Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Jeet Singh Yadav Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 02/12/2024. The matter related to restoration of 6 ponds in Delhi which have been occupied unauthorizedly or otherwise filled in by raising constructions. In the order dated …
Plastics are everywhere and they are virtually indestructible. The US alone uses 80 million tonnes of plastics in a year—about as much as the marine catch of the world in the 1990s. Fossil fuels are almost the sole ingredient in traditional plastic manufacturing and the plastic industry takes up about …
Preethi Nagaraj, Mysore, June 9, DH News Service: The Mysore City Corporation (MCC), basking in glory after the city was recently adjudged the second cleanest in India, is planning to turn the place into a
Pune Aundh residents Rajendra and wife Sangeeta Joshi proudly display their property tax bill in which they have been awarded a rebate of five per cent. What makes the rebate doubly special is the fact that it
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Guruvayur Anakotta which houses more than 60 elephants has to deal with nine tonnes of elephant dung every day. It is with the help of a contractor that the authorities dispose off the dung by using it for land-filling or some other purpose. But with the rising …
D.Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: In keeping with the ongoing efforts in the tea sector to bring down the cost of production by promoting alternative energy sources, an initiative to produce energy from human waste was set in motion by the Tea Board at the Highfield Estate near Coonoor on Thursday. Work on …
This study presents reusing of locally available waste fibrous materials as concrete composites. Mechanical strength properties (compressive strength, split tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture and shear strength) of synthetic fibres (nylon, plastic and tyre) with volume fractions (0.5%, 1% and 1.5%) and aspect ratios (30, 60 and …
The utilization of the post consumer paper product in the production of new paper products is increasing all over the world in recent years. The use of enzymes in ecofriendly deinking of the recovered paper is one of the potential enzymatic application in the pulp and paper industry.
Pulverized coal fly-ash has been evaluated as wet-end filler in manufacture of specialty products such as decorative laminate-grade base papers. Fine sized fly-ash is available abundantly as solid waste from coal based thermal power plants. Non-magnetic fly ash particles smaller than 35 um were used as wet end filler.
Due to increasing environmental concerns in the wastewater treatment sector, the environmental impacts of organic waste disposal procedures require careful evaluation. However, the impacts related to the return of organic matter to agricultural soils are difficult to assess. The goals of this study are to assess the environmental impacts of …
This article presents the results of an experimental activity aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the environmental performance of using municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash to produce glass frit for ceramic glaze (glaze frit). The process includes an industrial pretreatment of bottom ash that renders the material suitable …
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is considered as one of the most essential vegetable crops for human nutrition. The deficiency of plant nutrients causes different changes in the physiological and biochemical processes within the plant cell resulting in a reduction of growth, delay of development and qualitative and quantitative decrease of yield, …
Madikeri CMC has come forward with a plan to produce compost from the wastes collected after segregating the plastic. Waste being dumped near Stone Hill in Madikeri. (Below) CMC constructing a godown to store the plastic segregated from the wastes dumped at Stone Hill. dh photo The CMC is trying …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi March 30, 2010, 0:59 IST The stink is out of urine, literally and metaphorically, with a growing number of researchers spotting commercial and ecological value in a liquid most people consider waste. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, for instance, is working to harvest …
S. Annamalai MADURAI: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) plans to extend the use of waste plastic in cement processing to more districts in February. At present, the
More than 400 college and school students participate in training programme Nagercoil: The district administration has selected six wards of Nagercoil Municipality for the implementation of collecting and sending non-degradable plastic waste from Kanyakumari district to India Cements in Tirunelveli district as fuel, said the Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo. India Cements …
S. Annamalai Melur school students to collect waste plastic for safe disposal Worthy service: Students of Sundareswara Vidhyasala collecting waste plastic from a business establishment in Melur. MADURAI: On Bhogi day, The Hindu-Newspaper in Education joined hands with Sri Sundareswara Vidyasala Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Melur, to launch an eco-friendly …
S Saroj Kumar Chennai: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked cement units in the country to reduce their dependence on coal and turn towards the use of plastic waste to bridge the supply gap for coal. Cement industries giving a clarion call to bridge the 30% coal deficit …
With the increase in paddy cultivation in Northern plains of India due to advanced agriculture technology, the amount of paddy straw has also increased proportionately. According to a recent report 197 lakh tons of paddy straw is being burnt every year only in Punjab state. This burning not only is …
