Entries to the Pulire 2011 innovation award to be held at Verona from May 24-26, 2011 has been launched. The entries have been invited in three categories: machinery, equipment and …

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an inventory of over 20,000 chemicals declared hazardous by manufacturers and importers to improve worker safety and consumer protection. It aims to protect …

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Graywater can be defined as untreated domestic wastewater which has not come into contact with toilet or direct food waste. Typically, it is water coming from bathtubs, showers, sinks, laundry activities and similar water consuming systems. Not included are water discharges from toilets, kitchen sinks, disposers, dishwashers or laundry water from soiled diapers. These discharges are usually designated “blackwater”, primarily because of the potential presence of pathogenic microorganisms.

While each state has taken up river cleaning seriously, the Union budget this time has made special allocation of funds for cleaning water bodies. The Finance Minister has announced र600 …

The Chennai Municipal Corporation has planned to purchase mechanical sweepers for the ten zones after the announcement was made in the civic budget-2011. The corporation already has one mechanical sweeper …

New Delhi based IL&FS Waste Management and Urban Services Limited has been given the task of submitting recommendations to tackle the waste management issue in the Kottayam Municipality in Kerala. …

After several complaints on unclean and smelly portable vats in the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has planned to seek the help of advertisement agencies to beautify and sanitise …

The Thiruvalla Municipal Corporation has joined hands with Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies (Macfast), Thiruvalla to implement waste management scheme within the municipal limits for next three years. The …

With increasing number of respiratory diseases among school students, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to make the metropolis dust free. The public works department of the Municipal Corporation …

Tests conducted by Texas-based Antimicrobial Test Laboratories (ATL) have demonstrated rapid destruction of the NDM-1 strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria using Advanced Vapour Technologies’ TANCS®-equipped steam vapour units. The studies …