Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has introduced a national policy on solid waste management. Minister of Environment Champika Ranawaka said several problems have arisen due to improper solid waste management. It will be solved within three years at a cost of Rs. 65 billion. The project titled 'Pilisaru' is …
The largest waste management project of Sri Lanka , encompassing all its Local Governments and Provincial councils, will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today. The Treasury has released Rs.600 million for the project. The Government of Korea has pledged Rs. 400 million as aid for …
The Central Environment Authority (CEA) is to take the initiative to solve the garbage problem completely by the year 2012 by providing necessary assistance to local authorities countrywide. CEA Chairman Udaya Gammampila said they will achieve their objective through the implementation of its
Irish engineering outfit Lennox Ltd has scooped first prize at the inaugural IWWE & IRWM Innovation Awards. First prize was awarded for the company's Albin AD pump which was considered technically ahead of its competitors. The awards are part of the Irish Water Waste & Environment (IWWE) and the Irish …
Edie Two men in Northern Ireland have been fined for breaching waste management legislation. Strabane Magistrates Court heard that environmental crime officers from the Environment and Heritage Service had visited a site last year and found large amounts of controlled waste, consisting of rubble and general builder's waste mixed with …
Devyani Rana, programme officer at the Energy and Environment unit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - the United Nations Global Development Network - was in the city on Sunday for a meeting with the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) Committee to discuss the Environment and Green Games Initiative of …
Using data sets from Italian provinces that include rich northern and poorer southern regions, this article examines to what extent income and municipal waste generation are linked and at what level of income they become delinked. The analysis shows that the turning point occurs at very high levels of value …
This article argues that waste management and recycling have become regional or international issues; they can no longer be considered only in a national context. The regionalization or internationalization of waste and recycling issues is caused in large part by the steady advance of economic integration, especially increasing trade and …
The problems relating to mounting solid waste are fast acquiring gigantic proportions in the developing countries of Asia. Most of the countries, nevertheless, continue to primarily focus on achieving high economic growth and pay scant attention to waste management. This article takes a detailed look at the inadequacies of waste …
In 2005-06, the Palike hired excavators and trucks to clear garbage dumped on the premises of the composting unit of the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) at Kudlu village on Hosur Road at a cost of Rs 12.69 lakh, though it had its own equipment. Do you wish to hire …
In this article the authors have elaborated a consistent framework for the quantification and evaluation of eco-efficiency for scenarios for waste treatment of construction and demolition (C&D;) waste. Such waste systems will play an increasingly important role in the future, as there has been for many years, and still is, …
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched in December 2005 to ensure improved delivery of urban services, encourage reforms and fast track the planned development of 63 identified cities over the launch, it has succeeded in laying the foundations of efficient water supply and sanitation services in …
Programmes under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission hold the potential for transforming the urban water supply and sanitation sector. The mission is in its third year of implementation. Four urban service providers discuss the progress and their future plans in addition to the key to smooth implementation of …
In an interview with Indian Infrastructure, M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, talked about developments in the water supply and solid waste management sectors. Among other things, he provided an insight into the issues affecting the sector, achievements made so far and private sector participation in the sector.
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has the potential to change the face of urban water supply and sanitation (UWSS) services. It proposes an ambitious set of significant reforms over a seven-year period at the local and state levels. This could alter the quality of sector service providers …
The management of biomedical waste in health centres, clinics and hospitals is gaining importance in recent times, since it has a lot of hazards and impacts on people and environment. In this study, an attempt has been made to categorize, to quantify and to characterize the biomedical waste (BMW) generated …
This guidelines attempt to summarize, legal and policy matter related to water quality management, the step-wise activities required for formulation of action to restore water quality, the options that may be considered for action plan, the formats for inventory of polluting activities and various water conservation measures.
Ever since he turned a teenager, it had been Pierre Gagne's dream to visit Kerala. He had read it all: in National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast and countless other magazines about the place that was described as among "50 must see destinations of a lifetime". Last week, the 20-year-old from …
