Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Contain marine pollution

No doubt, as dredging starts and it becomes a busy transit point for ships; oil spills, coastal erosion and addition of toxins would become more of a norm than exception. So where do we go from here, as India finds it even more difficult to strike a balance between development and sustenance of environment? Bhanu Neupane, Program Specialist in Water Science, UNESCO, told B&E, “The best way is four dimension approach – reduce, recycle, re-use and educate to bring all these dimensions together.” The need of the hour is to inculcate maritime awareness & concern for millions of fishermen, who may lose their livelihood due to polluted seas.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Apple’s so called take back recycling programme is only available in the US

Hold on before you believe the report. The fact is that Apple’s so called take back recycling programme is only available in the US. This automatically makes all the other countries (where Apple sells its products) a dumping ground for Apple’s other products (which will become tomorrow’s e-waste). Whatever might be Steve Jobs’s proclamation, the industry and the consumers are waiting for the first ‘green product’ from Apple. Only then can it score like an average student!
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative