Experts panel exploring options to save Pallikaranai marsh
P. Oppili CHENNAI: The Experts Committee on Pallikaranai marsh constituted by the Madras High Court held a meeting on Friday.
P. Oppili CHENNAI: The Experts Committee on Pallikaranai marsh constituted by the Madras High Court held a meeting on Friday.
Solid waste management is proving to be a major problem for authorities in Kashmir. Total quantity of waste generated within the municipal area is reported to be about 467 tons a day.
K. Manikandan STINKING PROBLEM: Contamination by way of discharge of industrial effluents is a pressing problem in Pammal Municipality.
Taking the anti-dumping and garbage management campaign in Shimla to the public domain, the Government today involved Municipal Councillors and the Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation to tackle the
At times when political leaders from Thane are fighting over garbage dumping by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at Mulund, all of them seem to have ignored the fact that their own city, Thane
Have you ever thought that your everyday kitchen waste is damaging the environment? Delhiite Asit Nema has, writes SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
K.V. Prasad COIMBATORE: The Opposition in the Coimbatore Corporation is determined to make the civic body convene a special meeting of the Council and table a White Paper on the status of the Rs.3,186-crore infrastructure schemes proposed under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has demanded that the Corporation table the White Paper at least at the next Council meeting. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) insist that the special meeting should be held this month.
The scope of this paper is safe and sustainable sanitation in agriculture. Specifically, the idea of the paper is to find out the existing regulations and guidelines concerning a sustainable wastewater management in the European Union (EU), regarding small-scale on-site wastewater management, and particularly regarding the safe reuse of the source separated wastewater
Nagercoil: The Government has allotted Rs.87.75 lakh for the implementation of solid waste management programme at Kanyakumari, said environmentalist Vivekanandan, attached to directorate of town panchayats.
Mumbai, September 4 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up a Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste recycling facility on the premises of Deonar dumping ground soon. According to the sources, the plant will be operational in the next two years. Interestingly, the construction waste will be recycled to make building tiles, bricks and paver blocks.
An innovative discipline of vermiculture biotechnology, the breeding and propagation of earthworms and the use of its castings has become an important tool of waste recycling the world over. Epigeics like Eisenia foetida and Eudrilus euginiae have been used in converting organic wastes (agro waste and domestic refuse) into vermicompost.
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The work of Amin Bazar sanitary landfill project is likely to begin in September subject to approval of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council. Officials of the Dhaka City Corporation said they had already acquired 50 acres of land in Amin Bazar area of Savar in Dhaka for the implementation of the proposed two-year project, undertaken by Waste Management Division involving about Tk 65 crore.
With the waste management problem getting out of hand, the government is considering privatising waste management in the country instead of overloading itself. At the end of the three-day conference on solid waste management on August 20, one of the recommendations was to privatise the management of the ever mounting waste problem. Some private businesses have already submitted proposals to the government.
With the waste management problem getting out of hand, the government is considering privatising waste management in the country instead of overloading itself. At the end of the three-day conference on solid waste management on August 20, one of the recommendations was to privatise the management of the ever mounting waste problem. Some private businesses have already submitted proposals to the government.
Speakers at a day-long workshop on Thursday underscored the need for proper and hygienic management of medical waste to free the environment from pollution. They suggested for providing adequate training on waste management to all associated with the clinical and diagnostic activities to protect the environment from degradation. They underscored the need for the authorities and the individuals concerned to have the awareness of the harmful impact of medical waste in the interest of maintenance of sound environment.
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The landfill is an unavoidable component in MSW Management and its planning and design, construction, operation & maintenance involves technical skills and safety measures in terms of health and environmental protection.
MARGAO, JULY 30
Set to change: A view of the garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, where a waste processing facility is to be set up. Chennai: The Chennai Corporation will float fresh tenders for an integrated solid waste processing plant at Kodungaiyur, Mayor M. Subramanian said on Wednesday. A resolution related to the waste processing plant was tabled before the Corporation Council at a meeting held at Ripon Building.