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Plastic ruins Goa
Published on 4 Jan, 2013 at 12:42 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Goa drowns in unmanageable plastic waste even after passing of law that empowers police to raid plastic manufacturers, handlers, etc. of plastic below 40 microns. The garbage managers and environmentalists in Goa have been raising the issue of lax enforcement by government authorities on ban of plastic below 40 microns. The one use, low quality,
Plastic Free
Published on 9 Dec, 2012 at 12:55 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Noticing the ill effects of plastic on the flora and fauna of the region, 50 students from various colleges in Mangalore distributed cloth bags titled “Coastal Be Green” among shopkeepers and public at various public places. The goal is to make the coastal belt plastic free and use sturdy cloth bags instead. Plans are on
Solutions sought for smelly garbage!
Published on 13 Mar, 2012 at 14:47 in News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
Garbage disposal, no doubt is a major problem with almost every city of India but Goa faces with the pressing issue of odour besides disposal. Even though it has introduced four-bin system, the wet waste collected emit foul smell, generating out of fish waste, before it is cleared by the Corporation vehicles for disposal. Fish
Plastic Diesel!
Published on 1 Mar, 2012 at 14:27 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Mumbai based Sustainable Technologies & Environmental Projects (STEPS) has set up a plant to convert plastic waste into light diesel, calorific value combustible gas and carbon pellets. The company has also succeeded in generating diesel from algae. The light diesel oil can be used to run a diesel electric generator and can be further purified
Plastic waste for re-laying roads!
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 11:19 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
The Chennai Corporation is considering the use of plastic waste for re-laying roads, including bus route roads. Officials of the civic body held discussions with experts at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering at Madurai pertaining to the initiative. The roads re-laid using plastic waste is believed to withstand heavy load and even traffic. It is
Plastic waste, a fuel for cement kilns
Published on 1 Oct, 2010 at 10:04 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
The Central Government intends making it mandatory for cement makers to use hazardous waste that can burn such as plastic waste and tyre chips as alternative fuel in cement kilns. This can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid creation of landfills. Not only will this prove cost effective for cement firms, it would also
Guidelines for ‘plastic roads’
Published on 1 Sep, 2009 at 14:30 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
The National Rural Roads Development Agency of the Ministry of Rural Development has come out with guidelines for laying rural roads using waste plastic. They are based on the recommendations of R. Vasudevan, Dean, Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Madurai, and Central Road Research Institute. The TCE has patented a technology to coat aggregate with
Tidal ‘wastes’ washed ashore
Published on 1 Aug, 2009 at 16:53 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Mumbai not only witnessed the highest ever high-tide on its coastline but also saw a variety of non-biodegradable waste making its way from the sea into the city. Around 640 tonnes (6.4 lakh kg) of waste comprising of plastic, polythene bags and thermocol (four times the average amount was dumped on the coast in three
Women ‘purify’ a temple town in Kerala
The exodus of pilgrims to Chottanikara during festival season also added to the unclean and unsanitary surroundings. It took Alice three years to restore the sanctity of the temple town.
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