News – Prathamesh

My Waste

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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Waste to Bricks

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…

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Urine as fertilizer

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…

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A Failed Campaign

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…

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Online monitor

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…

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