taken at the United Nation...
S.O. 593(E).- Whereas the draft of certain rules called the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Amendment Rules, 2002 was published under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests number S.O...
1. Introduction 1.1. Research questions Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) is “the fastest growing waste stream in the world”, containing very hazardous materials. That is why the handling of it is...
Introduction India plans a large expansion of nuclear power. The Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) projects that hundreds of nuclear reactors will be constructed over the next few decades (Grover and Chandra, 2006). There is widesprea...
The paper industry in India is more than a century old. Commercial production of paper started as early as 1879. Limitations with respect to forest-based raw materials forced the Indian paperindustry, in these early stages of the ...
India is the seventh largest country in the world and Asia’s second largest nation, with an area of 3,287,263 km2. The Indian mainland stretches from 8.o4’ to 37o 6’N latitude and from 68o7’ to 97o 25&rsquo...