When pipe dreams became a watershed reality
The 153 families of a North Eastern Indian village are thankful to a small group of dedicated women for their new-found sense of well-being and freedom because of the availability of clean drinking water
The 153 families of a North Eastern Indian village are thankful to a small group of dedicated women for their new-found sense of well-being and freedom because of the availability of clean drinking water
The exodus of pilgrims to Chottanikara during festival season also added to the unclean and unsanitary surroundings. It took Alice three years to restore the sanctity of the temple town.
Medical waste disposal has become a bigger problem with the advent of disposables like needles and syringes which cause contamination of land, air and water resources
Waste is just a misplaced resource. This view suggests that best way to tackle the challenge of waste management is waste minimization, or matching the waste (resource) to its place of utilization. Any other approach of waste management means manipulation of waste, just shifting it from one place to another and spending extra resources to do this.
It is not easy to reduce use of electrical & electronic equipment, but, it is not difficult either to deal with e-waste effectively by adopting proper methodology and technology, says B.K. Soni, Chairman, Eco Recycling Ltd, Mumbai
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd is the largest solid waste management company with over 60 locations spread all over India…Ravi Kant, Managing Director, talks about the technology behind the success story.
Though uncontrolled urbanisation in Chennai has placed a heavy stress on solid waste management, studies reveal that the City is among the few urban local bodies in the country which have prepared long term plans for effective solid waste management. Shobha Menon reports.
Education and awareness of waste segregation is the key to better waste management and the way forward to a clean and green environment, says Vinay Maheshwari, Director, Neel Metal Fanalca,…
There is nothing worse for a woman than having nowhere to dispose off sanitary waste. Imagine that she is in a washroom with no sanitary bin. Does she flush the dressing? What if it does not flush and can be seen by the next user? What if it blocks the drain? Did you know that some women wrap the sanitary waste and take it home in their handbag to dispose them off? How do women get dressed in a home-away toilet with a soiled dressing in their hands?
It is one thing to blame the authorities for not ensuring clean roads and clean gutters and it’s another thing that the same roads and gutters are littered/choked soon after…