Tag Archives: Environment

Vectair Systems, a leading air care company, launches a range of scent diffusers under its SensaMist™ brand, with solutions for a wide range of environments. The advanced atomizer technology in SensaMist™ diffuses a fine mist of fragrance into the environment. ... Read More »

India is home to a large number of beautiful lakes and great rivers spread all over the country from Kashmir to Kerala and from Rajasthan to Assam. However, in recent times, many of these water reservoirs have got depleted; some ... Read More »

In textile mills, collection of cotton plop spillages and dust which settle on shopfloor machines is a big challenge to remove. Nilfisk Advance’s CFM brings the much awaited solution. The fine fibrous particles of cotton plops that are airborne and generated ... Read More »

“What is the most effective method of disinfection for treated sewage water, Ozonation or Ultra Filtration? How much can we expect from Ozonation?” asks Tajuddin Shaik, Assistant Manager-Sales and Proposals, Zion Enviro Systems Pvt Ltd. Excerpts of a Linkedin Discussion. ... Read More »

Clean cook stoves will promote clean household energy that can in turn help to achieve environmental sustainability as well as improved air quality within the household. A report on how smokeless stoves in rural areas can keep homes warm without ... Read More »

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation bagged the first prize under the Sant Gadgebaba Nagari Swachhata Abhiyan, an urban cleanliness awards programme. The prize includes a cash award of र35 lakh, a memento and a citation. The Maharashtra Government had organised ... Read More »

Choosing a holiday destination rarely features cleanliness on the grid analysis. It’s all about recreation and relaxation and getting away from a monotonous routine. So here I am on the long and winding road from Coimbatore to Ooty… Read More »

Over the last two years, there has been many corrections made in the practices and it has been realized that one can be more efficient. Major improvement came with people adjusting and doing business a different way. In addition to ... Read More »

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, has announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in ... Read More »

EcoLogo is a third-party, multi-attribute eco-labeling programme approved by the Global Ecolabelling Network, an international association of eco-labeling programmes. EcoLogo released its newly-revised environmental standard to strengthen the health and environmental requirements for certification of hard surface cleaners, specifically limiting ... Read More »

Floor cleaning equipment manufacturer Fimap SpA, Italy, recently received ‘Top Performance 2010’ award from the Italian Quality Certification Bureau. The award founded in 2005 is assigned every year to the organisation which having been certified for at least three years, ... Read More »

Pune is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of environment-conscious builders as well as individuals. Light-emitting diode (LED) lights are being tried out to save electricity and garbage collected daily from apartment buildings are converted into manure for roof-top ... Read More »

RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, has over the past year collected and used close to 17 lakh litres of rainwater. This is the result of a project undertaken alongwith Bangalore based Biome Environmental, which is engaged in ecological architecture and ... Read More »

About 10 years ago, I was attending a US Green Building Council meeting where Jan Beyea, the facility manager for the National Audubon Society, was reporting on the “greening” of the Audubon House in New York City. The building used ... Read More »

Some of the simple treatments of drinking water at any given point of time, or just after an emergency, are enumerated below. Read More »

During the late 1970s, Kavadi, a village off the Pune-Solapur highway, three km from Loni with its pollution-free river, was just right for migratory birds. Ornithologists say it had the makings of a bird sanctuary. However, non-biodegradable matter like plastic, ... Read More »

The eco-friendly solution to clean oil spills and oily sludge Environmental hazards caused by oil spills include Threat of swift-spreading fires, both on land and in water Large-scale loss biodiversity, more so for marine life Ground water pollution due to ... Read More »

Cleanest City: Smaller cities in India like Nashik and Nagpur in Maharashtra and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh are not only well-maintained but green and clean. Mumbai needs to learn a lesson or two from these cities. Malaysia and Singapore are ... Read More »