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Units to turn waste into power planned in Karnataka

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 9, 2017

Two waste-to-energy units, each with a capacity of 500 tonnes of waste, will come up at Kannahalli and Mavallipura and tenders have been invited for the purpose, Bengaluru Development Minister K...

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Economic growth leading to rise in e-waste generation: Union Government

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 8, 2017

India's economic growth, with rise in per capita income coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic equipment, are leading to increase in the rate of e-waste generation, the government...

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Goa State Pollution Control Board to impose ban on plastic waste burning in Goa

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 7, 2017

With a directive issued to local self-governing bodies, including panchayats, to prevent pollution caused by plastic waste burning, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) is gearing up to...

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Composting the waste insisted as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may buy it in Bengaluru

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2017

After various drives to get citizens segregate household garbage, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is going to nudge them to compost waste at home. The incentive: It will be bought...

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Patna sans waste disposal infra, but PMC mulls fine over litter

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 1, 2017

The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) is mulling to impose fine on those who litter the state capital.

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Draft rules for utilising solid waste for cement production

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 31, 2017

With landfill sites across major cities filled beyond capacity, the central pollution control board (CPCB) has now come out with fresh draft guidelines proposing use of solid and industrial...

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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike mandates segregation at source from February 1

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 31, 2017

Beginning Wednesday, handing over mixed waste to pourakarmikas because you find segregation too complicated is going to cut no ice with them. They will be empowered to say no to collecting...

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Plastic waste used for laying roads in Tirupati

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 30, 2017

Four major roads in the temple city have earned a distinction of being the first thoroughfares built with plastic as one of the components in its construction.

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Bengaluru: Waste management goes smart in Electronics City

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 27, 2017

Members of the Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (Elcita) and Sweep Smart of the Netherlands, on Wednesday, launched a smarter solid waste management (SWM) system in the industrial...

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E-waste collected from civil station offices as part of green initiatives

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 27, 2017

KOCHI: An e-waste collection drive was organised in government offices at the Collectorate here on Tuesday, to make the civil station e-waste free.

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Subject Tags: e-waste , waste management