With fun facts, graphics and pictures, the book 'Trashonomics' explains young minds the importance of waste management
The Solid Waste Management project costing Rs 430 crore will scientifically process and dispose of 1,400 tonnes of garbage from Gurugram and Faridabad
National Green Tribunal slapped heavy fines on Delhi’s 5-star hotels and banquet halls for not complying with solid waste management rules and directed them to install...
From the time Golden Temple was chosen as one of the ten Swachh Iconic Places in Phase one of the initiative, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee...
The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was the first nationwide sanitation programme launched to address rural sanitation problems and had a comprehensive plan of bettering the sanitation...
In 2015, the world created 448 million tonnes of plastic that is more than twice as much as made in 1998
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...
A Jodhpur based enterprise, Priti International, is combating India’s automobile and military waste by turning them into furniture and handbags
National Green Tribunal demands report from Delhi Government and the civic bodies over untreated waste lying at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla landfill sites
As per the new guidelines under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016, all healthcare units handling medical waste in any form must pre-treat it onsite through disinfection...
Named as ‘Gandhi Chhadi’, this waste collection tool, recognized by Ministry of Urban Development, provides an efficient and hygienic way of collecting plastic, paper and similar...