Industrial waste can produce cement
NCB : Various types of industrial wastes could be put to use for increasing the durability of cement and concrete and at the same time eliminate the danger to mankind and ecology, the national
NCB : Various types of industrial wastes could be put to use for increasing the durability of cement and concrete and at the same time eliminate the danger to mankind and ecology, the national
Mexico has announced that it plans to force all industries to document their emissions and the transport of hazardous waste, and is attempting to improve public consciousness to protect the rapid
Costa Rica is burning 1,000 hectares of banana plantations to prevent the spread of sigatoka, a wasting disease that affects the
With the increased use of fertilizers, pesticides and waste disposal methods, the Indian villages become more polluted than the metropolis, observed renowned scientists who participated in the
Another environmental controversy is smoldering along the shores of Lake Biwa (Japan) over a proposed incinerator that will handle 300 tons of industrial and household waste daily. On July 7,
A public meeting has been called on Saturday at Char Rasta, Canacona to chalk out the future course of action to be taken against Penguin Alcohol Company for the alleged release of waste molasses in
Faced with an imminent crisis of disposal of the solid waste in Capital and shortage of land, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has approached the neighbouring States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
The Bush administration said yesterday it will order General Electric Co. to dredge the Hudson to remove toxic waste it dumped into the river over several decades, a huge project that will cost
The Environment Agency in UK has announced that it is to improve the way in which it regulates radioactive waste disposal from Sellafield, which is expected to reduce emissions from the facility by
Drinking water in Russia is endangering human lives because of its contamination with industrial waste, the Security Council commission on ecological security was told yesterday, reports Russian
Russian officials in the Ural mountains have warned the government in Moscow that the Arctic and the rivers of parts of Siberia risk turning into nuclear disaster zones from radioactive waste stored
The United Nations Industries Development Organisation (UNIDO) has launched an integrated waste management programme in Ludhiana to check water and air pollution created by the hosiery industry. The
The Nangal-based plant of National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL) produces lakhs of tonnes of coal slurry as waste which is highly toxic. It has been deposited by the NFL authorities in ponds on the banks of
Following public consultation, the Environment Agency has published its recommendations to largely approve British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL's) application for permission to dispose of waste from eight
The West Bengal government announced a solid waste management plan under which municipalities will be asked to buy land to be used as dumping grounds.
A small Icelandic fishing town is proposing to import crocodiles as an environmentally-friendly way of disposing of the industry's waste. The mayor of Husavik on the north-east coast of Iceland is
The numerical strength of Olive Ridley turtles in the Sunderbans and Midnapore coast indicate that the water of the Bay of Bengal is not much polluted by oil spillage or dumping of wastes, according
A Canadian NGO has gathered evidence that elevated levels of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, lead, uranium and zinc are leaking into Lake Ontario from a hazardous waste facility in sufficient quantities
Environment Minister Michael Meacher has announced a long-term public consultation and research programme on how UK nuclear waste is treated, but any decision on the outcome will not be made until at
The Chief Executive of the Environment Agency is calling for a radical shake-up of waste management in England and Wales, particularly with regard to household