INDUSTRY INSIGHT
O & M in Green Buildings Neglected but critical According to the India Green Building Council (website), the number of... Read More
Vacuum cleaner on tracks
India’s first ever “vacuum cleaner on tracks” is the result of Central Railway’s (CR) dire need for a cleaning machine... Read More
Goa’s AC LOO
Goa’s AC loo Goa’s first air-conditioned public toilet was installed at Chief Minister Digambar Kamat’s legislative assembly constituency in Margao.... Read More
Indian Cleaning Industry, 2011
Driven by Demand? (or by Awareness too?) The way, the global cleaning industry bounced back in the year 2010 after... Read More
Singapore too lacks clean toilets
Despite being a First World country, Singapore is struggling to provide basic amenities like clean toilets to its citizens. At... Read More
Potty-trained Pigs
Taiwan’s environmental authorities are planning to promote potty training for pigs to https://www.cleanindiajournal.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1854&action=edithelp curb water and waste pollution. The Environmental... Read More
Water/veg bins!
The Chennai Corporation has been distributing green and red garbage bins over the last two years (at a cost of... Read More
Varsity to Recycle
Gulbarga University in Karnataka plans to make a big green statement by making the best use of both biodegradable and... Read More
Insurance for outsourced workers
All the 20,000 outsourced employees working in the health and sanitation wings of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have been... Read More
Hospital Cleaning
The SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack has launched mechanised cleaning and sanitation system across all its facilities. The... Read More
Living by the coal mines
80,000-odd people, mostly tribals, living in the coal belt of Jharia in Jharkhand's Dhanbad breath carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and methane, emitting from mine fire. People smouldering with underground fires for several decades now are facing breathing problems and skin diseases.
FOG removal from drains
The Environmental Biotech bacterial FOG (fats, oils and grease) removal system, which uses live vegetative bacteria to consume the fats,... Read More
Space Debris
With nations vying each other to put satellites, shuttles and stations in orbits, outer space is getting dangerously littered. Space... Read More
IEHA 2010 award
The International Executive Housekeepers’ Association, Inc (IEHA) gave away the biannual awards recently at its 44th Annual Conference and Convention... Read More
UGL bags sustainability award
Diversey and the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) have jointly presented the renowned ‘Sustainability Innovation Award’ to global... Read More
Analysis on Green Product performance
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) Toxics Use Reduction Institute’s (TURI) Laboratory is performing gravimetric analysis as part of... Read More
Trendy bags out of trash
The Trashy Smart Bag is the most popular model of the eco friendly products manufactured by the Trashy Bags company... Read More
Rug Doctor machines honoured
US-based Rug Doctor’s carpet cleaning machine has been recently awarded by the Carpet and Rug Institute and Good Housekeeping. CRI... Read More
e-toilets for ladies
The ladies of Kozhikode now have an electronic Delight toilet. The first of its kind in Kerala, the toilet has... Read More