As the second-largest producer of e-waste in the world, India needs to develop effective waste management solutions and take responsibility for its own e-waste management.

As the second-largest producer of e-waste in the world, India needs to develop effective waste management solutions and take responsibility for its own e-waste management.

As per the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP), global e-waste volumes soared by 53% in the 2014–19 phase and reached 53.6 million metric tonnes. As per the report, only about one-sixth of it reached e-waste (electronic waste) recycling facilitie...

Although our lives are busy and super-fast, as consumers of technology, it is our responsibility to save the environment from electronic waste and the toxins they release. We simply need to follow some healthy practices:

The Centre had laid down rules, with respect to e-waste management and the most important of them is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), in 2016 which was recently updated in 2021. The rule states that it is mandatory for electric and electronic equip...

Surprising but true; the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on e-waste generation and management. Several researches and surveys have shown that due to COVID-19 induced lockdowns and the subsequent change in the work culture, about 50 % enterpr...

Circular Economy Approach works on an innovative economic model to tackle the global crises of pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change and e-waste management.

Here are the five ways in which citizen participation in e-waste management can be increased:

In the race to buy the latest technology, we tend to accumulate the amount of e-waste that we cannot handle without seeking help from an e-waste management company like Namo E-waste, which has an electronic waste recycling plant in India.

The country generates about 3.2MT of e-waste annually and the number is expected to increase in the coming years. Also, about 82 % of India’s e-waste consists only of personal devices. Why is all this alarming? What can the citizens do to control it?

Namo E-Waste having its electronic waste recycling plant in India would like to bring to your notice that recycling of e-waste enables creation of new products and substances that can be used to enhance the physical properties of metals and alloys.

For a long time, globally there were unsustainable development patterns which along with climate changes compelled the United Nations to come up with 17 SDGs (sustainable development goals). The same was launched in 2015. These set of goals made governmen...