E-waste is a serious public health and environmental issue in India. Approximately 2 million tons of e-waste are generated annually. E-waste management is dominated by the informal sector, with a ...

These 24 minerals have been identified as strategic and essential for India’s clean energy goals and its target of achieving ...

With India generating about 150-500 million tonne of construction & demolition waste every year which poses serious challenges including air and water pollution, the Centre has notified rules to ...

Developing countries like India are receiving ... existence of sufficient e-waste management systems. The ‘Global E-waste Monitor 2017’ reported that informal recycling operations have been ...

Many industry experts that Inc42 spoke with on Global Recycling Day say that India ... its management. In August last year, the Indian government notified the Battery Waste Management Rules ...

Plastic waste management has assumed increased significance as a global environmental issue due to the fact that uncontrolled disposal leads to pollution of our lands, water bodies, and air.

The recent Howrah dumping ground disaster is a stark reminder of solid waste mismanagement in West Bengal, and the dire need ...

Yet, target 12.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls to “substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling ... institution in India, developed an innovative ...

This situation exposed the failure of the Thane municipal corporation to operate a functional waste management mechanism ... forcing the administration to abruptly halt dumping of trash.

The UK ends up with about 50 million waste tyres (nearly 700,000 tonnes) in need of recycling every year and around half of those are exported to India - according to official figures - where they ...