According to a Local Circles survey, 83% of household consumers would prefer that an upfront "End of Life Service Date" declaration become law for all expensive serviceable items including cars, appliances, and gadgets.
The Municipal Corporation of Yamunanagar-Jagadhri (MCYJ) has begun the operation of door-to-door waste collection in zone II after beginning it in zone I. The project intends to improve the hygienic conditions of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri, two twin cities.
The consumption of milk and milk-related goods of all brands results in an estimated 30,000 tonnes of plastic trash being produced daily in Pune. A2 dairy start-up is working to lessen this landfill and plastic waste. In order to enable its customers to bring back their used but cleaned milk pouches for recycling, Truly Desi has partnered with the social organization ProEarth.
Children from Little Flower School, Kerala Samajan Model School, and ADL Sunshine School in Jamshedpur received a one-of-a-kind E-waste Coloring Book from Hulladek Recycling Pvt Ltd, Eastern India's fastest-growing e-waste management company.
After Bengaluru Hyderabad is the second largest IT Hub in south India in terms of electronic waste or e-waste. Yet it doesn't have any proper plan of disposal due to which the majority of the e-waste is either dumped in landfills or get recycled by the unregulated informal sector considering its economic value.
Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative (APCCI), Poornam Ecovision Foundation, and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have come together to help people get rid of e-waste. They together started a door-to-door service for all 15 wards of the city picking up e-waste.
In a unique initiative to promote the proper management of electronic waste an organization has been authorized to collect and process e-waste. With the help of a call, the members of the organization will come to the house or shop and take away the e-waste and will also give money in return.
As part of the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation recently set up an e-waste collection center on its premises with the goals of ensuring responsible e-waste disposal and raising awareness among the public.
One could be forgiven to think that the inhabitants of the city that for years has been called the Silicon Valley of India would be sensitized enough regarding electronic devices and their safe disposal once they are past their utility.
In the wake of the rising danger from e-waste, the Jammu Municipal Corporation has taken steps to start strictly following the rules of e-waste disposal.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.