News – Prathamesh

UK offices dirty

According to a recent survey conducted on 1000 workers, over 20% Britishers find their offices to be dirty. It says that two out of five firms have cut back on…

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Medals from e-waste

Reports indicate that the winners at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics would be adorning medals that contain gold, silver and copper recovered from e-waste. The metal supplier, Teck Resources, recycles…

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Puppets can teach

Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) has launched an awareness drive in Kozhikode to bring awareness among local bodies and public on the importance of personal hygiene and environmental cleanliness. KSSP…

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Hawkers irk tourists

A study by Agra University’s Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management states that the behaviour of hawkers and tourists is the biggest hindrance in the promotion of heritage spots like…

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Green Stadium

Thyagaraj Sports Complex, one of the competition venues of Commonwealth Games 2010, is termed as ‘green stadium’ by its engineers. It has ceiling made of recycled garbage waste, flooring of…

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Money from waste

Kochiites have started earning a few bucks by selling the garbage generated from their households, thanks to the Wealth out of Waste project which helps them in not only disposing…

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Bins are for using

People who visited the beaches of Chennai during ‘Pongal’ festival in January this year left behind more than 100 tonnes of garbage on the sands. More than 125 conservancy workers…

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Plastic free weddings?

Carrying forward their efforts to transform Cuttack into a polythene-free city, the district administration and civic authorities have banned use of plastic items at wedding venues and community halls. In…

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