Coimbatore-based cleaning equipment manufacturer Roots Multiclean Ltd (RMCL) has successfully manufactured carpet cleaning machines for the US-based leading carpet care specialist RE Whittaker Company. The newly introduced carpet encapsulation machine, …

New Zealand has launched a mobile phone application called ‘My Waste’ that allows a user to find out bin collection times, operating hours, landfill and transfer fees & locations, as …

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Researchers at the University of Jaen (Spain) have mixed waste from the paper industry with ceramic material used in the construction industry to produce bricks. The cellulose from the paper …

In Nepal’s Sotang district, the farmers have been reaping bountiful harvests due to a project initiated last year by the Dzi Foundation, a Colorado-based non-profit organization, along with a local …

The SMS service recently launched by the Pune Municipal Corporation to allow citizens to report uncollected trash to the authorities and have it collected within eight hours has not met …

To manage the garbage collection problem of Mumbai city, the BMC has come up with a hi-tech solution that allows civic body’s solid waste management department and the citizens to …

Ahmedabad has set up an electronic waste collection system with the base being ready and the collection to begin in two to three weeks. There will be collection points in …

Costal Gujarat Power Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Power has installed mobile toilets at Tragadi Bunder under the ‘Project Arogya’ programme to provide hygienic and clean sanitation to its inhabitants …

Western Railway assured clean drinking water at Churchgate station building after spontaneous protest by its employees. Many people fell sick after drinking foul smelling and strange tasting water. When repeated …

The Ambattur Industrial estate in Chennai has set up an effluent treatment plant in its premises in addition to its two sewage treatment plants. Plans are on to make the …