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Cleaning contractors bid on accounts: Survey
Published on 30 Aug, 2012 at 13:13 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
More than 73%of the cleaning contractors base their bids on a combination of three factors of square footage of the building; time it will take to clean the facility; and the number of people necessary to service the location, according to a survey by Tornado Industries. However, what is surprising is that “about half of
Tirupur Corporation to implement waste to energy
Published on 30 Aug, 2012 at 12:13 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Tirupur Municipal Corporation is planning to set up a power project to harness the potential of solid waste generated in the city. A Consultant has been sought for the same by Chennai Municipal Corporation on behalf of Tirupur Municipal Corporation. Tirupur Municipal Commissioner KR Selvarajtold Clean India Journal, “An Expression of Interest (EOI) has been
Guidelines for Biomedical Waste Disposal
Published on 30 Aug, 2012 at 12:02 in News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Government of India, has notified Bio-medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules in 1998, as amended in the years 2000 & 2003, to provide a regulatory framework for segregation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of the bio-medical waste generated from the Health Care Facilities (HCFs) in the country so as
OBH Services in Running Trains
Published on 30 Aug, 2012 at 11:47 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
On Board House Keeping Services (OBHS) has been planned to be implemented in all Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and other important long distance Mail/Express trains. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa in written reply to a question in LokSabha. The plan will include cleaning of coach toilets, doorways, aisles
Asianol Biotech launches washroom solutions
Published on 30 Aug, 2012 at 10:50 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Kolkata based Asianol Biotech announces the launch of Dry Earth Eco-cube and Multi Surface Microbial cleaner. Dry Earth eco cube & Multi-surface Microbial cleaner are proven and environment compliant system that uses advanced microbial technology to assist businesses of all sizes to reduce their water, sewage and maintenance costs in the washroom. The primary benefit
Nippon invests in e-waste recycling in India
Published on 22 Aug, 2012 at 12:34 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Japanese metal pre-processor Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co. Ltd (NMD) has agreed to invest in the equity capital of India’s e-waste recycling company Eco Recycling Limited (Ecoreco). “The investment would not only set the strategic road map of e-waste management in India but would also give material security to the country”, said Amit Jain, Managing Director,
Remote Monitoring of Water Treatment Plants
Published on 22 Aug, 2012 at 12:34 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Bangalore head-quartered wastewater management company Ion Exchange Services Ltd (IESL) has recently announced the launch of “Remote Monitoring of Water Treatment Plants”, the first – of – its – kind service in India. Announcing the launch, Dinesh Sadasivan, Executive Director and CEO of IESL said, “This service will completely overcome problems related to limited access
Gates Foundation felicitates ‘Reinvent the Toilet’ Challenge winners
Published on 22 Aug, 2012 at 12:34 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
In an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that will deliver sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation felicitated three universities under the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge – a two-day event held at the foundation’s headquarters in Seattle on August 14 and 15. Universities were awarded prizes for coming up
EU’s new legislation to recycle e-waste
Published on 22 Aug, 2012 at 12:33 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
At least 85% of electrical and electronic waste generated in the European Union will have to be recycled by 2020 under the new rules that took effect recently. Environment Commissioner Janez Potonik has said that the new law is a step towards reusing valuable materials such as rare earth metals, gold, silver and copper used
TMC’s waste-to-energy plant to be rolled out soon
Published on 22 Aug, 2012 at 12:33 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
An incineration plant at Daighar near Mumbra, which will process over 600 metric tonnes of solid waste daily for conversion into energy, is nearing completion. Amid stiff opposition from locals, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has decided to appoint a technical consultant shortly. Officials have said that the waste-to-energy plant is a design-build-operate-own-and-transfer project, where
