The second phase of the installation of surveillance cameras at waste dump sites will be launched by next month.

All hotels at famous ski resort Gulmarg are functioning without any sewage treatment plant (STP) to manage the toilet waste.

A clean makeover awaits tracks and railways stations in the state as South Central Railway has decided to replace existing excreta disposal systems in trains with environment friendly bio-toilets.

PANJIM: Goa Medical College and Hospital has refuted that they were burning human anatomical waste as reported by officials of the Goa State Pollution Control Board and has instead asked that the B

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre have signed an agreement for a $110-million loan to improve urban services, including water supply, in Jammu and Srinagar.

Pune: A 28-member action committee of doctors has been formed to encourage medical practitioners to register for the common biomedical waste treatment facility at the Kailas crematorium.

Over 200 doctors associated with 14 different city-based associations met on Tuesday -- the last day of the 15-day drive started by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to register for the facility -- to form the action committee.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Chennai Corporation’s plan to go ahead with the setting up of a Solid Waste Management (SWM) facility at Kuthambakam vill

The Bruhat Bangalore Bangalore Mahanagara Palike is said to be contemplating on dropping bulk garbage generators from its purview to streamline solid waste management.

“We are receiving a lot of recommendations to allow bulk waste generators to set up their own waste-processing units. A final decision will be taken soon in this regard,” said Ramandeep Choudhary, Additional Commissioner, Solid Waste Management.

Civic body does not have a prompt action plan, say residents

The mnsoon, for the people of the city, is no more a time to rejoice but to fret and fear. Their worries about what the season has in store are heaping up much like the waste that is getting accumulated by the roadside.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) of Sri Lanka has planned to start a new waste recycling process from next month.