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Will BBMP's garbage fee mean fewer 'blackspots' in Bengaluru?Bengaluru grapples with illegal garbage dumps. A waste management expert, Shekar Prabhakar, emphasizes consistent policy implementation. He...- 73% waste pickers' lost income during COVID-19 pandemic: ReportMore than 73% of Delhi's waste pickers faced severe income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many into debt. The report by PC-PI...
- India's ragpickers: A miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heatIndia generates at least 62 million tons of waste annually, according to central government records, and some of its landfills are literal ...
- 97% sanitation workers, 95% waster-pickers, 82% security guards exposed to air pollution: StudyA study conducted by Chintan environmental research and action group found that a significant number of sanitation workers, waste-pickers, ...
- Right refuge for refuseIn this paper, we focus on a specific group of informal SWM actors, the informal collectors. Their position is different from that of, say,...
- Public awareness, strict administration ensure cleanest city tag for IndoreAs Indore bagged Swachh Survekshan award fifth time in the row for being the cleanest city in the country, the officials and public represe...
- A housing complex in Pune is using leftover food to light its parksThe biggest benefit of biogas plants - which are becoming increasingly popular around the world as a way to create climate-smart energy - i...
- 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...
- Local bodies will have to train garbage collectors in solid waste managementUnder the new Solid Waste Management Rules, urban local authorities and panchayats will prepare a plan for managing solid refuse within six...
- Govt notifies rules to dispose of garbage; puts special attention on managing sanitary wasteManufacturers of sanitary pads/napkins and diapers in India will have to provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal along with the packets of ...
- Waste picker from ward 198 returns from COP 21,urges to follow moral science lesson from school on cleanlinessMansoor Ahmed, the devoted waste picker from ward no 198, Jayanagar from the city, whose selfless work of collecting dry waste from more th...
- Here are five ways to tackle Bengaluru's garbage problemWhile embracing thriving IT economy, Bengaluru -the third most populous city in India -is yet to find a permanent solution to garbage probl...
- How startups like Attero Recycling, Karma Recycling are making money out of garbageThe kind of garbage India generates too is changing; plastic waste and ewaste are growing rapidly and state agencies lack the capacity and ...
- Biomedical waste mixes freely with general waste in MaduraiAgainst government guidelines, biomedical waste continues to be dumped in open places in the city.
- 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...
- Entrepreneurs use technology to provide innovative solutions to India’s garbage crisisWaste Ventures’ bins present in villages in more than 5 states, used by ragpickers to collect and dump waste
- 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...
- Uttarakhand trauma: A bowl of rice for Rs 500 and Rs 180 for a rotiThey starved for a marathon 43 hours and resisted their hunger pangs until his grandfather spotted Harmanpreet scavenging on garbage picker...
- Growth vs garbage: Can we have efficient disposal mechanismEconomic growth produces prosperity as well as garbage.The faster the economy grows, the more its people consume, and the more garbage they...
- Waste not: It means more powerThe MCD and NDMC have undertaken composting of solid waste by enhancing capacity at their present plants under one project and converting i...
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