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NGT orders land grant to DJB for sewage plants

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2015

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday told the Delhi government’s Revenue department to transfer land to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for setting up of sewage treatment plants in different areas. It has also asked the Delhi Police to aid the DJB in acquiring the land....

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Poop-powered bus breaks world speed record

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

The UK’s poop-powered bus has set a speed record for a regular service bus with a top speed of 76.8 miles per hour (123.5kph). The vehicle is called the ‘Bus Hound’ (a tongue-in-cheek homage to supersonic Bloodhound SSC) and it’s powered by biomethane derived from cow manure...

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Veolia Showcases Advanced Wastewater Biological Treatment Reactors at Bevtec Asia 2015

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

Singapore - May 6, 2015 - Veolia Water Technologies exhibits today at Bevtec Asia 2015. As a leading water and wastewater solutions provider with a wide array of contemporary water treatment solutions, Veolia will showcase two of its star biological treatment technologies...

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BPCL to provide viability gap fund for garbage plant

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will provide viability gap fund for the proposed new waste treatment plant to be set up by the Corporation of Cochin.

Executive Director of BPCL’s Kochi refinery Prasad Panicker said on Tuesday that the corporation would...

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Nainital to launch solid waste management system for rural areas

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

Nainital: Nainital will soon become the first district in Uttarakhand to launch an effective system of solid waste management in rural areas.

The third State Finance Commission has allocated a sum of Rs 25 lakh for taking up solid waste management in rural areas of the...

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Subject Tags: waste management

In a first, Delhi University college sets up handmade paper recycling unit

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2014

Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College has launched a waste minimisation initivative by setting up a handmade paper recycling unit, the first of its kind programme by any college of the pretigious varsity.
 
"We have decided not to purchase any paper for...

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Biogas from waste for 'Clean Puttur'

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2014

Even as the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) authorities struggle to solve the garbage menace, Puttur Town Municipality in Dakshina Kannada district has come up with a novel plan of setting up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant to convert waste into cooking gas. 
 
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NGOs and BMC to come together for zero garbage pilot project

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2014

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Mumbai think tanks Bombay First and Observer Research Foundation, and some civil society groups in collaboration with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will launch a zero garbage initiative from Ward 92 in H-West ward (Bandra, Khar and...

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Subject Tags: BMC , India , waste management

MCap investing over $6M in PET bottle recycling firm Ganesha Ecosphere

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2014

Private equity fund MCap is acquiring 15.6 per cent equity stake in Kanpur-based Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd through a preferential allotment for around Rs 37.94 crore (over $6 million), as per a stock market disclosure.
The board of directors of the listed company has...

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Improving effectiveness: Waste management to be mechanised says FWMC MD

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2014

The Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) is working on a project to introduce mechanical sweeping of roads to improve the sanitary condition.
This was stated by Amjad Ali Awan, the FWMC managing director, while talking to The Express Tribune on Sunday.
“A...

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Subject Tags: FWMC , India , waste management