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Attero looks to set up e-waste recycling, dismantling plants

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 9, 2014

Attero, an electronic assets management and recycling company, would look to set up e-waste recycling and dismantling plants at multiple locations. It now has a recycling plant at Roorkee and a dismantling plant at Bangalore that is getting ready,...

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Subject Tags: e-waste

Two years on, electronic waste continues to choke metro cities

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 6, 2014

 Last week's e-waste management and strategies in New Delhi reflected on mitigation actions taken to date, and the emergence of exciting new opportunities in this sector. While private entrepreneurs continue to experiment with different business models for clean recycling to...

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Attero looks to set up e-waste recycling, dismantling plants

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014

 Attero, an electronic assets management and recycling company, would look to set up e-waste recycling and dismantling plants at multiple locations. It now has a recycling plant at Roorkee and a dismantling plant at Bangalore that is getting ready, according to Rohan Gupta,...

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Subject Tags: e-waste , Labor , Technology

Tackling e-waste challenge

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 23, 2014
HYDERABAD, JANUARY 23:  
Even as municipalities grapple with the problem of growing mounds of waste, electronic waste (e-waste) is fast emerging as a big challenge.
 
In initial efforts to address this, Guide Foundation for Development,...
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Subject Tags: e-waste , Technology

Clean E-India, GFFD to manage e-waste collection, recycling

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 21, 2014
Clean E-India initiative has collaborated with Guide Foundation for Development (GFFD) here to implement "safe and responsible" waste collection and recycling of electronic and electrical goods in the city. 
 
Clean E-India initiative was jointly...
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Subject Tags: e-waste , India

Developing world overtakes the U.S. in e-waste

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 9, 2014

Now that the holidays are over and so many gadgets have been replaced with the newest versions of TVs, cell phones and tablets, a story on e-waste in the U.S. was inevitable. This year is different, however, because for the...

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City awaits e-waste disposal system

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 29, 2013

 How do you dispose of the many dead batteries or a damaged phone that inevitably comes your way? More often than not, this situation would leave you confused.

Lakhs of households across the city know little on how to systematically deal with e-waste, most of which...

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India to generate 1.5 lakh tonne e-waste a year by 2020

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 7, 2013

India needs to sharpen focus on e-waste recycling and disposal as it is expected to generate about 1.5 lakh tonne of wastage from the use of electronics every year by 2020, IT hardware industry body MAIT said today. 

It also stressed the need for creating greater...

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Karnataka govt to support sustainable business models for handling e-waste

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 27, 2013

The Karnataka government has indicated that it would support developing sustainable business models for handling as well as dsposal of electronic waste(e-waste), which if of late recognized as a major problem. 

"Thee...

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Recycle e-waste

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2013
Bangalore’s reputation as India’s premier tech town could be swamped soon by a less savoury aspect of its technological advancement – the avalanche of electronic waste it is generating.
 
India’s third largest generator of e-waste, Bangalore is...
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Subject Tags: e-waste