A year of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up many challenges and one of them is the surge in bio-medical waste. According to the data...
'If you have never planted even a single tree in your entire life, you don't have a right to cut a tree for cremation. It's like...
With festivities in the air people are getting into the Diwali spirit, houses are lit up, families are cleaning their homes, preparing delicacies and shopping for...
Diwali, the festival of lights, majorly involve exchange of sweets and gifts with your loved ones. From chocolates, dry fruits, sweets, to Ganesh idols, and Diwali...
The innovative system converts degradable waste into soil additives while lab disposables are prepared for direct recycling
In its latest report, the Centre for Science and Environment has advocated for robust policies to incentivise waste diversion through source separation and the development of critical...
As part of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has introduced the "No Straw Nariyal Challenge" to address the pervasive issue...
An 'ODF Plus' village is one which has sustained its Open Defecation Free status along with implementing either solid or liquid waste management systems
Key highlights of the Special Campaign 2.0 include the disposal of 587 files, the organisation of six cleanliness drives, the resolution of 620 public grievances, and...
The Solid Waste Management Department of the BMC is implementing a collective cleaning drive on in parts of the city with the help of other departments
The MCD has five C&D (construction and demolition) waste processing plants at Burari, Rani Khera, Shastri Park, Bakkarwala and Okhla also their daily capacity is 5,500...
Swachhta Pakhwada is an opportunity to identify the best hygiene practices from parts of the country and replicate them, says Union Jal Shakti Minister
Products developed IIT Guwahati laboratory includes low-cost antioxidant-rich supplements for affordable healthier lifestyle by harnessing green tea's potential properties
The Prime Minister turned the mission on hygiene and cleanliness into a jan-andolan and it was imbibed by the people as a social reform movement: Union...
More than one in every five children worldwide – nearly 150 million – did not receive enough calories to grow normally in 2022, and more than...
Since the conduct of the 'Swacchata' campaign 2.0 in October 2022, the drive has been held at 1.37 lakh sites so far, generating Rs 520 crore...
Wet waste generated from Indore's vegetable markets is sent to the "Gobar-Dhan" plant where it gets converted into bio-CNG
Delhi G20 Summit: 11,200-11,300 garbage vulnerable points (where waste is dumped regularly) identified and cleaned
दिल्ली G20 शिखर सम्मेलन: 11,200-11,300 डंपिंग स्पॉट (जहां नियमित रूप से कचरा डंप किया जाता है) की पहचान की गई और उन्हें साफ किया गया