Vijayawada on disposal of solid waste
Municipal Commissioner G. Ravibabu, Vijayawada has instructed the officers concerned to prepare a plan for the removal of municipal solid... 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
Birds flee pollution
During the late 1970s, Kavadi, a village off the Pune-Solapur highway, three km from Loni with its pollution-free river, was... Read More
Poor disposal system at CWG
Thousands of used condoms reportedly clogged the drains of the Delhi Commonwealth Games accommodation towers at the athletes’ village after... Read More
Waste reduction in hotels
A recent hotel waste audit showed that each guestroom contributes from one kilogramme to 57kg of waste per day. It... Read More
Eco-battle in the Valley
Jyotsna Sitling, 45, has done exemplary eco-restoration work in Uttarakhand, helped the Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli achieve... Read More
Tidal ‘wastes’ washed ashore
Mumbai not only witnessed the highest ever high-tide on its coastline but also saw a variety of non-biodegradable waste making... Read More
Manure from municipal waste
Under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) scheme, the Department of Agriculture would soon be establishing a composting unit at... Read More
Model wards in Coimbatore Corporation
The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation recently chose nine model wards out of the 72 on the occasion of World Environment Day.... Read More
