AP to seek locals help tackling waste
THE Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has hit upon a novel idea to tackle illegal dumping of hazardous wastes and effluents
THE Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has hit upon a novel idea to tackle illegal dumping of hazardous wastes and effluents
The Supreme Court granted four weeks time to the Centre to file its response on a comprehensive plan for municipal solid waste management in major cities in the country for marketing urban compost as
The treatment of all the solid waste accumulating at Pampa (Kerala) and the nearby areas is posing problems. The existing incinerator at Cherlanavattam is working at 40% above its installed capacity.
Boghi, this year has become a burning issue, with the authorities deciding to cry a halt to the time honoured tradition of setting waste material in fire. The Department of Environment and the Tamil
Expressing unhappiness over the waste water polluting water cources in Chennai, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued show cause notices to Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board,
The Mysore Grahakara Parishat has taken serious objection to the continued violation of solid waste management regulations by local bodies. Parishat convener T.N.Manjunath said local bodies have
Residents segregating garbage into wet and dry waste could be exempted from paying a part of their property taxes as an incentive for being civic-minded, municipal commissioner Karun Srivastava
The UK Government is in danger of repeating its ongoing embarrassment over waste fridge mountains, this time with end-of-live vehicles, according a policy research group. The Department of Trade and
All new municipal waste incinerators will have to comply with the latest controls on dioxin emissions, launched on 16 January, with existing incinerators having to comply from December 2005. The new
Mayor Ms Vibha Patel performed bhoomi pujan for the plant to be established for the treatment of the biological waste in Bhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The plant, to be established by SICON in association
Twice last year the Solid Waste Management Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation rejected tender offers for civic garbage disposal
By 2010, members of the Chemical Industries Association will have to cut their energy use by 11%, and their water use by 20%, and will have to cut their production of hazardous wastes by 25%,
The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) has cracked the whip on 32 housing societies in Bandra and Borivli for failing to segregate dry and wet waste. The societies have been fined Rs 1000 each.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) wil issue notices to hospitals and nursing homes that haven't complied with the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 1998. The penalty could be
The Punjab state of affairs in the Amritsar city is how it was in Netherlands after the end of World War II where the waste factor is concerned. The sentiments are those of two Netherlands Management
The ginkgo is a companionable tree that likes to live in a place, its pollution notwithstanding. The ginkgo prefers to dwell somewhere where there is smoke in the air and some of man's waste products
In its attempt to check people, including commercial establishements, from throwing wastes on roads and drains, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is contemplating to impose sanitation service
Garbage is piling up everywhere in the streets and footpaths of Malir (Pakistan) due to the failure of town administration in prompt lifting of waste, trash, rubbish and other disposable substances.
The Central Government issued a notification for disposal of solid waste as per the Supreme Court directives more than two years ago but it has not been implemented by a single municipality in the
Home Minister T Devender Goud cautioned chiefs of civic bodies in Hyderabad against any laxity in solid waste management as it would lead to disastrous consequences in the long run. Inaugurating a