IIPM: September 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Distress call!

A recently published report of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) states that a stupendous 2/3rd

of the sediments flow into the oceans is attributable to South & East Asia. A similar report by the Department of Global Ecology of Carnegie Institution at the Stanford University states that around 25% of the annual consumption of fertilizers (present consumption estimated over 30 million tonnes), pesticides (more than 90,000 metric tones annually) and synthetic detergents (more than 1 lakh tonnes) finds recourse to sea water, having serious ramification for the future. That report further states that the total volume of annual discharge, only from Bombay & Calcutta, are to the tune of 365 MT and 350 MT, respectively. Add to this the much ambitious Sethusamudram Project – linking Palk Bay with the Gulf of Mannar – is expected to create major disturbance in the region’s marine life (flora and fauna in the region is constituted of 3,500 species).

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Considering

Apple’s wondrous ability to quickly disseminate information about its futuristic products and service (read Apple iPhone), this statement from Jobs holds no more significance than just being a fish story. However, after Realizing the significance of the damage done by the Greenpeace rankings, Apple quickly responded with a comprehensive report on its initiatives to become an environment friendly company. As per Jobs’s report ‘A Greener Apple’, the company has strategically planned to phase out hazardous substances like lead (already eliminated in 2006 and Apple stopped manufacturing CRT displays), mercury, PVC and arsenic (to be eliminated by 2008). Apart from this, Apple has also initiated its re-cycling programme way back in 1994 and it promises to be a world leader in eliminating e-waste by 2012.