To address the growing crisis of waste management, the Delhi High Court suggested creating a roaster or a time-table for throwing and collecting garbage from dumping...
A high tax charge of 18% on glass waste and 12% on cardboard and plastic waste is resulting in waste collectors not getting enough for the...
Over the last few months, the GHMC has consistently taken up several initiatives to address all the issues related to waste management in the city of...
Madurai ranked 57th in Swachh Survekshan 2017 among 434 cities surveyed on solid waste management, citizen feedback and independent observation, and is hopeful of improving its...
With segregation and awareness programmes already going on in many parts of the country, the next steps in effective waste management would be to effectively implement...
To ensure a minimal or zero discharge of waste in Ganga, the Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vijay Goel said that authorities are keeping...
As per the scheme, a resident needs to simply click a picture of the segregated waste and send it to the municipal body via WhatsApp and...
With lacklustre performance on behalf of municipal corporations in 2016-17, the state government has set a deadline of August 15 for all municipalities of Telangana to...
With a 20 per cent recycling rate for the huge 68.8 million tonnes of waste produced annually in India, solid waste management is an area requiring...
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to immediately clean a trunk drain in Delhi's Seelampur, which is clogged with garbage and municipal solid...
Phase by phase residents of Goregoan east is embracing waste segregation to meet the October 2 deadline set by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
The swachhta rankings will rank higher educational institutes based on availability of toilets, waste management, water facility and green coverage
A Jodhpur based enterprise, Priti International, is combating India’s automobile and military waste by turning them into furniture and handbags
The sole waste processing plant in Chandigarh shut down in June 2017 due to pay related differences between the city’s civic body and the plant operators
Of the 3,500 tonnes of waste that Bengaluru generates, 150 tonnes is animal waste which is presently burnt or given to the piggeries