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Eco Recycling launches mobile app to collect e-waste for recycling Eco Recycling launched a unique initiative, spearheaded through a downloadable app called BookMyJunk. Book My Junk is a mobile app developed to assist environment…

UFlex sets up plastic packaging recycling lines in India Facility in Noida, India, will process PET bottles and discarded multilayer film. Noida, India-based UFlex Limited has announced it is setting up two washing and recycling lines…

COVID-19: Revised guidelines show how biomedical waste must be handled Extra precautions to be taken by sanitation workers, healthcare facilities and COVID-19 isolation wards are also described Concerns over biomedical waste generated…

E-waste to increase 38% by 2030: Report Most electronic waste around the world still not being collected and recycled properly: United Nations University Global e-waste — discarded electrical and electronic equipment — will increase by…

India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution India recycles just one per cent of its construction and…

Colgate India launches ReCyClean, a toothbrush made of recycled plastic Colgate ReCyClean’s bristles are made of plant-based material After its recent launch of recyclable toothpaste tubes, Colgate India said it’s taking the next step…

Gravita India starts battery recycling unit in Gujarat; to invest Rs 62 cr Recycling firm Gravita India on Monday said it has operationalised its new battery recycling unit near Mundra Port in Gujarat and plans to invest a total of Rs 62…

Electric cars are taking off, but when will battery recycling follow? Synopsis Sales of electric cars and trucks are taking off, and the auto and battery industries are investing billions of dollars to upgrade and build factories. These…

India generates 3.6 lakh million tonnes plastics waste, 50% of it recycled SYNOPSIS The minister also said that the number of registered plastic waste processors under Plastic Waste Management Rules is 1,419. All developed and…

India recycles only 30 per cent of 3.4 MT plastic waste generated annually: Report Synopsis Over a five-year period, the plastic consumption in the country has risen at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7 per cent to 14 MT in…