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Report: Workshop on worker’s safety in e-waste recycling units
E-waste is a critical waste issue globally. The concerns in India are heightened due to rudimentary and environmentally unsafe recycling practices in the informal sector, which leads to massive pollution and toxic releases. Workers involved in dismantling…
International workshop “Designing Take Back Systems for E-waste” in India
December 11 and 12, Toxics Link is organising an international workshop on “Designing Take Back Systems for E-waste” in New Delhi, India. E- waste, one of the fastest growing waste segments globally, is of significant…
NGO comments on Indian e-waste legislation
The full concerns as brought forward by Toxics Link in August 2010. A summary: Objectives: The Objective of the Draft states that is to enable “recovery and reuse”, thereby relegating the objective to “safeguard environment…
Discarded mobile phones add up to tonnes of electronic waste in India
Toxics Dispatch #37 A huge amount of electronic waste is generated by discarded mobile phones in India. The Indian mobile phone market adds almost 10 million annual subscribers, writes Toxics Link in Toxics Dispatch #…
Delhi change maker eliminates e-waste
Do you know that India alone generates more than 4 lakh tones of electronic waste, which is highly toxic in nature and requires appropriate technology and process for its sound management?, writes Toxics Link. If…