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Centre to set up e-waste recycling unit in BengaluruThe main challenge in the e-waste sector is that recyclers expect the waste to be transported to their doorsteps but consumers do not direc...03 Jul, 2018, 10.52 AM IST- Green thumbs gear up to follow a plastic free month, taking off from the global movementThe initiative, is an off-shoot of the global movement Plastic Free July, that started in Western Australia in 2011 and is now spread acros...28 Jun, 2018, 03.07 PM IST
- Bengaluru still not a 'plastic free' cityThe state had imposed a ban against using carry bags in 2016 but there are several loose ends impeding its successful implementation.01 Jun, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
- Waste to energy plants: Will energy put in these projects go to waste?Until Nexus Novus, an urban waste solution providing company entered the picture in 2015, no investor was willing to invest in a WtE plant.08 Mar, 2018, 02.44 PM IST
- Virtual interactive gaming enters policy-making processThis is part of a test-run conducted by Fields of View designs games at the intersection of technology, social sciences and art to provide ...22 Jan, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
- Schools may teach waste management to studentsApart from trying to include waste management lessons in text books, SWMRT has also proposed that the Education Dept give it an opportunity...25 Dec, 2017, 12.08 PM IST
- A new composting wave is sweeping Bengaluru streetsIt started when legislator Satish Reddy, in consultation with environment volunteers in HSR Layout, decided to install 12 leaf composters i...28 Dec, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
- SwachhBharat@2: How proactive citizens are doing their bit to change the way India handles its trashTo catalyse change, a determined Modi government has launched Swachh Survekshan rankings that names and shames India’s cleanest and dirties...25 Sep, 2016, 05.54 AM IST
- Eco campaign in schools imparts new life skills - What did you learn in school today? waste management.Each chapter has exercises: bury a banana peel, plastic bag and a paper cup in separate pots and check their state of decomposition after a...22 Aug, 2016, 11.44 AM IST
- Civic Body now moots training for its workers on waste segregationThe special commissioner for solid waste management in BBMP, Subodh Yadav, told ET the training will teach all the stakeholders what they a...02 May, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
- Civic body in Bengaluru now moots training for its workers on waste segregationThe training will address the breaks in the chain and ambiguities in responsibility,” said Sandhya Narayanan, spokesperson of Solid Waste M...02 May, 2016, 06.11 AM IST
- Composting sees green shoots as citizens tackle wasteIndividuals and communities are discovering that it is simple and interesting. The perception that composting is a cumbersome and dirty pro...10 Mar, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
- SWMRT launches Swachagraha campaign to promote home-composting in Bengaluru“We have been doing this for years. We can say with confidence that it is not hard. It can work,” said Sandhya Naraynan, Spokeperson, SWMRT.26 Jan, 2016, 02.36 PM IST
- Solid waste tender trashes BBMP's own garbage normBulk generators are apartments with over 50 household units and commercial entities generating over 10 kilograms of waste.11 Jan, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
- Absence of streetlights, badly-maintained roads inhibiting Hebbal's growthLife has improved for residents of Hebbal in the past few years ever since it became a destination for commercial property.31 Mar, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
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