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» Visit of ASH Recyclers byWilma Rodrigues
» " Trash Trouble" Vijay times.
» “A wiser approach to E-waste” Financial Express
“Electronic Waste Adds to Pollution in India”
» “India's poor tackle toxic e-waste”
» “Ako sa v indickom Bangalore recyklujú PC”
» “Recycling e-waste with care”
» ASH RECYCLERS in BBC WORLD
At Ash Recyclers the hazardous metals are safely extracted at a special plant, and everything else - down to the keys - is recycled.
There are plans for a large industrial recycling plant to open in 2007. Until then, the women at Ash Recycling help form the backbone of Bangalore's e-waste clean up.
The growth of India's technology industry shows few signs of slowing, as do the piles of waste it creates.
Government policies to stop dumping and encourage recycling will have to work quickly if India is to avoid leaving an unwanted legacy.
1. Click here to view the complete article 2. Click here to view the complete article ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... »Andrew Stevens Anchor/Correspondent CNN International “World News Asia”
“Bangalore produces 6000 tons of IT related waste every year ending up in piles of motherboards like this. Extracting gold from motherboards is also the most dangerous part of the entire process. Here it is still broken down much further and components are used. Virtually nothing is wasted here, everything is recycled here”. “In this warehouse at Bangalore these women breakdown the obsolete computers. This operation follows local government's safety regulations”.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................... »ASH RECYCLERS in NDTV
“Just imagine the negative fall-out of electronic age on environment. Hundreds and thousands of discarded Computers, mobile phones and refrigerators are cluttering the planet. Let us take just one item at one Indian city. Computers and what is happening in recycling processes in Bangalore. Ash recyclers began to chip-in the gold and platinum from discarded motherboards”.
“Electronic Waste Adds to Pollution in India”
“Electronic waste, composed of heated and discarded metals from computer parts, is accumulating quickly as India's computer recycling industry rapidly expands. NewsHour reports on government regulation of computer recycling and the health threat posed by improper recycling of computer parts.”
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»Visit of ASH Recyclers byWilma Rodrigues
The visit of ASH recycler's dismantling factory was carried by Wilma Rodrigues from Sahaas and David Rochat from EMPA/GTZ on September 27. They were guided by Mr. Sreenath, director of the factory.
The factory is located in a 5 story building (basement and roof included). A large majority of material landing there is bought in the "grey" market through a large network of contacts in the informal sector. Barely nothing is purchased directly from the IT companies, as the material must be physically broken before selling it as e-waste due to custom bond. This destruction of EEE makes dismantling difficult, even impossible, and increases the risk of injury for the workers.
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»" Trash Trouble" Vijay times.
“E-waste is generated when electronic goods are dismantled to collect valuables like gold, platinum, silver and copper and therefore, its unscientific handling or mismanage- -ment can be harmful to the environment. Hence proper collection, transportation, segregation, recycling and disposal is the need of the hour. Keeping this in mind the board has authorized Ash recyclers, starting from this month to collect and process e-waste. The company is also authorized to bring e-waste from other states so that the venture is economically viable and sustainable in the long run”.
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»“A wiser approach to E-waste” Financial Express
“The recycling of e-waste is undertaken in an unscientific manner, affecting both health and environment. Recently the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has given authorization for Ash Recyclers to handle e-Trash in Bangalore”.
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»“India's poor tackle toxic e-waste”
“While businesses see Bangalore as a technology hub, environmentalists claim India is the world's dumping ground for old computers. And this is threatening the health of some of the country's most vulnerable people.”
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“Zamestnanci spolocnosti 'Ash Recyclers', jedného z dvoch autorizovaných podnikov na recykláciu PC odpadu v indickom Bangalore PC, pocítacové klávesnice a myši.”
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“Ash Recyclers of Bangalore, started by social activist A. Syed Hussain, offers to pick up any obsolete electronic equipment and even pays for it as part of its effort to reduce more hazardous methods of recycling electronic waste.”
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“On Saturday, the Cryptic Moth team said goodbye to Tewari and jumped a flight from Delhi to Bangalore.” Click here to view the complete article ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... »“ASIA ECO - DESIGN ELECTRONICS” Click here to view the complete article ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... »“The e-waste problem”
“You may be a software professional working on the latest PC, a call-centre employee on your first job, or a teenager tapping away furiously on an assembled computer at home. Whatever slot you fall into, have you stopped to think what happens when you get parts of your PC, or all of it, replaced? Where do these parts go and where does all the unwanted or unusable stuff land up? e-waste or Waste from Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) is no longer a subject for academic discussions at environmental forums. Instead, there is a growing realisation that the issue may assume dangerous proportions over the next few years if it continues to be left unaddressed.”
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“ Für seine Schiffsabwracker an den Stränden des Indischen Ozeans ist Indien bekannt. Doch in dem Riesenland werden auch Computer industriell verschrottet.”
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“A worker in Bangalore handles unwanted electronic equipment at India's first e-waste crematorium. Photo by Anju Chopra, special to the Chronicle”
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“Experts say pollution caused by electronic scrap will wreak serious environmental and genetic damage.”
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“IT firms, NGOs, pollution control board join hands to check unregulated dumping of nearly 8,000 tonnes of electronic waste every year in Bangalore”
ASH RECYCLERS in BBC WORLD
At Ash Recyclers the hazardous metals are safely extracted at a special plant, and everything else - down to the keys - is recycled.
There are plans for a large industrial recycling plant to open in 2007. Until then, the women at Ash Recycling help form the backbone of Bangalore's e-waste clean up.
The growth of India's technology industry shows few signs of slowing, as do the piles of waste it creates.
Government policies to stop dumping and encourage recycling will have to work quickly if India is to avoid leaving an unwanted legacy. 1. Click here to view the complete article 2. Click here to view the complete article .................................................................................. “Electronic Waste Adds to Pollution in India” “Electronic waste, composed of heated and discarded metals from computer parts, is accumulating quickly as India's computer recycling industry rapidly expands. NewsHour reports on government regulation of computer recycling and the health threat posed by improper recycling of computer parts.” Click here to view the complete article .................................................................................. Andrew Stevens Anchor/Correspondent CNN International “World News Asia”
“Bangalore produces 6000 tons of IT related waste every year ending up in piles of motherboards like this. Extracting gold from motherboards is also the most dangerous part of the entire process. Here it is still broken down much further and components are used. Virtually nothing is wasted here, everything is recycled here”. “In this warehouse at Bangalore these women breakdown the obsolete computers. This operation follows local government's safety regulations”. .................................................................................. ASH RECYCLERS in NDTV
“Just imagine the negative fall-out of electronic age on environment. Hundreds and thousands of discarded Computers, mobile phones and refrigerators are cluttering the planet. Let us take just one item at one Indian city. Computers and what is happening in recycling processes in Bangalore. Ash recyclers began to chip-in the gold and platinum from discarded motherboards”. .................................................................................. “A wiser approach to E-waste” Financial Express
“The recycling of e-waste is undertaken in an unscientific manner, affecting both health and environment. Recently the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has given authorization for Ash Recyclers to handle e-Trash in Bangalore”. Click here to view the complete article ..................................................................................
