Why Your Kitchen Sponge Might Be Making Everything Smell WorseYour kitchen sponge, a cleaning essential, harbors billions of bacteria. Research reveals these porous tools become microbial hotspots, bre...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Rich Garden Soil: Easy Composting Tips That Cut Your TrashAmericans discard significant food waste annually. Composting offers a simple, science-based solution to convert these scraps into valuable...
10 Apr, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
The Everyday Kitchen Habit That Quietly Doubles Your Food Waste Without You NoticingMany households discard edible food simply by adhering to expiration dates, a habit that significantly increases weekly waste. Research ind...
09 Apr, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
The Banana Peel Bake Hack What Its Used For Whats Nonsense And The Safe Way To Try It At HomeKitchen waste is finding a new purpose. Banana peels are now being turned into nutritious flours and extracts. This global trend appeals to...
06 Apr, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
Plastic Bread Tag Colors Explained How To Tell What Day Your Bread Was BakedA simple color code on bread tags reveals the baking day. Blue for Monday, green for Tuesday, red for Thursday, white for Friday, and yello...
06 Apr, 2026, 12.57 PM IST
Ghaziabad municipality stops garbage collection in 14,000 flats across 29 Societies. Is your locality affected?Garbage collection in a township has been halted for three days due to municipal concerns over waste management compliance. The 29 housing ...
06 Sep, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
NITTTR, Bhopal develops multifunctional railway track scavenging vehicleA display unit is provided for real-time control of the cleaning under drastically changing environment. It requires only one person along ...
05 Apr, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
Nagpur: 10% property tax rebate for adopting eco-friendly processesNMC has become the first municipal corporation in the state to launch rebate for producing compost by garbage segregation, wastewater treat...
21 Jan, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
BMC to give tax rebate for water harvesting, waste processingThe municipality corporation will offer up to 13 per cent relief on the property tax for societies who segregate waste and undertake water ...
02 Aug, 2019, 01.22 PM IST
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s new garbage plan may go to wasteThe main issue of contention between the two is awarding separate contracts to collect wet and dry waste.
03 Dec, 2018, 10.25 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
Infra dig? Bengaluru's elite in posh flats aren't separating wasteEven though waste segregation is compulsory, a good number of residents, even in Bengaluru's richest localities, are still not completely i...
14 Jan, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Swachh Bharat: Indian Institute of Packaging ties up with IBHA to collect waste for recyclingIn line with PM's ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Indian Institute of Packaging has joined hands withNGO to collect plastic waste for recy...
02 Oct, 2014, 11.07 PM IST
Prashant Mehra's igotgarbage.com brings cloud-based technology for waste disposal in BangaloreHow do you ensure a better life for thousands of garbage pickers, including the ones who gather hazardous waste, live on streets and are la...
18 Jun, 2014, 04.25 AM IST
Garbage issue; government to give undertaking to Mandur residentsKarnataka government would give an undertaking to the agitating residents of Mandur living around the landfills, promising that garbage fro...
16 Jun, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
Environment council to hold garbage meet on Sept 18The problem of garbage in Goa dominated the Goa state environmental council meeting on Thursday with chief minister Manohar Parrikar promis...
23 Aug, 2013, 01.08 AM IST
- Wet waste at Taleigao ‘dry’ site could poison water table
The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has been dumping wet waste at the quarry at Taleigao, which was cleared for dry garbage alone.
20 Jul, 2011, 05.14 AM IST