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 …
Syed Ali Ahmed The Delhi government has decided to review an old project of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) relating to generation of power from garbage. The project was finalised when the Congress was in power in the MCD. Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said the department concerned would …
Sonali Chowdhury : Waste, if efficiently treated, can be instrumental in helping the country meet its energy requirements and reducing greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Indian urban population currently produces 42 million tonnes of waste per annum
AHMEDABAD : She saw an innovative green idea' in trash bins full of discarded gutkha pouches and empty food packets. Sixteen-year-old Hetal Vaishnav has invented a new technology to help recycle multi-layered food packets which can be used in making furniture. "I always find empty gutkha pouches, wrappers and packets …
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: In a first of its kind initiative, Haryana has approved a 6 mw power plant to be set up in Barwala (district Panchkula), where power will be generated from poultry waste. As per the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (Hareda) Gurgaon-based Emergent Ventures, US-based Indus Terra Energy …
NEW DELHI: Delhi International Airport Limited, which is operating and developing Delhi airport, will soon generate electricity from solid waste. DIAL in collaboration with Selco International has won an international competitive bid to set up a municipal solid waste processing complex. The complex, which will be set up on a …
With the growing demand of handmade paper both in the domestic and export markets, the Indian handmade paper industry has been confronting with the major issue of scarce availability and cost prohibitiveness of the cotton hosiery waste, the traditionally used principal raw material for making handmade paper. As a result …
This month, Edward Reilly, 35, finally let go of the television he had owned since his college days. Although the Mitsubishi set was technologically outdated, it had sat for years in Mr. Reilly
The main challenge for Velankani was the disposal of waste kitchen material. The waste food in the kitchen was being discharged either in the water bodies or the landfills. Energy from Waste: The biogas plant at Velankani Tech Park.Bio energy from kitchen waste Velankani Tech Park is situated at Electronics …
By Janardhan Roye India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. Of the 370 million tonnes of fruits harvested globally, India accounts for 30 million tonnes. In a startling revelation at a fruit and vegetable summit last May, P K Mishra, secretary in the ministry
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The biogas plant set up by the City Corporation on the SMV Model Higher Secondary School premises as part of the household-level solid waste management project was inaugurated here on Tuesday. The plant was built under the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP). It has been set up as …
Fifty miles east of Los Angeles, a small and inconspicuous facility is using something most of us would rather not think about -- household sewage -- to create a resource we can't live without -- fuel. EnerTech Environmental, an Atlanta startup, on Thursday unveiled the United States' first commercial biosolids-to-energy …
Sri Lanka has managed to keep the man-elephant conflict at bay. Elephant dung is used to make paper, an excellent source of revenue, and farmers no longer want to harm elephants, writes Michael Patrao Sri Lanka has a sizeable elephant population, which has been under threat in recent times despite …
THRISSUR: Students of biotechnology engineering of Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakara in the district, have come out with a novel project to convert elephant dung into useful bio-products such as paper, briquette, biogas etc. The project can made use to dispose the huge quantity of elephant dung generated …
R. Vimal Kumar Proposed unit will be equipped to handle five tonnes of non-segregated waste a day File Photo: M. Balaji NEW EFFORT: Garbage in Tirupur is to be disposed of at the compost yard to be established by the Department of Agriculture.
Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances. But non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely …
Pollution caused by feed not eaten is a major concern for shrimp farmers. Madhusoodana Kurup, professor at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, used a technology to convert these leftovers into protein-rich feed. Sumana Narayanan understands how this benefits farmers On why left-over feed is a problem For healthy …
Scientists in California, US, are reporting the use of a new bioprocess that could help pave the way for producing biofuels from agricultural waste, easing concerns about stress on the global food supply from using corn and other food crops. The bioprocess involves a first-of-its-kind approach to craft genetically engineered …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Energy can be produced from several non-conventional sources, including degradable and non-degradable waste. The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) under the Department of Power in Kerala invents and promotes such technologies. But, the heap of garbage piled up in the plot owned by ANERT at PMG …
Trichoderma spp. are well known as biocontrol agents. However, for field applications the farmers have to purchase them from agroproduct shops. Similarly, straw from different cereal crops after harvesting is generally not used further. Here an integrated use of straw and bioexploitation of Trichoderma sp. is presented. (Correspondence)
