Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Government has rejected calls, made by the Environmental Audit Committee, to require new products to be recyclable and to ban food waste going to landfill to help stimulate the circular economy. In its report entitled 'Ending the Throwaway Society: Growing a Circular Economy', published in July, the cross-party Environmental …
AkzoNobel announced today (August 7) that it has created the world's first fully compostable and recyclable paper cup for cold drinks. The cups have new coating technology, made from plant based oils and recycled PET bottles, which means the cup requires no modification or special handling before being composted or …
Goonj, a voluntary organisation working with poor communities and helping preserve the environment by recycling cloth and other waste material was given the ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year India 2012’ award here on Tuesday. The award was given by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organisation of the …
Subash Menon’s Kivar Environ bets big on municipal solid waste management and city sanitation After several ups and downs, Subash Menon transformed his company Subex from a systems integrator in telecom hardware to a leader in telecom software products with over $100 million in revenues. After two decades of being …
We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitable. We look the other way with what seems like futile hope that some day, someone will find …
Corporates and citizens come together to segregate and recycle waste Smoking mountains of garbage are the new normal for India’s urban sprawls, sticking out like dirty reminders of a consumption culture gone awry. But from amidst the stink, hope of a cleaner future is sprouting in the southern states. The …
Dell has launched its free consumer laptop battery recycling programme for its consumers across all major metros and tier 1 cities in India. The company in a release said that it has designed the programme to encourage responsible disposal of non-working laptop batteries, thereby preventing e-waste from entering landfills. Mr …
From now on, think twice before throwing away your juice pack. If you recycle it instead, it could help in a child’s education. Several city schools and retail shops are joining a unique initiative where tetra paks are recycled to make benches, diaries, notebooks and tissues. These are donated to …
Some entrepreneurs across the country are building businesses based on the belief that garbage -- once destined to rot in a landfill -- can be repurposed into profitable products. Americans produced about 250 million tons of trash in 2010, recycling and composting about 34 percent of that total, according to …
New bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-based. The next time you take a swig from a Coca-Cola bottle, it may well be ‘green’ — not in colour or content, but in composition. Coke will soon launch new bottles that are 30% biomass-based, said Asim Parekh, vice-president (technical), Coca-Cola …
They'll no longer be wrapping their dolls and their toys in rainforest destruction... This is a huge win Rold Skar spokesman, Greenpeace US toy giant Mattel, maker of the world-famous Barbie doll, has decided to use more environmentally friendly materials in its packaging. The decision comes after months of …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon take action against wholesalers and retailers stocking and selling plastic bags less than 40 microns thick, said Member Secretary K.Karthikeyan. The drive would be conducted in coordination with the respective local bodies, Mr.Karthikeyan, who took over as TNPCB's Member Secretary recently, …
Industry told to make plastic products eco-friendly Union Minister of State for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs K.V. Thomas has said that directions have been issued for updating the Indian standards of plastic products to make them compliant with the norms of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and …
PANJIM: In a bid to improve segregation of dry waste, Corporation of the city of Panaji has introduced further segregation of dry waste at source itself through the ‘four bin system’. The system that CCP has already begun implementing includes installation of four separate bins in each residential complex --one …
It’s a nationwide project to reduce felling of trees to manufacture paper and Jamshedpur cradles are proving themselves second to none in this effort. About 50 city schools are taking part in the Grand Banyan Project, an initiative of the British Council to recycle wastepaper in collaboration with an NGO, …
New Delhi: Plastic salvaged from electronic waste is posing serious health and environmental hazards. Environmentalists have pointed out that toxic plastic is being recycled and toys and other household items made out of it, which is hazardous not only for those involved in the recycling work but also for the …
As many as 115 plastic carry bag manufacturing units in various parts of the state were found violating norms during a surprise check by the officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today. The firms were caught flouting the provisions under the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011. …
MARGAO: The Goa Waste (Scrap) Recycling Unit Scheme 2010 has hit a road block, with the authorities unable to get the required land for the trade zones to rehabilitate the scrap yards and the process of registration of the scrap yards progressing at a snail
bioprocessing of organic solid wastes is a must DR P SANKAR GANESH An analysis of municipal solid waste generated by various cities in India evidently reveals that more than 50% (typically 35-70%) contains biodegradable/organic waste. In addition to the organic material in the municipal waste streams, the wastes generated by …
