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Uptick for India on sanitation in UN report

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019

India has made great gains in providing basic sanitation facilities since the start of the millennium, accounting for almost two thirds of the 650 million people globally who stopped practising...

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Coca-Cola India Foundation to Implement Integrated Waste Management Solutions

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 6, 2019

Coca-Cola India Foundation, Anandana, has announced the establishment of integrated waste management infrastructure along with SAAHAS, CHINTAN and HASIRU DALA, which also includes setting up of...

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INNOVATION: After solid waste, Goa to produce electricity from cow dung

By : Sustainability ..., May 2, 2019

After successfully producing power from the solid waste management plant at Saligao, the state government is planning to produce energy from cow dung.

The department of animal husbandry has initiated a project to utilise cow dung in...

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New Town vies for platinum green city tag, adopts plans for vertical growth

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 22, 2019

The West Bengal Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation is planning to achieve vertical growth by allowing mixed development in New Town to achieve the platinum green city tag by the...

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Waste management: Six Punjab cities to set up waste-to-energy plants

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 16, 2019

Three major and three small towns of Punjab have been selected to be developed as model cities as far as waste management is concerned. The major towns are Amritsar, Bathinda and Mohali and...

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Action plan for 37 'eco-smart stations' will be implemented in 3 months: Indian Railways to NGT

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 3, 2019

The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal that action plan for 37 railway stations which are to be developed as "eco-smart stations" will be implemented in three months. The Centre told a...

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Scientific disposal of waste should be carried out to check pollution

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 27, 2019

Scientific disposal of construction and demolition waste should be carried out to check water and air pollution in the national capital, Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal said Monday. Baijal chaired a meeting, also attended by city e nvironment minister Imran Hussain, on...

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Yasasu Green : The only solution for treating waste at source

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 5, 2019

With a view to propose sustainable solution for effective waste disposal and recovery of resources, “YASASU EMS” a product line incubated by Organic Recycling Systems Pvt. Ltd. has developed the...

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NOIDA authority collaborates with HCL foundation for solid waste management

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 9, 2019

The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) Monday entered into a pact with the HCL Foundation for solid waste management in the city, which generates around 600 metric tonnes of...

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UP pollution board issues notices to 300 institutes for violation of waste management rules

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has issued notices to over 300 institutions— including schools, hospitals, hotels private colonies, government bodies and other commercial units...

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