E Waste

Apple says that executives' yearly bonuses will depend on social and environmental values

Financial targets and thresholds for executive bonuses at Apple will not change.

World is on track to generate 74 mn metric tonnes of e-waste annually by 2030: Report

E-waste is also a source of plastic waste, which, if not recycled, can contribute to global warming.

After Apple, Samsung might stop offering chargers with new smartphones from 2021

Excluding the in-box chargers might lead to low production cost and will reduce the e-waste.

The world dumped 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year and recycled only 17.4 percent

China was the biggest contributor to e-waste with 10.1 million tonnes, second was US with 6.9 million tonnes and India third with 3.2 million tonnes.

Chinese novel The Waste Tide goes where little writing ever does — the recycling industry and class inequality at its heart

The greatest lesson of Chinese author Chen Qiufan’s little-known novel, The Waste Tide, may be that trash is frequently invisible to those who create it — as are the people who process it, such as manual scavengers, the labourers in ship breaking yards and so on.

Govt raises concern over fake invoicing in B2B trade impacting GST collections; Centre to bring more transparency in system

This under-reporting has become a challenge for the government, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur said.

Delhi sealing drive: In Mayapuri scrap market, implementation of e-waste rules lags due to political slugfest

Leaders from BJP and AAP are engaged in a political slugfest rather than finding a resolution to the sealing drive in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market which has made over 10,000 workers jobless

China's recyclable e-waste to double in value to $24 billion by 2030: Greenpeace

Rising levels of consumption may drive the economic value of recyclable metals up by 2030.

Kerala, After The Flood: Piling waste raises risks to health, environment; management by local bodies is need of hour

Kerala already faces health hazards caused directly by the flood, but the situation will worsen if the wastes lie piled up for too long without management.

India among top five nations in e-waste generation; adding majorly to that pile are Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu: Report

India is among the top five e-waste generating countries in the world besides China, the US, Japan and Germany, according to a report released by Assocham and NEC