Extension of validity of authorisation for management & handling of hazardous waste
The authorisation for hazardous waste issued by the Board vide memo No.49/2S(HW)-1100/2001 dtd. 31.07.2007 is hereby extended for the period of up to 31.12.2009.
The authorisation for hazardous waste issued by the Board vide memo No.49/2S(HW)-1100/2001 dtd. 31.07.2007 is hereby extended for the period of up to 31.12.2009.
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: The long-pending problem of garbage clearance in Avadi municipality may be resolved soon with the detailed project report for integrated solid waste management to be submitted by this month-end.
MusavirrWani MM ISMANAGEM M ENT of biomed M ical wastes in and around the hospitals in Kashmir valley continues to add to the pollution levels thereby creating problems for both the patients in the hospitals and people at large.
Pune Pimpri-chinchwad : Electricity from refuse
Pune Though the district and civic authorities have promised to start segregating the dry and wet garbage in the next three months and that open dumping of garbage will be stopped in six months, the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi on Monday deferred any decision regarding the Pune Municipal Corporation lifting garbage from the bins.
Around 50 inhabitants of Cavorim-Chandor and Guirdolim villages decided to take up the task of managing the garbage in their area by collaborating with the panchayats, church bodies and other organizations.
This research paper examines the effects of solid waste on the quality of underground water in Benin metropolis, Nigeria. The study was bore out of the unregulated manner in which both domestic and industrial wastes are deposited in the streets, river courses, buried, burnt and discarded in refuse heaps.
The residence of Baghuwar have reason to smile. This little village in central Madhya Pradesh is proud of its hygiene and sanitation. Every family has access to a pucca indoor, water-economical toilet. '100 per cent open-air toilet free village' proclaims a sign at the panchayat ghar.
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has decided to utilise tons of domestic garbage and carcass of animals in a different way. The LMC in place of dumping garbage and carcass on the outskirts of the city will now use it for production of cooking gas. The task has been assigned to a city-based NGO. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the directorate of local bodies here on Thursday.
They also learn basics of solid waste management and use of sewage treated with enzymes for gardening TEACHING: Indra Kumar of Home Exnora explains terrace top farming to a group of students at his house in Shankar Nagar, Pammal on Wednesday.
Co plans to increase production of recycled paper. With a production capacity of over 160,000 tonnes of recycled paperboards a year, the mills of ITC Ltd at Kovai and Bhadrachalam have helped the company attain the distinction of being negative solid waste, said Mr R. Srinivasan, Member-Corporate Management Committee.
From the rainforests of Africa to the mountain-top coal mines of West Virginia, six campaigners who have fought governments and industry to protect the planet won prestigious Goldman Environmental Prizes on Sunday.
Workshop for homemakers on
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh today cleared a proposal to start a pilot project adopting at least 11 road projects in the state, where waste plastic bags will be used in the construction of roads.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the judicial process cannot be used for fixing the lifespan for landfill sites in Haryana.
CHENNAI: The Children
By Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore, DH News Service: Children in Malleswaram are using their summer vacation to spread awareness on garbage management in their neighbourhood. These children in the age groups of 6 to 16 have been making door to door visits educating their neighbours about how segregated garbage can be recycled.
Dalhousie: Notwithstanding the fact that the Municipal Council of Dalhousie is yet to collect more than Rs 50 lakh as taxes, including water and sanitation tax, from local residents, a
New Delhi: With a ban on plastic bags enforced in the Capital, the largest ever project to utilise plastic is underway.
Pit to recycle the wet garbage yet to be constructed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises Manisha Jha