This Menstrual Hygiene Day, members of SWaCH Pune, a cooperative of waste collectors and waste pickers would like to bring the attention of people on the health hazards faced by them on a daily basis while handling erratically disposed sanitary and menstrual waste ...
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According to the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board, healthcare facilities having isolation wards for COVID-19 patients need to keep separate colour coded bins and maintain proper segregation of waste ...
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The daily waste generation of Ahmedabad has reduced by almost 40 percent as people stay home due to the 21-day lockdown announced by the government to tackle COVID-19 outbreak ...
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Global Recycling Day, according to Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) is a day of action, aimed at building a global approach towards recycling, here’s all you need to know about the day
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Taking cognisance of the plastic waste lying on both sides of railway lines, the Supreme Court has asked the Delhi government to ensure that no garbage is dumped on these sites ...
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According to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, January 2021 onwards all sanitary pad manufacturers will have to compulsorily give degradable bags for disposal of each sanitary napkin and added that this rule is already in existence but is not being followed by the manufacturers ...
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While launching the Phase-II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that this phase will ensure that effective solid and liquid waste management is instituted in every gram panchayat of the country ...
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The Ibnii Spa Resort in Coorg, Karnataka has been charging Rs. 100 for every 10 grams of food wasted by the customers and the proceeds from this initiative are going to a local NGO that feeds children at orphanages ...
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While submitting its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) said that it collects, segregates, transports and disposes of all municipal solid waste, construction and demolition waste and drain silt in all the colonies under its jurisdiction ...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second budget today, here is a wish list from experts and environmentalists to make India swachh and swasth ...
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Responding to a plea, DPCC told the NGT all healthcare facilities in Delhi have been issued letters to implement Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 and guidelines of CPCB ...
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Students from seven school have taken part in an initiative of Badnapur Nagar Panchayat of Jalna, Maharashtra to reduce plastic waste and have collected over 100 kilogram of plastic waste each in past three months ...
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