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Steamed Garbage!!
March 1st, 2012 - 79 days ago 
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An expert team from England has developed a cost-effective and environment-friendly Vantage Waste Processor (VWP) for tackling solid waste. The process involves injecting steam into garbage and converting it into bio-ethanol or electricity, thus avoiding landfill. The machine has capacity to process 11 tonnes of waste per hour. The project, which follows the BOOT (build,
Issue Month : March Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 3
Biogas for schools
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The district panchayat in association with the Total Sanitation Cell in Thiruvananthapuram is set to implement source-level solid waste management projects in eight schools and three hospitals. Biogas plants will be installed at Neyyattinkara District Hospital, District Ayurveda Hospital at Varkala and District Homoeo Hospital at Fort. Apart from this, biogas plants having a capacity
Issue Month : March Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 3
‘Street Food’ Laws
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In order to maintain hygiene and cleanliness in the city, the Cochin City Corporation is set to distribute around 100 modern thattukadas in the city. About 50 thattukadas would be equipped with solar heaters, purified water and good stoves for cooking. This unique initiative of the Corporation is part of a scheme to rehabilitate street
Issue Month : March Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 3
Action plan for Campaign Clean India
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Tourism Minister invites suggestions for keeping the tourist destinations clean Campaign Clean India is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Tourism to clean select tourist destinations. In an exclusive interview with Clean India Journal, Subodh Kant Sahai, Central Minister for Tourism, said, “Just like Municipal Corporations that have engaged Cleaning Contractors to clear garbage,
Workers shun contaminated shop towels
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In a survey released by Kimberly-Clark Professional, nearly four in five manufacturing workers agreed that shop towels should be banned if they are not 100%-free of hazardous materials after laundering. The survey exclusively targets production floor employees who use shop towels every day, in industries such as automotive, aviation, printing, food and beverage processing, as
Cannon Hygiene future plans in India
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The UK based Cannon Hygiene, which has a joint venture with PCI Environmental Services for its India operations, plans to take washroom hygiene products and systems to workplaces across India. Speaking to Clean India Journal, Bryce Tietjens, Business Services Director – Cannon International, during his India visit said, “Our feedback from the Indian market has
SCA’s offer to acquire Georgia-Pacific accepted
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Georgia-Pacific has accepted SCA’s binding offer and a sales and purchase agreement has been signed by both parties. The process will continue towards finalizing the acquisition, including the approvals by relevant competition authorities and further local consultation processes. Georgia-Pacific has a well-established presence in Europe in both Away-From-Home and consumer tissue products. Georgia-Pacific’s European tissue
Fast disintegrating tissues for airport
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T3 of IGI Airport in New Delhi has recently installed EcoGreen Health & Hygiene Pvt. Ltd’s toilet tissues on a pilot basis in its washrooms. After studying the disintegration of different types of toilet tissue paper in water, EcoGreen tissues have been found to disintegrate within 10-20 seconds in water. Speaking to Clean India Journal,
Chennai looking for suitable SWM process
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The Corporation of Chennai is planning to install an integrated waste management system in the city and is looking for a viable solution to get rid of the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumping yards. It has called interested parties to submit their proposal for setting up an integrated municipal solid waste processing facility to handle around
OCS Group acquires Integris Management Services
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International facilities services provider OCS Group has acquired a majority stake in Integris Management Services, an Irish provider of maintenance and FM Services. OCS Ireland employs over 1500 people, providing a range of property support and aviation services. In a press release, James Buckley, Managing Director of Integris, said, “Joining OCS will enable Integris to
