E-waste recycling, a hitherto not-frequently used term has assumed a new found importance in the fast-paced digital era we are living in. E-waste recycling is the re-use and reprocessing of electrical and electronic equipment of any type that has been discarded or rendered obsolete.

In yet another landmark intervention CSIR- National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has bestowed upon the nation, it’s first Pristine air-quality monitoring station at the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource (IHBT) at Palampur( Himachal Pradesh). A unique, first-of-it’s kind atmospheric monitoring station in the campus of IHBT, has been established by NPL at an altitude of 1391 m for generating the base data for atmospheric trace species and properties to serve as reference for comparison of polluted atmosphere in India.