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Even as the Central Pollution Control Body seeks feedback on the draft guidelines on e-waste management in India, Delhi-based Toxics Link has released a pioneering study mapping the e-waste scenario in Kolkata, revealing that not only is the city fast joining other metros in e-waste generation, but is also emerging as a major centre for hazardous e-waste recycling in its residential areas that is being imported from overseas apart from other parts of India.

A bright idea to shrink the digital divide, and Third World landfills

A UN-led group is grappling with the growing crisis of high-tech trash.
By Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

Mountains of outdated electronics are rising worldwide, and a United Nations-led initiative launched in Bonn, Germany Wednesday is trying to set standards on how to recycle it.

The electronics industry is often considered a 'clean' industry. But sleek shiny gadgets hide a darker side of the industry. The new Greenpeace report 'Cutting Edge Contamination' exposes that some of the electronics industries' biggest brands, and their suppliers, are contaminating rivers and underground wells with a wide range of hazardous chemicals during production.

Greenpeace Article: Cutting edge contamination
Download Report from the Greenpeace Website

EPA: Sustainable solution to Electronic waste

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an emerging principle for a new generation of pollution prevention policies. It imposes accountability over the entire life-cycle of products and packaging introduced in the market.

Hello ,

My name is John Mathew from Rajkot,India, basically into academics but currently working for an Exports company.

I am currently doing my PhD from Saurashtra University. my topic is "The scope of usage of ICT for development of emerging economies like India (with specific refernce to Gujarat)". I have chosen this topic because of my interest in this area and passion for the same.

I have been doing my PhD in ICT for development but i am not able to get much guidance here from resources as to what can be examples of Variables (dependant and independant) in this area from a PhD point of view.

Greenpeace: Acer and Lenovo are the latest of the top computer makers to commit to stop using the worst toxic chemicals in their products. Along with Motorola these companies are the biggest movers in the latest version of our Guide to Greener Electronics. Disappointingly for Mac fans, Apple has dropped to last place.

Speech by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to the Opening of the 8th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention.

Sep. 24th, 2006 | 09:57 pm

Book launch: ICT strategies for school
by laxman Mohanty and Neharika Vohra

link: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/09/11/stories/20060911000802...

A disappointing finding of the authors is that most principals have skirted learning about IT and have not taken an active role in ICT implementation in schools.

Docs are here, Soenke

"The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, one of the prime scientific and technology research organisations in Africa, was home for two days to some of the leading lights of the open access movement. Speakers from Botswana, Canada, Egypt, Scotland, South Africa and the US were