Poisoned Indonesia
Acid rain, hazardous industrial and faecal waste being dumped unchecked and other pollutants are having an alarming impact on Indonesia's environment and people, says a new report. Indonesians are
Acid rain, hazardous industrial and faecal waste being dumped unchecked and other pollutants are having an alarming impact on Indonesia's environment and people, says a new report. Indonesians are
The Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram, (RRL-T), will organise a two-day national conference on Biological Treatment on Wastewater and Waste Air (BTWWA-2003) on August 28 and 29 to
Two facilities at Okhla and Ghazipur will begin disposing of biomedical waste by year-end. The Director of Health Services of the Government of NCT of Delhi, Dr R.N. Baishya, says the two facilities
A four day-long workshop on solid waste management through vermi-composting was held at Regional Agriculture Research Centre, Shilongani. The workshop that involved science teachers of Assam was
Australian technology is now being considered for cleaning up India's act with regard to waste recycling. This might be an alternative to conventional methods, being more effective and yet cheaper.
Truly biodegradable packaging appears to be catching on in the UK with more and more local authorities buying compostable sacks for waste schemes and another of Britain's major retailers set to
An effort by the Energy Department to cut billions of dollars and several years off the schedule for cleaning up radioactive bomb wastes is illegal, a U.S. District Court judge in Idaho has ruled
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gujarat, has issued notices to hospitals in the city to register with the civic body for the disposal of bio-medical waste. Of the 482 hospitals, nursing homes,
Sewage and industrial waste has taken toll on ground water in this Silicon city of Bangalore, with many areas revealing nitrate concentration and other pollutants, which can cause serious health
The West Bengal Government has decided to allocate Rs 50.32 crore for solid waste management (SWM) schemes in municipal towns and Rs 37 crore for controlling pollution in the Mahananda river under
The Tambaram Municipality, Kancheepuram District Exnora and Exnora Green Cross, Vellore, launched the Zero Solid Waste Management Programme at the Air Force Station, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu, the first
It has been almost three years since the Ministry of Environment and Forests made rules as to how to handle municipal waste, and after most of the deadlines have lapsed, Delhi is still to fully
Irked with the non-compliance of the Supreme Court guidelines and subsequent neglect of bio-medical waste disposal by hospital administration in Lucknow, a high-level UP Pollution Control Board will
At a time when Chennai hospitals are straining at their reserves to streamline the process of bio medical waste disposal, an indigenously developed invention by students of IIT, Chennai, has won the
The residents of Gurgaon city can now hope that their areas will not stink as they do now. The municipality has decided to hand over the responsibility of lifting garbage and solid waste from various
A major protest against waste incineration was staged this week, involving over 235 groups from 62 countries. The protest was timed to coincide with the first day of the Seventh Intergovernmental
Mayor of Dhaka Sadeq Hossain Khoka, MP, on Tuesday called upon all to help make Dhaka a clean city by managing its hazardous medical wastes and as well as to minimize the health risks of the city
More than a year and half after the civic body cold shouldered a similar proposal, the Margao Municipal Corporation, Goa has again decided to set up a facility to treat bio-medical waste generated in
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop
The Central Pollution Control Board received a rap of its knuckles as the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, T.R. Baalu, questioned why the guidelines for disposal of toxic wastes chromium