The traders of Chungathara in the district are leading the way in creating a clean and garbage-free village.

Aiming at total cleanliness, the traders, under the banner of the Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti (KVVES), secured the assistance of the Chungathara grama panchayat, the Total Sanitation and Health Mission (TSHM), the Mar Thoma College, and the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Mar Thoma Higher Secondary School in its effort to devise a cleanliness project titled ‘clean village, beautiful village.'

KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation’s delay in taking a final decision on handing over the land to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) for setting up a storage centre is hindering the launch of the e-waste management project. The project will become a reality only if the Corporation hand over the land to CREDAI to build the storage unit.

In an attempt to curb the indiscriminate disposal of used lead-acid batteries and avoid backyard smelting as a means of disposal, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is collaborating with various stakeholders to regulate battery waste in the State. So far, 65 of the 262 dealers in the State have been registered.

he ICT sector, one of the biggest guzzlers of energy and commercial space in India, has a huge role to play in helping India meet the goals of climate change, says a new report.

“The ICT sector cannot bring about change, but it can be a key enabler,” said Mr Som Mittal, President, Nasscom, at the release of the report here on Thursday.

Sixteen interested companies attended pre-bid meeting on Thursday for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) project to build an electronic waste processing plant at Bhiwandi. The MMRDA also extended the last date for the submission of bids by a month, from the earlier December 28 deadline, on the request of the participating companies.

Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age. As consumers continually upgrade their electronic devices, the old devices are discarded and usually end up in a toxic e-waste dump, usually located in a poor developing country. Such a dump is located in the capital city of the African country, Ghana. Toxic chemicals from the dump, known as the Agbogbloshie scrap metal site, have affecting the nearby community market, church headquarters, and school. Contaminants include lead, cadmium, and others, some at levels over 50 times higher than risk-free levels.