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Carpet Preconditioning

Preconditioning carpet to maximise soil suspension prior to soil removal has been an industry-accepted practice for many years. However, the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI), USA, implemented its Seal of Approval (SOA) programme, which included spectrophotometre measurement of light reflected from cleaned carpet using the Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (ATCC) gray scale to develop comparative DE values.

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No to foreign waste

About 470 tonnes of municipal hazardous waste, stuffed in 20 containers from Greece and French-controlled Reunion Island and meant for a Sivakasi-based paper manufacturing company, landed at Thoothukudi port, Tamil…

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Fishing in sewers

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has taken up a र500-crore project under the JNNURM to desilt and strengthen brick sewers in nine prominent roads. The project aims to relieve the city…

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Keep Delhi Clean

With only six months to go for the Commonwealth Games to commence, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has appealed to Delhiites to help the civic authorities in keeping the city clean.…

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