Waste

This business is a profitable proposal not just for business houses, but also for senior citizens and children alike, says Vithal Venkatesh Kamat, Executive Chairman & MD, Kamat Hotels (India) …

GTB station on the Harbour line will be the first railway station in Mumbai to get the model toilet. The in-house design model is scientifically designed for better drainage, water …

In spite of the ban on manual scavengers and rehabilitation programmes, life is no better for Cuttack’s women ‘sweepers’

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …