BMC to clean lakes
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has undertaken the task of cleaning the lakes in Mumbai, including Sion lake, Sheetal Talao in Kurla and Powai lake through scientific method of de-silting. Earth-moving…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has undertaken the task of cleaning the lakes in Mumbai, including Sion lake, Sheetal Talao in Kurla and Powai lake through scientific method of de-silting. Earth-moving…
Fatehabad is set to become the first pink and the most beautiful town of Haryana if the planning of the district authorities is translated into reality. All shops at the…
Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Processing and Marketing Corp (HPMC) will market organic manure produced from apple pomace (waste left after extraction of juice). HPMC’s biggest fruit processing plant produces around 2,000…
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) was recently pulled up by the Supreme Court for cutting the greens in its attempt to construct a stadium and a parking lot at the…
After five years research, a Chinese researcher has come up with a technology to clean and detoxify pollutants in industrial wastewater using scrap iron. Using zero valent iron (ZVI), the…
In a bid to find a better way to clean up trichloroethene (TCE), a stubborn pollutant found in water, scientists at the Rice University, Huston, have created a method that…
UK-based steam solutions provider Proventec Plc has plans to enter the Indian market with its patented ‘OspreyDeepclean’ technology. The technology uses steam at a temperature of 130°C for cleaning. The…
Naturenvy, based in California, has launched Eaternal Soapnut Sachets laundry detergent which is all natural, USDA certified and a replacement for conventional laundry detergents. Soapnut Sachets are made in India…
Nokia has recently launched an initiative to create awareness about mobile handset waste in India. In the 45-days campaign, Nokia collected three tonnes of junk handsets, batteries, chargers and other…
The Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation and the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology has proposed to set up a new plant supplementing the existing solid waste management system in the…