Hospitals flout PCB rules in Orissa
The Orissa Pollution Control Board is reportedly finding it difficult to enforce bio-medical waste management measures in the private nursing homes and hospitals. This is because even government-run
The Orissa Pollution Control Board is reportedly finding it difficult to enforce bio-medical waste management measures in the private nursing homes and hospitals. This is because even government-run
A growing number of local governments in Japan are promoting the recycling of kitchen waste. Their goal is to drastically cut the increasing volume of burnable garbage and also make compost for
A sweeper who went in to dump hospital waste in the godown of a south Delhi Tuberculosis hospital on Friday afternoon, inhaled toxic fumes and fell unconscious. He ws admitted to the intensive care
This year has seen the highest level of pollution by ships in the Baltic in recent years despite a new law encouraging companies not to dump waste at sea.A recently introduced system under which
Germs that were supposed to have been destroyed are being directed back at unsuspecting people. Hospital waste containing bloody bandages and syringes amongst other infected things, which is being
Consumers who go organic in the belief they are buying safer and more nutritious food are wasting their money, according to the head of the Food Standards Agency In a BBC1 interview due to be
The Supreme Court on Thursday castigated the Union of India, the Government of the National Capital Region,DDA and NDMC for the sorry state of affiars in the disposal of solid waste and unending
Rajashtan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has asked the central governemnt to verify newspaper reports that it plans to bury nuclear waste in the Thar desert, a move that could have enormous
Three factories in Phra Pradaeng district, Thailand have been ordered to solve problems of smell, dust and untreated waste, or face temporary closure.The order was issued by Governor Somboon
The incinerator plant at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is almost buried under hazardous infectious waste.Black polythene bags oozing blood, infected bandages and amputated limbs have been lying
The chairman of a Taiwanese chemical company is among those charged with attempted murder for dumping 14,000 tonnes of chemical waste into mountain streams and coastal areas.Several senior staff of
Three chemical company executives and 19 workers were charged Tuesday with dumping tons of toxic waste into a river that serves as a main source of drinking water in southern Taiwan.Prosecutors said
The state industries claim to be cleaning up toxic industrial waste is providing to be as hollow as its corroded effluent pipelines - five years after the Maharashtra Industrial Development
A lack of harmonisation in European Union rules on waste classification is imposing extra costs on businesses and creating uncertainty in the market, says a group of American companies based in the
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will compensate victims of hydrogen sulfide poisoning caused by the operation of a waste-processing facility in Suginami Ward, officials announced Tuesday.This is
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will launch a programme by the end of this month, in collaboration with Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) , to collect solid waste from shops.
Italy, Austria and Germany face legal action at the European Court of Justice over their failure to treat urban waste water properly, the European Commission said yesterday. Belgium has also been
The World Bank said on Wednesday it will lend China $349 million for air pollution control and waste water management in Beijing. The loan, approved on Tuesday, would be used to help convert
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. has agreed to pay 750 million yen to residents near a waste incinerator that has been releasing high levels of dioxin, sources said Friday. The decision in
High cost involved in conversion of solid wastes generated every day in major towns into organic manure has prompted the Madhya Pradesh Agro Industries Corporation to seek private participation for