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CSE launches forum of 20 cities to help segregate wasteBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 13, 2017
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday launched a forum of 20 cities that have adopted or are willing to adopt waste segregation and management practices. The forum included the... Read more.. Subject Tags: waste management , waste segregation |
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to set up dry waste centres in city, 5 of them in South MumbaiBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 12, 2017
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up 35 dry waste collection and processing centres across Mumbai. Five of these will be in installed in south Mumbai in areas... Read more.. Subject Tags: waste management , waste segregation |
Bihar: 571 private hospitals fail to dispose of biomedical waste properlyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 11, 2017
Total 571 private hospitals in Patna, Nalanda, Buxar, Bhojpur, Rohtas and Kaimur districts in Patna division don't dispose their biomedical waste in the prescribed scientific manner set by... Read more.. |
Notify solid waste management bye-laws in 3 weeks: Delhi High Court to Lieutenant GovernorBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 6, 2017
The Delhi High Court today asked Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to positively notify the Solid Waste Management bye-laws, framed jointly by the city's civic bodies and environmental experts,... Read more.. |
Soon, cities to get star rating based on their garbage disposalBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2017
The urban affairs ministry will soon launch star rating of cities on a scale of zero to seven (0-7) in its bid to push cities to achieve "garbage free" status. The 10 parameters identified for... Read more.. |
EDMC project for scientific disposal of plastic wasteBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 29, 2017
East Delhi Municipal Corporation in collaboration with an NGO Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA), an NGO, has initiated a project for scientific disposal of multi-layered plastics (MLP... Read more.. |
AIPMA demands one law for plastic waste management in countryBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 28, 2017
Blaming poor implementation of existing rules, the All India Plastic Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA) has demanded one law, on the lines of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), for plastic waste... Read more.. |
Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister proposes Japanese model of waste management for TelanganaBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2017
Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister K. Tarakarama Rao said that the effective Municipal Solid Waste management was the need of the hour with the growing urban population in... Read more.. |
Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport first in India to install waste recycling machinesBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 22, 2017
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad has become the first airport in the country to commence installing waste recycling machines as a pilot project. ... Read more.. |
EDMC, IIT-D join hands for Ghazipur landfill projectBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 21, 2017
In a bid to avoid recurrence of the recent cave-in incident at the Ghazipur landfill site, wherein two people were killed, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Monday joined hands with... Read more.. |