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Attero to go global with e-waste innovation

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2013
Attero Recycling, an early entrant in the electronic waste (e-waste) recycling space, is on its way to prove that green business is not just about creating a better world, but actually doing good business too.
 
Attero is set to export its innovative “...
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Investor interest in e-waste startups surges on new rules mandating disposal

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 10, 2013
Numerous companies that recycle electronic waste are seeing a spurt in growth and drawing investor interest after new rules placing the onus on producers and bulk consumers for the safe disposal of used gadgets came into effect last year.
 
The e-waste...
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NDMC struggles to raise awareness about e-waste

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 24, 2013
New Delhi Municipal Council's ambitious electronic waste collection project is facing problems as residents of the VIP zone have turned a deaf ear to the pleas of agency to dispose of e-waste in bins marked for it.
 
According to a senior official at...
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Attero Launches Clean E-India Environment Month E-waste Collection Drives

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 7, 2013

While in 2011 urban infrastructure development was allocated 0.7% of GDP, some studies have shown that this spending needs to be increased to at least 1.1% by 2031-32 .Attero has launched a month long series of E-waste Collection Drives as part of its Environment Month...

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Drop boxes for e-waste soon in Odisha

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2013

Drop boxes just like dustbins will be installed at different locations in all the 30 districts of the state to spread awareness about e-waste collection. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked five authorized collection centres to put up the boxes.

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Mining gold from e-waste, the CMET way

By : Sustainability ..., May 2, 2013

You can now strike gold from e-waste.

Using technology, it is possible to recycle gold worth lakhs of rupees from junked computer monitors, motherboards, televisions and other electronic products.

NEW TECH

The Centre for Materials for Electronics...

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Subject Tags: e-waste , Technology

Attero, World Bank arm tie up for e-waste recycling

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2013

Electronic waste has rightly been identified as one of the biggest potential environmental disasters. With the world producing 40 million tonnes of e-waste every year, and this figure growing at an alarming rate, the need for escalating sustainable e-waste...

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Over 40 million tonnes e-waste generated globally each year: Kapil Sibal

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 9, 2013

Around 40-50 million tonnes of electronics waste is generated globally every year out of which India accounts for just 0.8 million, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said.

"By the time, market in domestic industry becomes buoyant, people get concerned about...

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5 e-waste centres in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 24, 2013

The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has authorized five collection centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to collect electronic wastes and send it to registered recyclers for recovery of metals and other materials.

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Church, civic body tie-up to dispose e-waste in Kochi

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 18, 2013

The Kochi corporation's move to solve the hazardous e-waste problem in the city has got a shot in the arm, courtesy the church.

With the civic body cornered on dumping plastic waste at the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant, the accumulating e-waste in the city...

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Subject Tags: e-waste , Technology