All posts tagged "Waste Disposal"
Features6 years agoLeh Gets One Of The First Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants In The World At An Altitude Of 11,400 Feet
The Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant In Leh, one of the first in the world at such a high altitude will be instrumental in treating faecal sludge...
- Landfill Crisis6 years ago
Central Pollution Control Board Issues Guidelines For Odour Management At Landfills
Odour is an important component of municipal waste and the CPCB’s report suggests methods which urban civic bodies can use to fight the problem of odour...
- Haryana6 years ago
Sourav Ganguly Bats For Waste Segregation At Gurugram As City Launches A Programme To Popularise The Three Way Segregation System
Former Cricket Captain, Sourav Ganguly launched Gurugram’s city-wide initiative of segregating waste into three differently coloured bins
- Landfill Crisis6 years ago
Kolkata’s Landfill Crisis: The City’s Dependency On The Sole Landfill Of Dhapa May Soon Result In An Unresolvable Crisis
At Kolkata’s sole landfill, more than 4,000 metric tonnes of waste go in every day, despite the landfill's lifespan being over decades ago
- Waste Management6 years ago
Trashonomics, A Book That Teaches Children How To Turn Waste Into Wealth
With fun facts, graphics and pictures, the book 'Trashonomics' explains young minds the importance of waste management
- News6 years ago
E-Waste Generation May Increase By 1800 Per Cent, Says ASSOCHAM-KPMG Report
Only 2 per cent of India’s 18 lakh metric tonnes of e-waste is recycled, making India one of the worst performers globally, in terms of e-waste...
- News6 years ago
Madras High Court Directs Coimbatore Official To Appear In Court Over Illegal Dumping Of Hazardous Waste
A petition alleges that that chemical waste, e-waste, and medical waste transported from Kerala is illegally dumped in the border district in Tamil Nadu causing pollution
- Karnataka6 years ago
Unpaid For Three Months, Forced To Work When Sick, Bengaluru’s Civic Workers Protest Against Deteriorating Work Conditions
Nearly 20,000 of Bengaluru’s civic workers have not received their due wages for the past three months and allege that the contractors have been withholding their...
- Features6 years ago
Bengaluru Repair Café’s Mantra: Cut Down Waste Generation By Repairing Items
A simple art of repairing has given a new life to more than 600 items and has helped Bengaluru save nearly 1,200 kilos of garbage from...
- Karnataka6 years ago
Embracing Technology To Tackle Waste: The Bengaluru Municipal Corporation Is Testing Apps To Ensure Better Waste Management In The City
Bengaluru’s civic body is extensively using technology to bring in change in the waste management scenario of the city
- National Green Tribunal6 years ago
National Green Tribunal Pulls Centre, Uttar Pradesh Government Over Reckless Dumping Of Garbage On Temporary Dumping Site
As per a plea filed by a resident of Noida, the authorities have been dumping its municipal solid waste in Sector 138-140 which is a temporary...
- Karnataka6 years ago
National Green Tribunal Summons Top Officials Of Karnataka Government Over Action Taken To Clean Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake
Heavy rains in Bengaluru have caused the frothing foam from Bellandur lake to spread on to the streets in the nearby residential areas. A few months...
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