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Hierarchy of Sustainable Waste Management
The original hierarchy of waste management addresses Reducing, Reusing, Recycling of waste, Aerobic and Anaerobic Composting, Waste-to-Energy and Sanitary Landfilling. For the specific purpose of this study, “Unsanitary Landfilling and Open Burning” has been added to represent the indiscriminate dumping and burning of MSW and the general situation of SWM in India and other developing
Furniture from junk!
Published on 1 Apr, 2011 at 14:17 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Robert Maier, an exchange student from Germany at NID, owns a study table made of junk. Maier collects junk from everyday life like scraps, waste materials, broken chair, plastic ropes and old signage cardboards lying in the campus to develop various artifacts and fixtures. Some other students have also built a range of fixtures like
Eco-friendly Group
Published on 1 Jun, 2010 at 11:08 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
How to put idle time to its best use can be learned from six Mumbai based housewives. The ladies formed an environment friendly group called ‘Are you reducing, reusing, recycling?’, also known as RUR, two years ago. The group has since been organising awareness programmes in offices & colleges and eco-kid programmes in schools. It
India: Turning Old into Gold
More and more individuals and organisations are practising the concept of recycling in their everyday lives. Discarding the largely western culture of use-and-throw, many are now into using and reusing products. Worn-out clothes or ill-fitting shoes need not land in the dustbin. As Anshu Gupta of Goonj, an NGO, says, “It is better to look
Recycling, most effective
Published on 1 Apr, 2010 at 14:40 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
A recent report by the UK government reiterates the fact that recycling is the most effective way of disposing off waste. The UK government’s waste and packaging agency, Wrap, analysed seven different materials: paper and cardboard, plastics, biopolymers, food, garden cuttings, wood and textiles. The experts then looked at the evidence for seven methods of
E-waste Auction
Published on 1 Jan, 2010 at 11:42 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
In an effort to generate some money from its electronic waste, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to auction it. Under this scheme, fused bulbs, discarded computers, compact discs (CDs), floppy drives, keyboards, etc., will be collected from NDMC’s headquarters and handed over to a private firm for recycling. Delhi is the second
Green Floor Pads
Published on 1 Dec, 2009 at 14:43 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
Americo floor pads showcased by Domadia Buscon, a trading company based in Hyderabad, at Clean India Pulire 2009, are made out of 100% recycled polyester material with a minimum 80% post consumer waste. “Primary sources of these materials are recycled soda and water bottles,” says John W. Miller, Executive VP-Sales & Marketing, Americo Manufacturing Company,
The 3R’s for a Clean Today and Cleaner Tomorrow!
Published on 1 Sep, 2008 at 11:35 in Professional, Technology / Features | Viewed times | No Comments
In all our constant efforts as parents, teachers and responsible citizens to teach our children, students and youth, the importance of cleanliness, we forget to stop and take stock of what is actually happening around us. As I found out with surprise when I took a group six boys, including two of my own children
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