Railways to develop track cleaning equipment
Indian Railways is planning to develop a wet and dry heavy duty vacuum cleaner that can collect the garbage from the tracks and deposit in different containers. The machine being considered will not only cater to the need of clearing dry waste like plastics and bottles but also clear the night soil on the tracks.
Green Seal Standards for Laundry Products
Green Seal™ has designed a new standard specifically to address the lifecycle impacts of laundry care products for institutional and industrial settings. In addition to minimizing or eliminating the use of many hazardous ingredients often found in these products, the new standard, GS-51, provides an important benchmark in terms of product concentration. The new Green
New colour for Karcher products
Kärcher GmbH has announced a comprehensive change to the colour of its professional cleaning products as part of a strategic realignment to focus on the customer. Kärcher products will change from their traditional yellow colour to their new colour of anthracite to create a clear differentiation between consumer-use products (yellow) and commercial-use products (anthracite). Hartmut
Bhopal Corporation seeks waste to energy solutions
In order to process 25 lakh tonnes of waste dumped at its landfill site, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking for technologies to accomplish its waste to energy programme. The waste to energy programme is envisaged to generate 30% of energy from the available waste. Kishore Kanyal, Additional Municipal Commissioner told Clean India Journal,“We are
BSNL to outsource cleaning
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to outsource cleaning and housekeeping job on an annual basis. Sunil K Mukhopadhyay, Assistant General Manager (Material & Maintenance) told Clean India Journal, “The job entails sweeping of road, cleaning of roof tops, maintenance of Children Park in an area of 4890sqm and pest control at TFSQ Complex,
BMC scheme to keep city slums clean
In order to ensure better garbage collection services in slums, the civic standing committee has passed the resolution for a new garbage collection scheme for the city’s slums. The new scheme, Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan, will replace the old one — Dattak Vasti Yojana — that was first initiated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
New sanitation plan for Nagpur
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) may soon get approval to implement a city sanitation plan worth over र3,000 crore. The Central Government has started the process to appoint consultants to prepare plans for 18 cities, including Nagpur. Confirming the development, Municipal Commissioner Shyam Wardhane has said, “The process of making changes in the NMC city
Holden Industries acquires Vector Technologies
Holden Industries has announced acquisition of Wisconsin based manufacturer of powerful industrial vacuum cleaner and cleaning systems, Vector Technologies Ltd. Holden Industries manufactures and distributes truck-mounted and skid-mounted vacuum sewer cleaning equipment, hydro-excavation equipment and related products. Joseph Haas, President & CEO of Holden Industries, said, “The addition of Vector represents a significant extension of
Clean India Show 2012-A Spectacular Event of the Cleaning Industry
Once again Asia’s largest cleaning trade exhibition, Clean India Show 2012, succeeded in creating an ideal platform for the cleaning industry. The recently concluded 9th edition of the Show, one of the best in terms of quality of visitors & business transaction saw more than 4500 cleaning professionals and trade visitors from various countries converge
Clean India Show 2012-Virtual Info Systems launches Waste Recycling India
Waste recycling and management has long been a burning issue for everyone concerned with clean and green environment. While corporates and households in India are seemingly making all kinds of efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle the waste generated at every level, the endeavours are far from enough and totally fragmented. The need of the
