Quad vows to invest $20 billion towards critical minerals supply chainsIndia, Australia, Japan, and the US are pooling up to $20 billion to bolster critical minerals supply chains. This initiative aims to reduc...
26 May, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
A 15-year-old Sierra Leonean teen built batteries and a radio station from scrap partsA young innovator named Kelvin Doe from Sierra Leone built batteries, generators, and a radio station using discarded electronics. He salva...
19 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Centre approves 58 companies under critical mineral recycling schemeThe Mines Ministry has approved 58 companies under a ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme to promote recycling of critical minerals as part of the...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
Recyclekaro plans Rs 240 crore fundraise, weighs IPO amid expansion pushRecyclekaro plans to raise Rs 240 crore and explore an IPO as it expands e-waste and lithium-ion recycling capacity. The company is scaling...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
Delhi's big leap into green future: Minister visits Norway’s top e-waste plant to build India’s first eco parkDelhi's industries and environment minister, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, visited a cutting-edge e-waste facility in Norway to gather insights fo...
05 Aug, 2025, 12.59 PM IST
Urban mining: Why e-waste processing is a billion-dollar opportunity India shouldn’t missUrban mining has the potential to not only save the environment from e-waste, but also make India self-reliant in critical metals and creat...
27 Apr, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
Over 3.54 lakh tonnes of e-waste was collected, processed in FY21: Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev ChandrasekharUnder the Rules, producers and their service providers, dismantlers, recyclers, refurbishers are responsible for the collection of e-waste,...
08 Dec, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
NGT directs DPCC to submit report on 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units in Delhi NCRThe tribunal directed that a copy of this order be sent to the DPCC, District Magistrates East and North East Delhi, Uttar Pradesh state po...
22 Oct, 2019, 03.09 PM IST
Mounting e-waste pile doesn’t bother Bengaluru citizensBengaluru, which accounts for about a third of India’s software exports and home to over 7,000 startups, produced 37,000 tonnes of e-waste ...
03 Oct, 2018, 11.10 AM IST
About time to institutionalize E-waste management practicesFor buyers too, the story follows a similar script – buy it, use it, dump it and forget about it – environment be damned!
28 Feb, 2016, 04.48 PM IST
How e-waste can produce more gold than miningE-waste, which comprises precious metals like gold and silver, can produce more gold than what is obtained through mining, a senior academi...
13 Jan, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
76% of e-waste workers suffer from respiratory ailments: StudyThe government has recently launched "Swachh Bharat Mission" or "Clean India Mission" which aims to mobilise masses and seeks to create a c...
03 Jun, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
- Karnataka govt to support sustainable business models for handling e-waste
The Karnataka government has indicated that it would support developing sustainable business models for handling as well as dsposal of elec...
27 Nov, 2013, 08.52 PM IST
- Govt implements e-waste disposal scheme
The MoFE is implementing a scheme to provide financial assistance for setting up of integrated recycling facilities for e-waste on PPP mode.
21 Aug, 2012, 03.56 PM IST
- GreenTek Reman offers a new horizon for E-cycling
GreenTek Reman, an end-to-end electronic waste (e-waste) recycling company is offering e-waste management services initiating a socially re...
26 Jul, 2012, 11.23 AM IST
- E-waste volume to increase in coming years
India would be confronted with the threat of accumulation of E-waste in the coming years if necessary policy and regulations are not put in...
07 Jul, 2010, 12.05 PM IST
- Noida-based firm to recycle e-waste
The Central Pollution Control Board has registered for the first time a Noida-based firm for recycling of e-waste, which poses a grave risk...
01 Jun, 2009, 06.26 PM IST