Uttarakhand to set up six waste-to-energy plants
Urban local bodies asked to streamline waste collection Officials have been asked to make a detailed plan regarding the setting... Read More
Railways gets its first waste-to-energy plant
The East Coast Railway has commissioned the government’s first waste-to-energy plant which will turn e-waste and plastic into light diesel... Read More
Abandoned quarries for C&D waste recycling
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planing to use abandoned quarries in the outskirts of the city for setting up... Read More
Solar cells from recycled car batteries
This could be one of the most disruptive technologies in waste recycling. In a recent development, researchers at MIT have... Read More
Clean India Show 2012-Virtual Info Systems launches Waste Recycling India
Waste recycling and management has long been a burning issue for everyone concerned with clean and green environment. While corporates... Read More
Sweden in need of waste!
The hot topic being picked up recently by both news agencies and bloggers worldwide is that Sweden, a recycling-rich and... Read More
Zero Waste Focusing on destination, not diversion
In striving to create a waste-free world, it is important that we articulate not only our goals but the ways we plan to go about bringing them to fruition. I believe our objectives would be much better served in this regard with a simple word substitution. Rather than focusing on diversion rates as the way we measure recycling success, what we really need to be talking about are “destination rates.”
Clean India Show 2012 Introducing New Facets
Over 30 new exhibitors New solutions in Industrial Cleaning, Cleaning-in-Place, Waste & Wastewater Management, Indoor Air Quality and Laundry Innovative... Read More
Mangalore Corporation on Waste Management strategies
In an initiative to better address the waste collection and recycling, the Mangalore City Corporation is working towards implementing a... Read More
Municipal Waste Management Models Outsourcing Under Scrutiny
It is less than a decade since the Municipal Corporations across India began outsourcing their support services like collection, processing and disposal of waste. The tried and tested methods of waste management through outsourcing have helped create models at various levels. In an exclusive round table meet, civic officials from five Corporations discussed the successes and failures in handling waste.
M3RP: A sustainable waste recycling solution
Various methods of efficient solid waste disposal and recycling are being experimented globally. M3RP developed by Mysore-based Southern Cogen Systems Pvt Ltd (Scogen) is a sustainable and environment friendly waste management solution.
Pyramids of Garbage
While the great pyramids of Giza and Khufu in Egypt make interesting photography, the courtyards and homes of the Zabaleen... 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
Handling waste
India generates 150 million tonnes of waste in a day and most of it is left in the landfills at... Read More
Garbage Dreams
Garbage Dreams, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March (Austin, Texas), is a documentary that offers... Read More
Mobile phone recycle campaign
Nokia has recently launched an initiative to create awareness about mobile handset waste in India. In the 45-days campaign, Nokia... Read More
