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.”
Sludge is a hazardous and odourous by-product from conventional water and wastewater treatment plants which requires solutions like safe disposal in landfills, incineration, installation of sewage sludge stabilization reactors and dehydration systems incurring a huge cost.
The brainstorming session of WTERT India noted that the status of MSW management in India has not improved substantially despite enormous finding from JNNURM and other governmental grants. Smaller cities…
The skyrocketing growth of solid municipal waste worldwide may have a silver lining: new opportunities for waste management businesses.
Almitra Patel, a civil engineer by qualification, says she was first alerted to India’s huge problem of inadequate waste disposal when she noticed that the frogs in the marshlands near…
Bokashi, a Japanese food recycling technology based on ancient fermentation practices, utilises rice bran and beneficial microorganisms to quickly break down food waste while also suppressing smells, making it the…
A group of women working in a tree-shaded nursery in Sivaganga, an arid part of southern Tamil Nadu, is helping to manage India’s very first biomass energy plantation. A report.…
Mazagon Dock Limited, India’s premier shipyard company, under Govt. of India is planning to outsource Contract for Cleaning of accommodation areas and machinery compartments of Y-26775. As per the specification,…
If uric acid odour is an indicator of a urinal nearby, a homemaker in Kerala’s Vilappilsala village suggests new visitors to follow the rotting garbage stench to find their way…
Savortex’s Vortex 550 EcoSmart hand dryer has set a Guinness World Record for energy efficiency. EcoSmart dries four pairs of hands using just 24kJ of energy in 15 seconds. Typically,…