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31st Dec 2008 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nokia-launches-e-waste-management-initiative/52056/on
To promote recycling of electronic waste, Nokia India will launch a campaign where customers can drop their old handset in the company's stores and win gifts. Mobile phone users can dispose their used handsets and accessories like chargers at any of...
14th Oct 2008 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/e-waste-volumesthe-rise/337251/
India is gradually becoming the favourite dumping ground for all sorts of hazardous electronic waste (e-waste) coming mainly from developed countries like USA, Europe and Canada due to lack of proper framework and enviromental regulations. One of th...
17th Sep 2008 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/greenpeace-campaigns-for-tracking-e-waste/334561/
Greenpeace, which has been pursuing the issue of e-waste management in India, has mooted bar coding or holograms or any other means to track computers and other electronic goods during their lifecycle. This is aimed at ensuring that the manu...
20th May 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mait-incubates-electronics-recyclers/-association/395526/
The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) has incubated an Electronics Recyclers’ Association (ERA) to organise electronic waste (e-waste) handling in an environment-friendly manner. ERA will initially comprise nine...
21st Aug 2008 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/greenpeace-asks-hp-to-launch-takeback-policy/331991/
After successfully forcing computer manufacturer Wipro to start an e-waste management policy, global environmental NGO Greenpeace is all set to take computer hardware brand HP into task. “HP does not want an e-waste legislation embracing Indiv...
14th Apr 2010 - http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article396375.ece
Gujarat, which is considered to be the most progressive State in terms of investment and infrastructural development, has been declared as the top contributor to the total hazardous waste generation in the country. According to a report rele...
10th Jun 2010 - http://expressbuzz.com/cities/kochi/thinking-clean-and-green/180230.html
Ever heard of sturdy bags made out of water hyacinth leaves? Or colourful and ecofriendly plastic toys and artifacts recycled from old plastic bottles? At the Exhibition of Eco Products and Solutions at the David Hall, Fort Kochi, you can find an arr...
28th Jun 2010 - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100627155110.htm
The idea to sequester carbon is gaining support as a way to avoid global warming. For example, the European Union plans to invest billions of Euros within the next ten years to develop carbon capture and storage whereby CO2will be extracted at ...
09th Jun 2010 - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/74500/mysore-awaits-fuel-perfume-plastic.html
The corporation plans to set up a manufacturing unit in the heritage city to turn plastic into crude oil; with the spin-offs being diesel, kerosene, wax and even a small quantity of perfume. And when this happens, Mysore will be the first city in the...
23rd Jun 2010 - http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062359690400.htm
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists in the Capital have accused the Delhi Government of dragging its feet over the issue of managing hazardous waste as the city is yet to have a proper data bank of its scrap dealers, the amount of hazardous waste be...