E-waste Recycling – The Right Solution for the Digital Dark Age
E-waste is rapidly becoming a serious threat to the environment as more gadgets are being discarded after use for newer models and snazzier designs. And all these old electronics are either being dumped in landfills or being disposed by untrained [...]
E-waste & the Informal Recycling Sector: How They Affect the Environment
E-waste in India is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing portions of the solid waste stream. The rapid uptake of technology coupled with new gadgets being launched at regular intervals has led to early obsolescence of electronic and electrical [...]
IFC & Attero Join Hands for a Clean Sweep – Clean E-India Initiative
Did you know e-waste in India is all set to touch 1.72 million metric tons by 2020!Did you know that electronics contain hazardous toxins that can cause serious environmental pollution and even be fatal to life! With new gadgets being [...]
E-Waste Management & Urban Mining – The Road to El Dorado
Billions in precious metals lie discarded in landfills. Every year 320 tons of gold and 7,500 tons of silver are used for manufacturing cell phones, PCs, tablets and other consumer electronics. Urban mining deposits of precious metals are about 40 [...]
The Problem of E-waste – Electronics Designed for the Landfill
E-waste today is the fastest growing portion of the world’s waste stream. At the current growth rate, e-waste in India is all set to touch the 1.72 million metric ton mark by 2020. This is because, as consumers, we keep [...]
Top 3 Reasons Why E-Waste Doesn’t Belong in Your Garbage!
Have you ever wondered what happens to your e-waste or electronic waste when you dump them in your regular garbage can? Chances are your old electronic gadgets will either end up in landfills, where it will take a long time [...]
Guide to Recycle Your E-Waste
Don’t Just Trash Your Electronics, Recycle it Right: Guide to Recycling Your E-Waste So you’ve got yourself a new smartphone. Now, what’s going to happen to the old one? Will you just let it lie around in one of your [...]
Blood Mobiles & Conflict Minerals-2: Recycling E-Waste: The Right Solution
Recycling E-Waste: The Right Solution Coltan along with various other conflict minerals used in the manufacture of mobile phones and other electronics are recyclable. Old electronics instead of being dumped in landfills or broken down by scrap dealers, could be [...]
Blood Mobiles & Conflict Minerals-1: Your Mobile Could Be Funding War & Human Rights Abuse
Your Mobile Could Be Funding War & Human Rights Abuse Known as the deadliest conflict worldwide since the Second World War (WWII), the Second Congo War left 5.4 million dead, and millions of others displaced. It involved eight nations in [...]
Proper E-Waste Disposal-A Necessity!
E-waste or electronic waste primarily consists of end of life electronics that have been discarded. Electronics contain a number of components, which can prove to be harmful to the environment and the human body, if it’s not disposed off in [...]
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