According to experts, organic waste dumped in a landfill produces methane when it rots. In hot weather conditions, methane catches fire spontaneously and the blaze spreads...
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena expressed satisfaction over the pace of work at the Okhla and Bhalswa landfill sites for flattening the garbage mountains
Bhalswa landfill presently holds 50 lakh metric tons of waste of which the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is aiming to remove 30 lakh metric tons...
Health experts say that pregnant women living around the dumping yard run a risk of congenital abnormalities (birth defects) and premature delivery, but infants and toddlers...
Manveer Singh started innovative eco-friendly work in April 2018, has till now sold three artworks overseas – two in Abu Dhabi and one in Germany
South Delhi’s pilot project of converting the Okhla landfill into an ecological park is underway, as about 6000 square metre of the 40 acre land has...
Triggered by combustible methane gas pockets, a garbage dump in South Goa's Sonsoddo area caught fire this week, resulting in major pollution in the nearby areas
The National Green Tribunal’s direction came after the bench perused a report of a joint committee which said that the waste at the Bandhwari landfill site...
: In 2013, the Bombay high Court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to close the dumping grounds at Deonar and Mulund within three months due to...
The cleanest city of India, Indore has crossed another milestone in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by successfully eliminating legacy waste of the city making it a no...
2018 again underlined why India’s growing garbage is a full blown crisis and not enough is being down to tackle the problem on war footing
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 332 at 11 am on Thursday, which is considered ‘very...
