Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Recently, certain Mumbai temples have become sites of an initiative that's not entirely religious. Nirmalaya, floral offerings made by devotees, is composted at these temples and the manure is sold for Rs 20 per kilogramme. Nirmalaya manure has become quite a hit among devotees. The project is the brainchild of …
Qingpu district government in Shanghai, China has staunchly refused to allow Loyalty Enterprises Group from operating an electronics recycling plant. It fears that the facility will damage the local environment. The plant was scheduled to begin operations by the end of last year. Loyalty officials said, "The Shanghai Environmental Protection …
a group of researchers from the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, has developed a process to obtain glass ceramic material from the blast furnace slag generated in iron and steel plants. The innovation holds good potential for the cookware industry as the new class of materials has an …
Here are some figures that might make puritans cringe in revulsion. An average adult human produces 500 litres of urine in a year and experts reckon this nutrient-rich
Recycling of tetra pak cartons has started in Mumbai following a joint venture between their manufacturer, Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd (tpil) the Daman Ganga Paper Mill (dgpm) and a non-governmental organisation, Stree Mukti Sanghatna (sms). "A few months back I did not even know what a tetrapak is. But …
Pali is a textile town deep in water-scarce Rajasthan. It is well known for the cloth it produces. But it is even better known for the filth it also produces, best seen in the colours in its mostly dry river, the Bandi. Pali's pollution, and the protest of residents and …
scientists in Germany have isolated a strain of bacteria from a uranium waste pile, which can be used to clean up toxic dumps. Bacillus sphaericus jg -a12 survives in highly toxic environments by accumulating heavy metals such as uranium, cadmium and lead in its outermost layer, according to the group …
questions are being raised about the quality of degradable plastic bags to be used by hotels and hospitals in Delhi following a recent order of Delhi government's Department of Environment see Down To Earth
the Delhi Government has made the use of degradable plastic compulsory in the city's hospitals and hospitality sector. It recently issued a notification to this effect. But some experts have criticised the fact that the order applies only to restaurants with a seating capacity of over 100 people and hospitals …
us scientists have found an ingenious use for empty plastic bottles. Instead of disposing them in landfills, the non-biodegradable waste can be used to make engine oil for cars, say researchers at the University of Kentucky and the Chevron Energy Technology Company. They converted the plastic bottles into high-grade oil, …
Due to continuous removal of topsoil, which is appropriate for agricultural purposes, is being used in production of conventional fired clay bricks, which results in depletion of natural resources for agriculture. Due to rapid industrialization, enormous quantities of wastes are generated by industries. In the present research work, efforts were …
Faced with tonnes of waste material from furniture manufacture, Moratuwa, on Colombo's southern outskirts, has come up with a unique solution. Municipal authorities have returned the problem to source, asking furniture companies themselves to develop a product using wood waste. Moratuwa is home to Sri Lanka's best carpenters, with 4,000 …
Ragpickers are solely responsible for manually separating non-biodegradable wastes from garbage bins in cities. "They play a vital role in the economy of solid waste recycling process. They feed the need of intermediary buyers, who, in turn, meet the demand of factories using recyclable solid waste as raw materials,' points …
it is cheaper, elegantly uses waste from power plants, is less of a drain on scarce natural resources and has better resistance to cracks: cement with fly ash. But the Indian consumer doesn't like it. Companies manufacturing Portland Pozzolana Cement complain consumers prefer ordinary cement (with high compressive strength) for …
Keeping them is much tension, getting rid of them is irksome. Confidential documents sure are a big headache for institutions. Most either shred them or consign them to flames, when they have no use for such paper. But in Sri Lanka, companies have found an environment-friendly way of disposing confidential …
