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CII for reduction in custom duty to save copper (recycling) industry
The units in Jammu are becoming unviable and unless immediate steps are not taken, 150 such units, which were providing employment to over 10,000 people, may be closed down, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), J&K, Chairman Sanjay Puri told reporters here.
A special report on waste: Talking rubbish | The Economist
Entrepreneurs were queuing up to scour rubbish for anything that could be recycled. There was even talk of mining old landfills to extract steel and aluminium cans. And waste that could not be recycled should at least be used to generate energy, the evangelists argued. A brave new wasteless world seemed nigh.
But since then plummeting prices for virgin paper, plastic and fuels, and hence also for the waste that substitutes for them, have put an end to such visions. Many of the recycling firms that had argued rubbish was on the way out now say that unless they are given financial help, they themselves will disappear.
Copper recyclers ready for overhaul-China Mining
Most of Wang's neighbors were not so fortunate. Recyclers in Qingyuan have lost an estimated $4.4 billion since the bottom dropped out of the marketWidely known as a copper recycling center, Qingyuan once had a workforce of 80,000, employed by 22 national companies and more than 150 medium-sized enterprises. Of those, 20 percent have gone bankrupt, 50 percent have been cut in half, and the remainder has lost about one-third of their market value, according to a local recycling association.
For Qingyuan, the disaster was unpredictable, but instructive. Recyclers typically locked in the price when they signed a contract with foreign suppliers. Saddled with fixed operating costs, that left them nowhere to go when the price for their product dropped, according to Yan Jinming, general manager of CITIC Securities Futures.
E-waste growing 10% a year in India
India's Department of Scientific and Industrial Research released a study this week that says e-waste is growing at a rate of 10 percent a year in India, with 95 percent headed to urban slums for segregating,
Easier Recycling Of Electronic Waste - Engineer Live
The aim of this project, known as Sormen, is to develop a technology for the separation of scrap metal from electronic waste based on a multispectral vision system and incorporate it into a recycling plant. This new machine overcomes the limitations of current, essentially manual, methods that are labour-intensive and time-consuming, and which are unable to separate metals whose characteristics of colour, shape and weight are similar.
33% of Consumers Want to Buy Greener Electronics
According to Environmental Leader, via the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), thirty-three percent of consumers plan to buy greener gadgets over the next two years.
Gadget firms slammed over emissions failings
It’s also a thumbs down for Philips, which despite being a leader on energy, still scores abysmally on e-waste, and is actually still lobbying against progressive legislation to tackle the e-waste problem.
Panasonic Rolling Out Electronics Recycling Program
Recycling electronics is never easy, so it’s extremely helpful when electronics companies take it upon themselves to help out. Panasonic announced today that is creating a program in the United States to let consumers easily recycle Panasonic products free of charge. The program, which is scheduled to start November 1, is being managed by the Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company—a joint venture between Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sharp.
China adopts recycling law, boost sustainable development_English_Xinhua
The aim of the law is to boost sustainable development through energy saving and
reduction of pollutant discharges.
Panasonic recycles home appliances at Eco Technology Center | Green News | Eco News
Panasonic encouraged by the Japanese Home Appliance Recycling Law has set up a lab called the ‘Eco Technology Center’ to recycle these products with the cooperation of consumers, retailers and of course manufacturers.
EU lawmakers agree recycling goals to cut landfill | Environment | Reuters
The European Parliament voted for the goal of recycling or re-using half of the main types of EU household waste by 2020 and 70 percent of all waste from building and demolition.
Over 1.8 billion tonnes of waste are generated each year in Europe, equating to 3.5 tonnes per person, of which less than a third is recycled.
Waste-Reducing Computers - Clear by Wataru Watanabe (GALLERY)
His Clear PC concept is designed to increase the life span of mobile computers and improve their sustainability by fitting them with a smart upgrading system and an OLED display screen and stylus input that will minimize the need for peripherals.
Directory:How You Can Help - PESWiki
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- Recycling / Waste-to-Energy / Conservation > The Story of Stuff (http://www.storyofstuff.com) - Brilliant, entertaining, must-see, 20-minute video/cartoon by Annie Leonard describes the problems with the status quo linear supply chain, driven by consumerism, which is unsustainable and self-destructive; and encourages a renewable, responsible, self-sustaining, cyclical approach. (StoryofStuff.com)
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