Building business on trust
Though formed only in 2003, the Chennai based Trendz Facilities Management is technically 14 years old. First started in 1995 as N.B. Enterprises by partners Balram Menon and K.S. Balakrishnan – who left their corporate jobs to plunge into housekeeping – Trendz today is a multi-location, multi-function company with over 5000 employees. Menon and Balakrishnan spoke to Clean India Journal.
Feasibility study of Effluents Containing Phenols
Use of bioreactors could turn out to be economically non-feasible but recovery through resin columns is not only cost saving but also eco-friendly.
Pulire Asia 2009 in December
MP Afidamp has announced that the Pulire Asia Cleaning Solutions Expo 2009, will now take place from December 2-4, 2009,... Read More
Medical Waste Management
Medical waste disposal has become a bigger problem with the advent of disposables like needles and syringes which cause contamination of land, air and water resources
E-waste Recycling and 4Ls
An effective e-waste recycling is possible only when we address the 4L’s – Legislation (effective implementation), Liability (effective awareness campaigns... Read More
Bio-fuel from agro waste
Pune based Praj Industries has developed a new technology, which can produce ethanol from waste such as corncobs and bagasse... Read More
Hi-tech coastal cleaning
The Maharashtra government has expedited the process of procuring hi-tech garbage collection boats from Turkey to clean the coastal waters.... Read More
Water from air
Jalmudi village in Andhra Pradesh could be the first village in the world to get a supply of clean drinking... Read More
Dyeing units of Tirupur: Solution for Sludge?
It is a festivity of colours each day here, as colourful streams of water gush down the drains and fall into a huge pool of muck and fluid. This concoction of colour and grime is churned at high speed to split clean the slime from the water. Less than 50km off the textile city of Coimbatore, the hosiery hub of India, Tirupur, houses 6,250 factories that spin out garments in pleasing hues for the export market. Unlike other dyeing centres in the country, environment-conscious Tirupur has its waste treated within each unit, with no toxic waste escaping into the storm water drains anywhere in the city. How do they manage this? Mohana goes inspecting.
Checks on burning garbage
The Chennai forest department plans to deploy a check post, watch towers and an office close to the Pallikaranai marshland... Read More
Cut those tresses
Human hair waste can be converted into useful nutrients for plants show studies. When human hair waste mixed with compost... Read More
BMC to clean lakes
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has undertaken the task of cleaning the lakes in Mumbai, including Sion lake, Sheetal Talao in... Read More
Another ‘pink town’
Fatehabad is set to become the first pink and the most beautiful town of Haryana if the planning of the... Read More
Keepers of Kangra ‘Kuhls’
Community-managed ‘kuhls’ or water canals that date back to the pre-colonial Katoch dynasty (1690 to 1805), are today in dire straits. Human faeces, animal waste and garbage float in this water, which is even used for drinking!
Apple waste manure
Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Processing and Marketing Corp (HPMC) will market organic manure produced from apple pomace (waste left after extraction... Read More
No felling of trees: SC
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) was recently pulled up by the Supreme Court for cutting the greens in its attempt... Read More
Sustainability issues in Solid Waste Management
There are various ‘Sustainability’ issues concerning waste management in India. Most projects started with good intention by the urban bodies failed to take off. R. A. Rajeev, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, discusses the need for right financial model for such projects.
Scrap iron for cleaning wastewater
After five years research, a Chinese researcher has come up with a technology to clean and detoxify pollutants in industrial... Read More
Nano – for cleaning water
In a bid to find a better way to clean up trichloroethene (TCE), a stubborn pollutant found in water, scientists... Read More
Stink to Smile
When an NGO turned mango peels to manure, Nabard stepped in to fund the innovative project…
