Govt tells units to install effluent plants
The Delhi Environment Ministry has directed nearly 630 industrial units, which discharge industrial waste in river Yamuna, to install effluent treatment plants immediately failing which they will be
The Delhi Environment Ministry has directed nearly 630 industrial units, which discharge industrial waste in river Yamuna, to install effluent treatment plants immediately failing which they will be
Less than a month is left for various medical and health care institutions in the city of Ludhiana to comply with the Bio-medical Waste (management and handling) Rules, 1998. But survey in two
Greater Kailash, Defence Colony, Janakpuri will be among the first 20 colonies in Delhi in which the Delhi Government is preparing to launch its door-to-door solid waste management
High levels of dioxins have been detected in dried human waste that was processed for use as manure from dredges at a sewage disposal facility in Nosecho, Osaka Prefecture, town government
A task force aimed at taking necessary steps to hand over the Valley's solid waste management job to provide sector has been formed today under the convenorship of Ministry of Local
With a view to help industries both in the manufacturing and service sectors to identify and minimize different kinds of waste generated by them and to improve their performance by elimination of
The much talked-about anti-polythene drive in Jawalamukhi (Chandigarh) faces an untimely death following the dumping of polythene waste in different areas. The uncaring attitude of citizens has
The recycling plant at Jimina, started two weeks ago, through a simple process recycles waste paper into deyshos or Bhutanese
Experts from India and abroad will participate in a two-day international seminar on environment and waste management in iron and steel industries at Jamshedpur from December 2.
Sanyo Electric Co , the major Japanese consumer appliance and electronics maker, said on Monday that it is entering the environmental impact assessment and toxic waste clean-up
The Central Government has identified the need for infusion of private investment in addressing the country's gargantuan problem of disposing hazardous industrial waste. The Ministry of Environment
The environment and forest ministry is contemplating a legislation to make it mandatory for all oil companies to facilitate waste oil recycling and buy back of 15 per cent of the processed stuff for
A study, conducted in five major hospitals of the Capital, has revealed that hospital authorities in Delhi do not treat and dispose the hospital waste in a proper manner and that the technology they
Gujarat labour minister Bhupendra Lakhawala has recommended the closure of Hema Chemicals, following allegations of pollution and health hazards caused by indiscriminate dumping of factory waste in
The UK Government has taken the first step toward complying with the EU-required reduction in the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill sites. A consultation paper, Limiting Landfill, has
A small amount of radiation was found to have leaked from two barrels of low-level nuclear waste in northern Japan, but the leak was not harmful to people or the environment, Tokyo Electric Power
Much like its incompetence in coping with waterlogging, the Calcutta Municipal Corporation has not succeeded in overcoming the hazards of recycling clinical waste. Orders are issued but are not
In one of the first "green" projects of its kind in the country, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation has privatised the collection and disposal of solid waste or garbage, which will be converted into
A giant radioactive souffle is rising toward the top of a million-gallon tank of nuclear waste buried in the desert near Richland, Wash. Whipped up unexpectedly by a pump that was
With December 1999 as the deadline for hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, dispensaries, pathological labs and blood banks to streamline the disposal of biomedical waste, the government is trying to