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Swachh Survekshan Rankings Prompt Thiruvananthapuram To Revive 10 Waste-To-Biogas Plants

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
July 18, 2018
Thiruvananthapuram is all set to revive 10 waste-to-biogas plants
Kerala News Waste Management
The 10 waste treatment plants that the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation now plans to revive had been shut down due to contractors incurring huge losses while running these ...
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Piles Of Garbage Removed From A Kochi Market After Judicial Officer Sits Next To It To Protest Against Unattended Waste

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PTI
June 13, 2018
Waste Management: Haryana will treat 2,000 tonnes of garbage daily generated from the state
Kerala News
Civic authorities in Kochi cleared heaps of garbage lying unattended for a month after a sub-judge sits on a dharna to draw attention to the health risks posed to the students of school in the neighbourhood ...
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How Kerala Fishermen Are Making Our Seas Plastic Free

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Written By: Karanvir Singh
June 5, 2018
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Features World Environment Day
As part of a novel project Suchitwa Sagaram, fishermen in Kerala collect ocean plastic for recycling, thus cleaning the ocean in the process ...
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163 Ponds Revived In 60 Days: Here Is How People Of Ernakulam District, Kerala, Are Giving A Second Lease Of Life To Ponds

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Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
March 22, 2018
163 Ponds Revived In 60 Days: Here Is How People Of Ernakulam District, Kerala, Are Giving A Second Lease Of Life To Ponds
Kerala Swachh Warriors World Water Day Special
In Ernakulam district of drought stricken Kerala, there used to be close to 3000 ponds, but over a period of time majority of the ponds dried up and now there are some 600-700 ponds ...
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Trivandrum’s Green Army Is Mentoring Students To Become Experts At Managing The City’s Waste And Make It Cleaner

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
February 14, 2018
Green Army In Trivandrum Is Helping The City Tackle Its Waste
Kerala Swachh Warriors
Green Army members have been instrumental in going to schools in the city and educating students on the importance of waste management ...
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After Green Weddings, Festivals In Kerala To Be Celebrated In An Eco-Friendly Way

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Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
January 16, 2018
After Green Weddings, Festivals In Kerala To Be Celebrated In An Eco-Friendly Way
Kerala News Plastic Waste
Kerala is on a roll, now state is planning to make all its festivals green. Here’s how ...
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Kerala To Soon Introduce Robots To Eliminate Manual Scavenging

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Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
January 15, 2018
Kerala To Soon Introduce Robots To Eliminate Manual Scavenging
Kerala News
Make way for Bandicoots, special kind of robots that will put an end to the age-old practice of manual scavenging in Kerala ...
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Concerned By The Waste Disposal Methods, This Man From Kerala Is Showing India How It Can Tackle Its Growing Garbage Crisis

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Written By: Anisha Bhatia
January 4, 2018
Concerned By The Waste Disposal Methods, This Man From Kerala Is Showing India How It Can Tackle Its Growing Garbage Crisis
Kerala Waste Warriors Of India
Meet the man on the mission - Jabir Karat, who owns Green Worms, a company known for providing waste management services and advice on making surroundings waste free during special occasions ...
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Make Way For Green Habitat As Kerala Takes Another Big Step Under Their Swachh Abhiyan – Haritha Keralam

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Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
December 6, 2017
Waste-Free Mission: Kerala Restricts Use Of Plastic, Promotes Eco-friendly Alternatives In Government Offices
Kerala News
After clinching the title of first plastic free district, third state to achieve open defecation free tag and managing waste smartly, Kerala gears up for green habitat ...
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United Nations Lauds The Way Kerala’s Alappuzha Manages Its Waste And Does Away With Landfill

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
December 1, 2017
Tackling Garbage Crisis, The Alappuzha Way: This Kerala City Shows How To Get Rid Of Landfills
Kerala News Waste Management
Pollution being this year’s theme, the United Nations Environment Assembly has recognised top five cities in the world that are battling air, water and soil pollution with their waste management techniques and Kerala’s Alappuzha city is one of them ...
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Urban Kerala To Welcome New Year With An Open Defecation Free Declaration

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
November 30, 2017
To Make Urban Uttar Pradesh Open Defecation Free By 2022, Additional Assistance Of Rs 12,000 Will Be Given Per Toilet
Kerala News
A year after rural Kerala was declared Open Defecation Free, the urban areas in the southern state are now gearing up to achieve the ODF status with over 27,000 household toilet units and a series of public toilet complexes ...
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Kerala To Strengthen Its Open Defecation Free Status By Building 3,000 Public Toilet Seats

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
November 21, 2017
Kerala To Strengthen Its Open Defecation Free Status By Building 3,000 Public Toilet Seats
Kerala News
With each seat costing upto Rs 98,000, the Kerala government will construct more than 500 toilet complexes across the state with an aim to sustain the Open Defecation Free tag in rural areas and speed up the ODF process in urban areas ...
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