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STP to be must for new apartments with five or more houses: Bengaluru

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 29, 2015

Newly constructed and upcoming apartment complexes having five or more houses must have mini sewage treatment plants (STPs), the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) decided at a meeting held in the first week of this month. 

The board had earlier decided...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste , water

Panvel Muncipal Corp. to revive non-operational bio-gas plant at a cost of 25L to light up 100 street lights

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2015

Panvel's street lights will soon be lit using bio-gas, as the municipal council is planning to restart the defunct bio-gas plant soon. PMC is planning to light up about 100 street lights by using a grant of Rs 25 lakh.

The PMC chief officer Mangesh Chitale said, "...

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Subject Tags: policy , transportation , waste

Thane civic body mulls converting abattoir waste into energy

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2015

The civic body is working towards ensuring zero waste dumping by abattoirs, fish markets and poultry farms in the city by scientifically processing leftovers from these areas into producing energy or bio-products, officials said.

As per the plan, Thane Municipal...

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Subject Tags: policy , power , waste

NGT clears NMC’s solid waste project

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 20, 2015

National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone bench, has cleared Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC's) municipal solid waste (MSW) to electricity project, thereby paving the way for its execution. NMC had earlier appointed Hanjer, which failed to execute it properly. On...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste

Six waste-to-energy plants to be set up under Swachch Bharat Mission

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2015

In a significant step towards generating power from garbage under the Swachch Bharat Mission, six waste-to-energy plants with installed capacity of about 74 MW will be commissioned next year including two in the national capital.

“We have launched the waste-to-wealth...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste

1 year of Swachh Bharat: Cleanest and dirtiest cities in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2015

It’s a tale of two cities with contrasting ground realities: Mysore in Karnataka that has been adjudged the cleanest city in the country by a survey of the Union Urban Development ministry, and Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, which has been declared the dirtiest.

So what does...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste

Kohler to pilot sanitation project for low-income homes in Coimbatore

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2015

Top-end sanitaryware and bath works brand Kohler is known worldwide for its premium image. In the Indian market too, Kohler has a 40 per cent share in the premium end of the Rs. 8,000-crore sanitwaryware market, growing at twice the market growth of 14 per cent. But, what...

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Subject Tags: Corporate Action , waste

Portable Anaerobic Digestion Unit Ready For Demonstration

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2015

What do we do with our food waste? It’s become the issue du jour lately as environmentalists, policy makers, and even chefs and restaurateurs take into account the fact that 40% of the food we produce goes to waste. If food’s still edible, than we want to figure out ways to...

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Subject Tags: Clean Technology , waste

Haryana divides local bodies into clusters for solid waste management

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2015

The Urban Local Bodies Department has decided to adopt an integrated approach from collection to disposal of solid waste in ULBs, an official spokesperson said here today.

For this purpose, a single private agency would be given the responsibility of collection, source...

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Subject Tags: policy , waste

Coke, Walmart and others kick off $100m recycling fund with three new projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 28, 2015

A consortium of 10 of the US’s largest corporations – including Walmart, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson – has announced three new projects designed to boost dismal recycling rates in the US.

Just 34% of waste in the US is recycled, placing it well behind other...

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