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EDMC to launch waste segregation programme

East Delhi Civic Body Plans Sustainable Waste Management Programme, 2,500 Households To Segregate Waste For Eight Months

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
June 14, 2018
EDMC plans to distribute colour coded dustbins to 2,500 households in Trilokpuri to encourage waste segregation
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Hyderabad will switch to electric autos from diesel vehicles, for garbage collection

Pollution Free Electric Autos For Garbage Collection, Hyderabad Tackles Two Problems With One Solution

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
June 13, 2018
Switching to electric autos from diesel trucks is expected to reduce 35 tonnes of carbon emissions per vehicle, in the next five years
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Recycle Clothes Models In Pune Wear Discarded Clothes In A Fashion Show With A Difference

Recycle Clothes: Models In Pune Wear Discarded Clothes In A Fashion Show With A Difference

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
June 13, 2018
22 waste pickers including their children walked on a fashion ramp in Pune during World Environment Day week to spread the message of reusing the old clothes
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Smaller Cities Are More Successful In Waste Segregation At Source, Says Centre For Science And Environment

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
June 8, 2018
The CSE Forum was launched in December 2017 to bring together cities and find sustainable solutions to the problems of waste management
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Bengaluru will get a new waste treatment plant at the city's outskirts

Bengaluru To Get New Waste Treatment Plant, As City’s Civic Body Signs MoU With French Firm

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
June 7, 2018
The waste treatment plant will treat over 500 tonnes of daily and help strengthen Bengaluru’s attempts to treat waste scientifically
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Kolkata's dependency on its sole landfill has the state's pollution control board worried

Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s Waste Management Practices Come Under State Pollution Control Board’s Scanner

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
May 30, 2018
Despite generating over 4,500 tonnes of waste daily, Kolkata remains dependent on the sole landfill of Dhapa which has long exhausted its capacity
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Thousands Of Students Help Goa Waste Management Corporation Collect 17 Tonnes Of Segregated Garbage Every Month. Here’s How

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
May 29, 2018
Goa Waste Management Corporation kept four bins in the school premises so students could segregate and dispose the waste in the right bins
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Netherlands and India will cooperate on tackling air pollution

Netherlands And India To Cooperate On Tackling Air Pollution And Strengthen Waste Management

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
May 25, 2018
Both India and Netherlands have committed to cooperate on exchanging data and technology to combat air pollution
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25 Volunteers Collected Over 3.5 Tonnes Of Waste From Goa’s Monkey Beach And Grand Island

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
May 23, 2018
To clean Goa beaches and to generate awareness among people to not litter waste, 25 volunteers led by a waste management expert conducted clean-up drives and collected 3.5 tonnes of waste
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Rajasthan Gets Its First Plastic And Waste Free Village. Here’s How Waste Segregation Played An Important Role

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Written By: Gopi Karelia
May 24, 2018
Chhota Narena village in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, which was once infamous for open dumping and indoor air pollution due to plastic burning at home, now treats all its waste scientifically. Here's what the village is doing
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The Clean Jammu Clean Tawi programme aims to increase awareness on waste management

‘Clean Jammu-Clean Tawi’ Programme Begins, With Focus On Increasing Awareness On Cleanliness And Waste Management

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
May 22, 2018
The campaign will focus on creating awareness related to waste management and disposal in Jammu, and sensitise people on the benefits of managing waste properly
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Garbage Crisis And Air Pollution, India’s Cleanest City Indore Tackles Two Problems With This One Solution

Garbage Crisis And Air Pollution, India’s Cleanest City Indore Tackles Two Problems With This One Solution

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Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
May 22, 2018
Madhya Pradesh’s Indore goes for a win-win situation by setting up a plant in a mandi to convert vegetable and fruit waste into bio-CNG to run buses
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