Residents may hand over e-waste till Nov. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: Lions Club of Mysore West (LCMW) has been collecting electronic waste for recycling since last month. E-waste contains hazardous chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium which seep into the earth and contaminate both soil and underground water when landfilled, thus posing a risk to human…
Swachha Ambari campaign vehicle with messages of e-waste hazards launched Mysore/Mysuru: Three years after launching and later junking an e-waste collection drive, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) re-launched a week-long drive this morning. The drive has been repackaged and collection centres have been opened at all the nine MCC Zonal Offices. This apart, e-waste collection…
Launched last year to mark PM Modi’s birthday, plan shelved now as MCC does not find ‘value’ Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of kilograms of e-waste collected from houses, commercial and business establishments in city have not so far been disposed of and the waste is still lying with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as the civic body…
Electronic waste to be collected from homes on 17th of every month Mysuru: To mark the 69th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the City BJP organised a one-day e-waste collection drive and named it ‘Bharat Vikas Diwas.’ The Mysuru City Corporation, Mysuru Urban Development Authority, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Department of Education and…
CII to work with civic body to create awareness Mysore: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is coming out with a concrete and complete plan to manage electronic wastes scientifically, said Dr. D. G. Nagaraj, Health Officer, MCC. To create awareness and to draw stakeholder attention and adequate steps to implement towards E-Waste Management in the…
Mysuru: Mysuru, in its harmonious growth, is seeing advent and growth of Information Technology, which has brought an increased pace of development to the city. The creation of employment in IT domain and the increased digitalisation of society at large are posing threat to non-accounted challenge of disposal of electronic goods and appliances which collectively…
‘India ranked fifth largest producer of e-waste in the world’ Mysuru: India is the fifth largest producer of e-waste in the world, said R. Ravindra, General Manager of E-Parisaraa, Bengaluru. He was speaking during the Awareness Session on ‘E-Waste Management and Collection Drive’ organised by CII, Mysuru at SJCE-STEP here on Saturday on the occasion…
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