Getting to the bottom of this divideThe world may be one family, but its western and eastern members differentiate themselves by one daily practice: of wipe and wash
24 Jun, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
Toilet paper adding to 'forever chemicals' in wastewater, could be leaching into soils via sewage, says studyThe researchers said reducing PFAS in wastewater is "critical".
03 Mar, 2023, 06.41 PM IST
Singapore’s NEWBrew beer made from recycled toilet water wins admirersA beer from a brand of drinking water in Singapore is gaining admiration for recycling sewage water to make a blond ale. Though the idea wa...
01 Jul, 2022, 07.49 PM IST
How the toilet paper habit can grow, and why India will remain a challengeIn Richard Smyth’s rather excessively droll history of toilet paper he notes the problems that its first manufacturers had in marketing the...
14 Mar, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Mission gets a lift from Garv’s smart, IoT-enabled toiletsRiding high on its range of IoT enabled toilets, this Faridabad-based social enterprise believes that by offering an integrated water, sani...
01 Jan, 2020, 09.07 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi declares India open defecation-free“Today, villages in rural India have declared themselves open defecation free,” Modi said, adding that showed the strength of voluntary par...
03 Oct, 2019, 08.22 AM IST
Include safe sanitation issues in poll manifestos: ASCIAhead of the polls, ASCI has come out with several suggestions under 'Right to Safe Sanitation for All and At All Times'.
03 Apr, 2019, 05.25 PM IST
What India can learn from Hong Kong's sewage systemCity planners realised that the existing water supply systems, which depended on rainwater flowing into a few existing reservoirs, would cl...
29 Jul, 2017, 10.28 AM IST
This resident makes a flush with his water recycling projectMunnekolala receives piped Cauvery water twice a week.Reddy's complex, which has eight homes, gets 6,000 litres a month, whereas it require...
17 May, 2017, 11.03 AM IST
All train coaches will have bio-toilets by 2019"Our target was to install bio-toilets in all our coaches by 2021. But now we have advanced it to 2019," Railway Board Chairman AK Mital sa...
06 Jun, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Can Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) propel India out of the sanitation shame?The Joint Monitoring Programme, assessing the water and sanitation status globally, reveals that about fifty percent of open defecators of ...
20 Nov, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
- Dual flush system may be made compulsory to save water
Seeking to save millions of liters of water per day across the country, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) – country’s national standardi...
07 May, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
Delhi government planning to provide recycled water to clustersDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today said the pilot project will be implemented within a month and the cost of the project is being worked out.
30 Mar, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Take concrete steps to end open defecation: Nitin Gadkari to Chief MinistersUnder the Swachh Bbharat Abhiyan, states have been empowered to devise specific Open Defecation-Free India programme, and the Centre will o...
06 Nov, 2014, 05.18 PM IST
Efforts on to achieve total garbage management in Delhi: M Venkaiah NaiduThe minister cited the construction of the two toilet blocks by NDMC as part of the cleanliness mission to underline the impact of the gove...
29 Oct, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Modern-day e-toilets can well change the sanitation landscapeModern-day, intelligent e-toilets could well change the sanitation landscape. They convert waste into electricity, water and even charcoal.
04 Nov, 2012, 08.30 PM IST
- Railways to introduce eco-friendly zero discharge toilets
Eco-friendly zero discharge toilets are all set to be introduced in trains across the country.
13 Feb, 2009, 12.52 PM IST