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An Exemplary In Itself: This Park In Nagpur Is Here To Give Lessons On Waste Management
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An Exemplary In Itself: This Park In Nagpur Is Here To Give Lessons On Waste Management

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April 16, 2019
The first waste management park at NEERI opened its gate on April 8 to educate and aware individuals about waste ...
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A 40-Year-old Cyclist Pedals From Chandigarh To Mumbai To Spread Awareness On Environmental Issues
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A 40-Year-old Cyclist Pedals From Chandigarh To Mumbai To Spread Awareness On Environmental Issues

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PTI
March 27, 2019
In a bid to raise awareness on the issues related to the environment, Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh cycled to Mumbai in 50 days and plans to pedal from Kashmir to Kanyakumari for the same ...
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Swachh Survekshan 2019: The 3rd Cleanest State, Maharashtra, Bags 46 Awards On Various Cleanliness Parameters
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Swachh Survekshan 2019: The 3rd Cleanest State, Maharashtra, Bags 46 Awards On Various Cleanliness Parameters

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March 7, 2019
In the Swachh Survekshan 2019, the state of Maharashtra won 46 awards, the maximum among all states in the country and attained the tag of the third best-performing state in cleanliness standards of Swachh Bharat Mission ...
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'SquatEase', An Innovation By A 26-Year-Old From Pune Makes Using Indian Style Toilet Easy
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‘SquatEase’, An Innovation By A 26-Year-Old From Pune Makes Using Indian Style Toilet Easy

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February 18, 2019
Using Indian toilet made easy, thanks to 26-year-old Satyajit Mittal who has innovated one of its kind unidirectional toilet with an elevated footrest ...
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Lack Of Space To Plant Trees In Mumbai Prompts An Ngo To Adopt A Japanese Method To Grow Forest Within City
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Lack Of Space To Plant Trees In Mumbai Prompts An NGO To Adopt A Japanese Method To Grow Forest Within City

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February 8, 2019
Mumbai based NGO Green Yatra is on a mission to increase country’s green cover by planting 10 crore trees by 2025 ...
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A Biogas Startup By An IIT-Bombay Alumnus Aims To Fight Air Pollution And Manage Waste
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A Biogas Startup By An IIT-Bombay Alumnus Aims To Fight Air Pollution And Manage Waste

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February 1, 2019
To help fight air pollution and to manage the waste generated at home, Priyadarshan Sahasrabuddhe created a biogas plant to kill two birds with one stone ...
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In October 2017, waste treatment was made mandatory in housing societies of Mumbai generating more than 100 kilos of garbage
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After Facing The Wrath Of Municipal Corporation, This Housing Society In Mumbai Takes Up The Challenge To Treat Their Own Waste

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January 18, 2019
The Greenfield Rocks End Housing Society located at Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road composts around 300 kilos of wet waste daily and produces manure every 45 days ...
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Mumbai marathon will be conducted on January 20 and will see over 46,000 participants
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Why Go Zero Waste? Mumbai To Organise A Waste-Free Marathon To Spread Awareness

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January 14, 2019
From cutting down on plastic bottles by arranging for water dispensers, distributing cloth bags to segregating waste on site, here’s how Mumbai Marathon hopes to make the event zero waste ...
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Eleven discarded public buses were revamped into lavish toilets for women in Pune
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Old Buses Turned Into Swanky Toilets For Women In Pune

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January 8, 2019
A duo from Pune converted eleven old and damaged buses into public toilets exclusively for women ...
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These Nagpur-Based Researchers Have Found A Way To Reuse The Most Common E-Waste – Dry Cell Batteries

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January 4, 2019
A group of researchers from the Nagpur-based Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology have found a way to recycle the dry-cell batteries and obtain graphene also referred to as ‘new wonder material’ ...
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Maharashtra imposed a ban on single-use plastic items on June 23
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Maharashtra Plastic Ban: State To Distribute 35 Lakh Cloth Bags Among Students

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December 20, 2018
Maharashtra state environment minister Ramdas Kadam said children are the carriers of change and through the cloth bags they can promote the plastic ban at home ...
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River Pollution: High Court Asks Maharashtra Government To Take Measures To Check Pollution In Godavari
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River Pollution: High Court Asks Maharashtra Government To Take Measures To Check Pollution In Godavari

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PTI
December 19, 2018
While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activists seeking the cleaning of the Godavari River, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take urgent steps to curb pollution in the River and implement the recommendations of the National Environmental Engineering Institute (NERI) in controlling pollution ...
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