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Bengaluru To Treat Liquid Waste Discharged From Landfills And Use The Recovered Water To Refill The City Lakes

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Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
April 24, 2018
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News Waste Management
Concerned over poisonous leachate contaminating groundwater, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has now set up a leachate treatment plant at its Belahalli landfill site
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‘Why Isn’t The Confiscated Plastic Being Used For Road Construction?’ Environmentalists Question Bengaluru Civic Body

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
April 23, 2018
Delhi’s Plastic Ban: Authorities Seize 8,000 Kilos Of Plastic Bags In Two Weeks
Karnataka Special News
Over 800 tonnes of plastic has been confiscated by Bengaluru’s civic body post the ban on plastic imposed in 2016 though till now only 100 tonnes have been used in road construction till now
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Bengaluru Couple Develops Eco-Friendly Alternative To Plastic Bin Bags

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
April 23, 2018
Bengaluru Couple Develops Eco-Friendly Alternative To Plastic Bin Bags
Karnataka Special Waste Warriors Of India
A couple in Bengaluru, through their organisation has come up with newspaper bin bags to prevent people from dumping trash in plastic bags
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As India’s T20 Fever Makes Its Resurgence In IPL, Bengaluru Is Batting For Waste Free Matches At Its Home Ground

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
April 11, 2018
Chinnaswamy stadium to go waste free this IPL
Karnataka Special News Waste Management
Waste generation during cricket matches pose problems for municipal corporations, as matches can generate somewhere between 10 to 15 metric tonnes of waste
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Give Recyclable Waste, Get Cash In Return: Here’s How A Bengaluru Based Start-Up Is Helping Ease The Burden On City’s Landfill

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Written By: Aastha Ahuja
March 28, 2018
Give Recyclable Waste, Get Cash In Return: Here's How A Bengaluru Based Start-Up Is Helping Ease The Burden On City's Landfill
Karnataka Special Waste Warriors Of India
Naveen Mariyan, a 27-year-old entrepreneur is helping Bangalorians earn from their waste. Here is how
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World Water Day 2018: Bengaluru Is Slowly Running Out Of Water As Man-made Crisis Intensifies

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
March 19, 2018
World Water Day 2018 Bengaluru Is Slowly Running Out Of Water As Man-made Crisis Intensifies
Features World Water Day Special
The water crisis in Bengaluru is entirely manmade, and may result in the city running out of water completely by 2019
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Project For Filling Tanks With Treated Sewage Water Stirs Row

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PTI
March 15, 2018
Bellandur Lake: Bangalore Development Authority Begins Clean Up, Starts By Removing Weeds
Karnataka Special News
According to the present project, the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will set up Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) to treat the effluents dumped in the lake and the treated water will be taken to the other water bodies
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Residential Societies And Commercial Establishments In Bengaluru May Get A Rebate On Garbage Cess If They Practice Composting On Premises

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
March 13, 2018
Residential Societies And Commercial Establishments In Bengaluru May Get A Rebate On Garbage Cess On Practicing In House Composting
Karnataka Special News Waste Management
A rebate in garbage cess may see more bulk waste generators in Bengaluru take up in-house composting
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Bengaluru’s All Women Trio Teaches Composting Via WhatsApp To Learners Across The World

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
March 8, 2018
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Features Waste Management Women's Day Special
From 50 attendees in the first tutorial session to over 150 attendees in the third, the WhatsApp group run by three Bengaluru women has been teaching the art of composting
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8 Day Cleanathon Launched With ‘Clean Bengaluru’ As Agenda

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Written By Maya Sharma
March 1, 2018
8 Day Cleanathon Launched With ‘Clean Bengaluru’ Agenda
Karnataka Special News
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has launched a mammoth eight-day clean-up drive in the city from Saturday to get rid of the garbage mess within city
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Bengaluru Children Exposed To Severe Toxic Air: Report

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IANS
February 21, 2018
Air pollution claims a massive 6.5 million lives a year
Air Pollution
A recent report highlights Bengaluru's rising air quality crisis and how illegal dumping of waste mixed with mass untreated sewage is aggravating the problem
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Post Massive Fire, National Green Tribunal Asks Karnataka Government To Submit Action Plan On Bellandur Lake, Once Again

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
January 26, 2018
NGT asks Karnatak government to submit action plan on Bellandur lake by January 29
Karnataka Special Lakes Of India News
The NGT’s order comes after the January 19 outbreak of fire on the lake, which took over 30 hours to be brought under control
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