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What is the best option for dealing with 5000kg of kitchen waste every day? Alexander Rohan John, Environmental Engineer, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India “This is a big amount of waste…

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Zero Waste Focusing on destination, not diversion

In striving to create a waste-free world, it is important that we articulate not only our goals but the ways we plan to go about bringing them to fruition. I believe our objectives would be much better served in this regard with a simple word substitution. Rather than focusing on diversion rates as the way we measure recycling success, what we really need to be talking about are “destination rates.”

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Maintaining Quality & Hygiene in Tea manufacturing

Tea manufacturing is a delicate process. Each type of tea has a unique flavour and taste. Today, manufacturers aim at not only a balance of flavour and taste, but also producing bacterial free product. Clean India Journal delves into the various aspects of cleaning processes in tea manufacturing. According to a survey, there are 1655 registered tea manufacturers in India.

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Outsourcing Experience

Understanding the contractor, defining the contract and implementing the contractual terms are vital for the success of an outsourcing model. The right handling of the outsourced contractor is an evolving experience for any FM head of a facility. Here are a few points to ponder…

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Poor Kid’s Bearer Bonds

With free market financial incentives and government providing options, the litter around us can get less and less, says Alford Hardy, Hardy Asset Management Consulting, Savannah, Georgia I am an…

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Belgaum City Corporation; Towards creating wealth out of waste

With a total road length of 758km, 58 wards and a population of about five lakhs, Belgaum is the biggest district in Karnataka. By virtue of having some good tourist spots like Gokak falls, Veer Soudh and Belgaum fort, the city has a large floating population. Municipal Commissioner Priyanka Francis talks about the various programmes adopted towards effective management of waste in the city.

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