Despite the threats that improper handling of hazardous waste, particularly electronic waste (e-waste), poses to human health ...

E-waste management in Bangladesh is currently a victim of weak policy and systemic disorder. Approximately 97% of e-waste is processed informally due to the lack of good governance, a Transparency ...

International E-Waste Day, celebrated annually on October 14, raises awareness about the growing problem of electronic waste and promotes responsible e-waste management, with a focus on recovering ...

The proliferation of e-waste, or electronic waste, has become a pressing global issue with significant environmental and health implications. E-waste refers to discarded products with a battery or ...

Centre working on a separate regulatory framework for solar PV waste, delinking it from e-waste rules - Existing e-waste ...

Discover how India and South Africa are confronting the urgent challenge of e-waste, the fastest-growing waste stream ...

Bangladesh’s hazardous waste, particularly electronic waste (e-waste), is being managed amid serious governance failures, as authorities have largely failed to enforce existing laws, according to a ...

Experts highlight that inadequate waste management in India results from a lack of infrastructure and community involvement, ...

An electronic waste (e-waste) recycling pilot project has been introduced, to address the “growing crisis” of e-waste management in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The pilot was launched ...

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), along with Madurai district administration in collaboration with E Cycle Solutions Private Limited, Chennai, is to organise a mass e-waste collection drive ...

Nepal generated 42,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste in 2023, up from 13,000 tons in 2013. All photos: SUMAN NEPALI A New York Times report this week on Nepal’s electric vehicle boom was ...