California congressman tackles toxic trade in new bill
Modern-day alchemy is alive and thriving. Impoverished populations in China, India, Nigeria and Ghana burn old desktop computers, hard drives and circuit boards, breathing in metallic fumes while searching for minuscule amounts of gold and other valuable metals embedded in computer chips.Sometimes the men, women and children who spend hours each day burning plastic, wires, tin and lead-laden tubes are rewarded with hard drives holding personal data that they can sell to scammers. Other days, the tools of the 21st century are ripped apart, then dumped into rivers, in open fields and irrigation canals, their toxins permeating well water, their poisonous fumes pervading entire communities.
Old laptops and cellphones, quickly trashed when their owners upgrade, are called hazardous electronic waste, or e-waste. In recent years, U.S. recycling companies have evaded environmental standards, exporting large quantities of e-waste to developing countries, most of which don’t have the technology to properly salvage electronics or the political will to protect their workers from toxic materials.
“It’s cheaper for e-recycling to take place overseas,” said Mike Enberg, the e-Stewards manager at Basel Action Network, a watchdog organization focused on the “toxic trade,” or American exportation of e-waste to Third World countries. “There are few environmental and safety requirements overseas and labor is very inexpensive.”
The incentive of offshore labor, though, does not factor in the impacts the toxic trade causes, according to Reps. Gene Green (D-Texas) and Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), who have joined forces to corral the practice.
Introduced early this week, HR 2284, the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act of 2011, aims to prohibit exportation of restricted electronics containing toxic material.The legislation would add a section to the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to control hazardous waste. It would allow the agency to ban exportation of restricted electronic equipment, defined by its concentrations of certain hazardous metals.
So far 25 states have passed e-waste-recycling legislation, including California, but these laws do not ban exports, a trade issue outside the jurisdiction of states. California’s electronics recycling allows for the collection and recycling of laptops, portable DVD players and most televisions with a screen bigger than 4 inches. These devices are identified by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control as hazardous waste when discarded.
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Other days, the tools of the 21st century are ripped apart, then dumped into rivers, in open fields and irrigation canals, their toxins permeating well water, their poisonous fumes pervading entire communities. Old laptops and cellphones,
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SRINAGAR, June 5: The minister for Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control , Taj Mohi-ud-Din, today said the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) is behaving like East India Company-the English British company that set
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The Micro Irrigation System (MIS) market in India is valued at INR 17 bn in 2009 and is expected to grow rapidly in the future. The depleting water level and water scarcity has created a demand for water efficient irrigation systems, commonly called Micro Irrigation System, which is expected to drive the market. Domestic and foreign participation has been continuously increasing as they compete for a sizeable share of un-irrigated land in India with high profit opportunities.
The report begins with an introduction to the market stating different types of irrigation systems, potential for micro irrigation system and other irrigation system. This is followed by an overview of the industry indicating market size and potential from un-irrigated land in India.
An analysis of the drivers explains growth factors such as scarcity of water, increasing demand of crop, greater emphasis on horticulture crop and MIS requires less fertilizer. The key challenge identified is high initial cost of micro irrigation System. The report provides an overview of the major Government initiatives such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program (AIBP) and Bharat Nirman Plan.
The report also discusses the steps taken by some states towards developing the micro irrigation system, including the government subsidies (Central and State), ultimate irrigation potential created and achieved, and investment approved for irrigation system.
Competition section provides brief profiles of major domestic and foreign players in the market. The section contains a snapshot of their corporation, financial performance, business highlights and their product portfolio, providing an insight into the existing competitive scenario.
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Emerging Trends and Reforms in Irrigation in India, A Perspective of Orissa
Similarly, information or irrigation requirement of kharif and rabi crops in the area ... 111, Prentice-Hall of India Private Ltd. Donald Stevenson Watson, ...Remote sensing and hydrologic models for performance assessment in Sirsa Irrigation Circle, India
The salient findings from this research are reported here and in Performance evaluation of the Bhakra Irrigation System, India, using remote sensing and GIS ...Watershed development projects in India, an evaluation
Plot-level data provide more useful information about irrigation development. In particular, data on changes in cropping intensity give additional details ...Irrigation in Asia in figures
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Groundwater Irrigation in India: Gains, Costs and Risks
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