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Mounting solid untreated waste crisis a 'disastrous situation': SCThe Supreme Court voiced alarm over Delhi's untreated waste crisis, terming it "shocking" and "disastrous." The court directed the Delhi go...19 Dec, 2024, 11.41 PM IST- United States is world's biggest plastic polluter, Report findsOverall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons (MMT) in plastic waste in 2016 -- more than twice as much as China and more than ...02 Dec, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
- Smart cities let transport take lead, put safety & waste disposal in back seatInterestingly, while most cities in India are faced with a solid waste management crisis, only 2.4 per cent (Rs 4,896 crore) of the total i...10 Jul, 2018, 11.15 AM IST
- View: Burgeoning Indian cities need infrastructure development to keep pace with growthSwift growth places huge pressure on infrastructure. A report says Indian cities get water supply from 1-6 hours and that only 21% of its w...16 Jun, 2018, 06.33 AM IST
- Sorry state of Bengaluru's waste processing unitsFor the past three weeks, the processing machines have been motionless. There has been no trace of trucks that bring waste. Workers come on...30 Mar, 2018, 02.34 PM IST
- Waste processors' pay tied to compost outputMurthy , who was instrumental in the commissioning of these plants, has started doing his homework.“I'm now trying to find out why these pl...05 Jul, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
- 2 lakh villages declared open-defecation freeWhile for rural areas the next challenge is to deal with the liquid waste generated, the situation across cities and towns seems to be gett...28 May, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
- From Feb, BBMP to collect only wet waste from houses dailyGoing forward, the civic body plans to impose compulsory processing of wet waste in houses constructed on sites measuring 60x40 sqft and ab...22 Dec, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
- Bengaluru: Waste processors need bio-filters to quell the stinkThe state government, under pressure to deal with the garbage crisis, spent `440 crore to set up municipal solid waste management units at ...11 May, 2016, 11.52 AM IST
- Cities must gear up to treat waste, separated or notWith the absence of scientific landfills for contingency infrastructure, the situation is creating more open dumps and encouraging burning ...05 Apr, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
- Managing Garbage - Bengaluru air dirtier than you thoughtEkolog, a Poland-based waste management firm, to build a 400-tonne-perday (TPD) waste-to-energy plant in Bengaluru.21 Dec, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
- Bengaluru civic body plans to use technology for waste collection and processingThe city civic body hopes to see a big leap in garbage management as it plans to embrace technology in a significant way.17 Dec, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
- Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: Why cleaning up India is serious businessSwachh Bharat may have started on a high note, but cleaning up the country is serious business. Apart from investment, it calls for behavio...09 Sep, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
- Yamuna pollution: Parliamentary panel for better waste management infrastructure in Agra"The committee recommends that steps should be taken to strengthen the management of solid and liquid municipal waste infrastructure of Agr...09 Aug, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
- How to transform waste management using ICT to enable Swachh Bharat MissionConsidering the social, environmental and health impact of waste management and sanitation, Government of India has launched Swachh Bharat ...06 Jul, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
- California-inspired dry waste on cards of residents of BengaluruWhile cost and other finer details are yet to be worked out, the recycling parks are being planned in different parts of the city.04 Dec, 2014, 07.10 AM IST
- New Delhi Municipal Council waste-to-energy plant supplying power to 8,000 householdsNDMC is doing its bit to ease the power situation by daily contributing 16MW of electricity generated from solid waste to 8,000 households ...15 Jun, 2014, 01.35 PM IST
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