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Okhla waste to energy plant's fate under National Green Tribunal's lens

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 21, 2016

The National Green Tribunal may pronounce a judgment on the Okhla waste-to-energy plant on Monday. Residents of Sukhdev Vihar are eagerly waiting for the hearing - probably the final one - on...

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Adidas launches Rs 21,000 shoes made with waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2016

Ever thought of wearing a pair of shoes made with junk floating in the oceans? German Sportswear company, Adidas, has broken new ground with its new range of shoes made from recycled ocean waste...

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Government plans to boost setting up of biomass power plants

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2016

There is a renewed interest in biomass power plants, which can not only generate electricity but also help dispose of — in a carbon-neutral manner — agriculture waste, burning of which in Punjab...

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Indore Municipal Corporation, Indore to charge for waste collection

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2016

The door-to-door garbage collection would not be a free service any more. The civic body would levy a charge of Rs 2 per day on residential units and Rs 3 per day on commercial establishments....

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Mumbai: Unit in Dharavi to process wet waste of 9 wards

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 7, 2016

Following the multiple fires that broke out at the Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds earlier this year flagging the poor state of solid waste management in the city, individual residents and a...

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Thrissur corporation rolls out waste management scheme

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

Mayor Ajitha Jayarajan inaugurated here on Tuesday, the Thrissur Corporation-initiated project on organic waste management at its source, by handing over the key of the mobile organic converter...

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South India's 2nd human waste management plant to come up in Coimbatore

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

After launching a slew of projects to recycle plastic, organic and e-waste, the city is all set to set up a human waste management plant. To be set up jointly by the state government and the...

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Nitte Institute of Communication, Mangaluru City Corporation in Mangaluru to launch campaign to promote waste segregation

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

A move by Mangaluru City Corporation to press for segregation of waste at source has received fillip with Nitte Institute of Communication (NICO) taking up a month-long awareness drive that got...

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Controlled burning begins at Ghazipur landfill

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

The Delhi government has begun a pilot project for controlled burning at east Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill, which will be followed by the implementation of similar steps at Bhalswa and Okhla, as...

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Rs.10 Lakh for each mandi for setting up Waste Management Plants Under e-Nam Scheme

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2016

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh brief the media about the outcome of Swachhta Pakhwada and initiatives taken by the Ministry. Shri Singh informed that as...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste management