Ever thought a vacuum cleaner can sense human emotions? The answer is yes. University of Calgary has announced the invention of a specially-equipped robot vacuum cleaner that can sense human …

This year, the post Pongala festival clean up drive was a challenging task to Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation. The festival was spread across 22 corporation wards, and the1,000-strong Corporation cleaning team …

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The civic body in Ranchi would set up a plant at Bero, some 35km from the city to convert the waste generated from household into compost– a bio-fertiliser. The RMC …

What is the connection between toilets and weddings? Yes, there is in rural Haryana, where the villagers will give daughters in marriages only to men who have loos at their …

With a ban on plastic bags enforced in New Delhi, the largest ever project to utilize plastic is underway. The Public Works Department, with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), …

The “Good Morning” squads which are operating in rural areas as part of ‘Nirmal Gram Abhiyan’ are entrusted with the task of discouraging villagers from defecating in the open. The …

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will receive र 20 crore in lieu of carbon credit from the Asian Development Bank. The credit comes from the closed Gorai dumping ground, the …

An NGO converted a drinking water fountain on Marine Drive into a urinal after walkers petitioned the BMC that they needed a place to relieve themselves more desperately than they …

Thanks to the Western Railways General Manager’s keen interest on cleanliness. The suburban railway stations will soon have deluxe toilets at Bandra and Andheri station. Depending upon the response from …

Many domestic and multinational environmental services firms view the environmental market, consisting of water and wastewater, air pollution control and waste management services, as one of the high growth sectors in India