A Bengaluru couple chose sustainability and natural materials for their home. This approach resulted in a structure significantly cheaper t...

Retail market investors are presented with a choice. Act now, when the uncertainty quotient is high. Or, wait for things to settle down. In...

Max Estates aims for Rs 1,200 crore revenue from its new project, The Terraces, in Gurugram. This development is part of Estate 361, a larg...

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New York City is buzzing with Earth Day activities throughout April. This weekend, residents can participate in tree planting at Idlewild P...

New York City is transforming organic waste like food scraps and yard trimmings into valuable compost, dubbed "black gold," at facilities l...

At present, the government gives MDA of Rs 1,500 per tonne in the form of subsidy for scaling up production and consumption of city compost...

The move is aimed at reducing the waste that the civic body collects from households on a daily basis and that will in turn save money spen...

To set up a sustainable composting unit, the initial processes involve sunk costs like setting up the right infrastructure, civil works and...

Officials from Centre, state, municipalities and the private sector that TOI spoke to summarised these aspects as key challenges that city ...

It started when the BBMP Commissioner tried composting at home and helped conduct the first composting santhe in Sanjaynagar last month.

Composting is a process by which micro-organisms break down complex organic matter such as kitchen waste into useful nutrients for the soil.

It started when legislator Satish Reddy, in consultation with environment volunteers in HSR Layout, decided to install 12 leaf composters i...

The urban development ministry on June 20 wrote to Bachchan, thanking him for being “one of the mostproactive ambassadors” of Swachh Bharat...

Individuals and communities are discovering that it is simple and interesting. The perception that composting is a cumbersome and dirty pro...

“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.

At present, the city compost is being sold at Rs 5,500 per tonne, with ILFS and Kribhco among key players in this space.