Less than five per cent of India's total electronic waste (e-waste) gets recycled due to absence of proper infrastructure, legislation and framework, industry body Assocham said today.

In its analys

Barely a month since E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules came into force in the state on May 1, several IT firms and even some top officials of government departments, ‘bulk consumers’ category as

“We sincerely thank Deccan Chronicle for the e-waste campaign launched in a first of its kind initiative at the Madras University on April 1.

The main aim of this initiative, which is to step up aw

Even though e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules have come into force from Tuesday, the AP Pollution Control Board is still gearing up for implementation and strict enforcement of these rules with

E-waste management rules 2011 came into force on Tuesday. The consumers are now armed with the right to demand the electronic gadget manufactures to recycle e-waste. Defective gadgets and outdated el

Builder C.M. Rajinikanth of Metha Nagar gave away nearly 34 kg of electronic waste during our recent collection of e-waste campaign in Chennai.

He disposed of outdated speakers, old CPU and a printe

The Green Chronicle campaign by DC hit the streets of Chennai this weekend. With the social welfare minister Ms B.Valarmathi giving away an outdated inverter and old cables from her house in KK Nagar

It has almost been nine years since the Hazardous Waste Management Rules (2003) were formulated but still electronic waste and hazardous materials are not treated scientifically in Chennai and are du

Alarm bells rang out at the launch of the month-long DC campaign on e-waste management in the city on Sunday.

Before anybody pushes the panic button on the issue, speakers at the inaugural,—US consu

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, University of Madras has teamed up with UK’s Northampton University to offer a two-year online MBA programme and also Ph.D in waste management through its Centre of