Developed by researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, the new road-making material is a mix of shredded single-use face masks and processed building rubble designed...
Announcing Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that starting this year, the government intends to focus on complete faecal sludge management and wastewater treatment as...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by its chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that the standards of handling of Bio-medical waste need to duly...
According to CPCB, daily bio-medical waste generation in India has gone up by 25 per cent in 2020 due to COVID-19
In the last six months, between June to November, India produced 28,468.85 tonnes of COVID-19 related bio-medical waste, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
At the India Sanitation Coalition, experts discuss Swachh Bharat 2.0 and what should it really focus on in order to meet total sanitation goals for India
The process of burning farm residue and vehicular emission are the major causes of air pollution in parts of north India, deteriorating the air quality around...
As India gears up for World Toilet Day with the theme Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change, NDTV speaks with Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Programme Director -...
Here is all you need to know about World Toilet Day and why it is celebrated
10 years ago, 52-year-old Vijay Limaye from Nagpur, decided to find an alternative to wooden logs used in cremation and today he saves at least 1,000...
The COVID-19 related bio-medical waste generation in India has increased from 3,025.41 tonnes in June to 5,490 tonnes in September
According to health experts, tackling the issue of waste burning is even more pivotal now given the fact the nation is battling a coronavirus pandemic and...
