Karnataka to follow Kulithalai model of solid waste management
L. Renganathan TAKING CUE: Kulithalai Municipal Chairperson A. Amuthavel (right) explaining production of vermi compost to the Karnataka team at the Sathyamangalam yard on Saturday.
L. Renganathan TAKING CUE: Kulithalai Municipal Chairperson A. Amuthavel (right) explaining production of vermi compost to the Karnataka team at the Sathyamangalam yard on Saturday.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India, will get an ISO: 14001 certification as the international auditors from Bureau Veritas (BVQI) have wrapped up their auditing. They will be awarding the certificate by the end of this week. A film on the entire process of implementation of the benchmarks of ISO: 14001 is also underway.
The Ambala Municipal Corporation (MC) will secure the services of Sulabh International for carrying out sanitation work in the flood ravaged twin towns of Ambala. The work of cleanliness would be handed over to the agency specialised in sanitation for two months on experimental basis which might extend on pretext of good results.
The Margao Municipal Council on Friday called for a Request for Proposal (RFP) from professionals and consultancy firms in the field of solid waste project management to monitor the work of installation of waste processing and disposal facility at Sonsoddo.
KOCHI: Monday witnessed the transformation of St Xavier
Liffy Thomas Going Green:The initiative to make anganwadis eco-friendly is also aimed at attracting more children. A group of children seen at an anganwadi in Alwarpet. CHENNAI: A smokeless kitchen, a garden in the backyard, where fresh vegetables can be sourced, child-friendly toilets and proper waste management.
The European Union (EU) is providing technical expertise to the Government as it drafts a policy framework for waste management, said Ms Daniele Smadja, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union in India, while addressing a two-day FICCI Environment Conclave 2010.
In the High Court of Delhi WP (Civil) No. 9901 of 2009 in the matter of municipal waste processing plant at Sukhdev Vihar/Okhla. Rejoinder filed filed by Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association and others.
<p>The uses of electronic and electrical devices have relatively increased with rapid increases in economic and technological development over some period of time in Malaysia. There is needs for Malaysia to apply “3R” principles of reduce, reuse and recycle for efficient control and management of material circle of electronic and electrical equipments (EEE).
This report aims guiding through next steps in achieving the goal of total sanitation for Hoshangabad. The report analyses various city-wide or Strategic level sanitation technical options available for Hoshangabad and lays down road map for achieving total sanitation.
Mohali dumping ground : High Court orders to select alternate site Another site proposed for the setting up of a common municipal solid waste management facility (garbage dumping ground) at Swara-Rasanheri-Jhanjeri villages on Mohali
Recent agreement by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) to buy half the power generated by the 16 mw municipal solid waste-based power plant being set up by the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management Company Private Limited (TOWMCL) in Delhi has triggered off a fresh debate on how to dispose off the city
<p>District administration and DK Zilla Panchayat has prepared a pilot project to set up five solid waste disposal units in five Gram Panchayat limits.<br /> <br /> Mysore based Bhageeratha Institute has started training Gram Panchayats in this regard from June 21 at Golthamajalu.<br />
The government will take 29 projects involving around Tk 2,894 crore in its next five-year plan aiming to curb environment pollution. It has decided to take a number of measures including formulation of Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules 2010 to prevent industries from dumping untreated waste, said Hasan Mahmud, the state minister for environment and forest, in the House yesterday. Wh
JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE Composting gets a new life with carbon credits, more eyeballs, smarter ways of decomposing waste and an eco-friendlier attitude
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Environmentalists in the Capital have accused the Delhi Government of dragging its feet over the issue of managing hazardous waste as the city is yet to have a proper data bank of its scrap dealers, the amount of hazardous waste being generated and its proper disposal.
<p>Sangeetha Neeraja | ENS</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Partymen gag residents opposing the Kondungaiyur dumpyard project Of the 400 people who live around the Kondungaiyur dumpyard and were present at the public hearing, only four were allowed to speak</p>
Radhika M | TNN Chennai: Recycling waste from tanneries, Chennai-based Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) and Delhi
A section of public hearing participants wants the Corporation to shift the yard from Kodungaiyur Making a point: A participant expressing his view at the public hearing on the integrated solid waste management project at Kodungaiyur, in Chennai on Friday.