e-waste Archives - Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Street play spreads awareness on e-waste at Forum Mall

September 19, 2017 Poornima Kannan

E-waste is going to be the biggest waste nightmare Bengaluru will see, in a few years. This is what Saahas has been doing to spread awareness on it.

Drop off e-waste at these Bangalore One centres

August 7, 2017 Poornima Kannan

The bE initiative has setup e-Waste collection at Bangalore One centres in 10 wards so far. 3 tonnes of e-waste has been collected and 830 kgs of carbon emissions reduced!

Pollution watchdog reviews implementation of e-waste rules

June 12, 2017 Meera K

KSPCB Chairman reviews the implementation of E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 in Karnataka.

KSPCB talks to industries on e-waste recycling

February 12, 2016 News Desk

E-waste can contaminate ground water and pollute air. KSPCB is trying to educate all industry bodies regarding this and make e-waste handling a smooth and principled affair.

Infrastructure

Between flames, fumes and bare hands: The untold story of Bengaluru’s e-waste

December 9, 2014 Varsha Parashivamurthy

The quantity of e-waste produced in the city is unknown, and facilities for scientific processing non-existent. How then, does the e-waste get processed?

Environment

Now, discard your used batteries safely

May 22, 2008 Supriya Khandekar

A city-wide initiative to safely discard used batteries and CDs has been quietly taking shape at apartments, schools and offices.