Karnataka is India’s fifth largest generator of biomedical waste
Second wave has burgeoned amount According to data sourced from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Karnataka is currently generating 16.91... Read More
Highlighting Patient Quality Care
With major government initiatives and increased growth in medical tourism, healthcare services in India are in demand and hold a... Read More
Managing MSW
The total waste generation in India as per reports is 62 million tonnes annually out of which 5.6 million tonnes... Read More
E-Waste Management rules enhanced
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has said that the Government has amended the E-waste... Read More
Apollo Hospitals International Limited, Ahmedabad
Ensuring safety in Hospitals According to World Health Organization, 80-85% of total amount of waste generated by healthcare activities is... Read More
An Integrated approach to SWM
“From establishing a separate e-waste collection facility, complaint redressal system, litter prevention system to slum up-gradation & rehabilitation, Vadodara Municipal... Read More
Managing BMW
Biomedical waste is waste that is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings. In recent years, there has... Read More
Malegaon deserves the status of an industrial township
Malegaon as a city lacks basic infrastructure for collecting and disposing of solid waste without adequate underground sewage system. The... Read More
Waste management
Clean City Movement initiated by the Indian Medical Association and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) will... Read More
Guidelines for Biomedical Waste Disposal
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Government of India, has notified Bio-medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules in 1998, as... Read More
Hubli – Dharwad: Moving towards a garbage free city
The business hub of North Karnataka, Hubli-Dharwad, is the second-largest conurbation in Karnataka after Bangalore. Over 400 tonnes of waste... Read More
Managing Waste
Valsa R. Nair Singh, I.A.S., Secretary (Environment), GoM; Chairperson Maharashtra Pollution Control
Board (MPCB) and MCZMA, speaks to Clean India Journa
Chennai’s Cleaning Challenges
Though uncontrolled urbanisation in Chennai has placed a heavy stress on solid waste management, studies reveal that the City is among the few urban local bodies in the country which have prepared long term plans for effective solid waste management. Shobha Menon reports.
