The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on Monday directed Axis, Sunrise Zinc Ltd, Cuncolim Industrial Estate, and the Goa Industrial Development Co-orporation (GIDC), to commence transfer of

After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu

800 kgs of Vermi-Compost (organic manure) prepared from municipal waste at Solid Waste Management (Vermi- Composting) Project at Thandapani, Sunderbani of district Rajouri was put on sale for the g

The Customs Department has written to the Ludhiana Mayor and assured him that it will appropriately dispose of 825 tonnes of garbage recovered from 40 containers at Dhandari dry port.

18 children get leptospirosis after bathing in the Karamana

Signs of a decadent system become evident when a river, closely linked to the growth of not just nature, but music, culture, sports and livelihood of an entire city, suddenly has a signboard asking people to keep away from her.
The Karamana river, once the pride of the city, does not flow quiet anymore. It’s chaos on her banks, and the river does not flow freely anymore, and that is not just literally. A visit to the Thiruvallam region will tell why.

PANJIM: Around 2,000 cases have been booked for using or selling plastic bags below 40 microns thickness, since April 8, 2013. Also fines of Rs 2.48 lakh have been imposed on the violators, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said in a written reply to Goa Assembly Wednesday.

She said that government vide an April 8 order has implemented and enforced ‘The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act 1996’ in the State, to ban sale and use of plastic bags which are below 40 microns thickness.

At This Enclave Near Yelahanka, 950 Kg Of Garbage Generated Every Month Is Composted And Recycled

Bangalore: The BBMP’s waste segregation initiatives may have floundered but one group of citizens is actively ploughing away at the effort and showing the way out for the city’s perennial landfill woes. Residents of a housing enclave near Yelahanka have displayed how sheer will and concerted efforts can make a difference to the problem of waste pile-up.

BHUBANESWAR: A high-level committee set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review the mega Posco steel project in the state has spelled fresh trouble for the much-hyped project.

The committee headed by K Roy Paul was constituted as per the March 30, 2012 order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had suspended the environment clearance granted to the project.

Progress on solid waste management in Sri Lanka is not satisfactory and measures are needed for an effective management of solid waste, the Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Wim