From biometric attendance and GPS-enabled garbage tracking to complaint apps and mechanised sweeping, Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation is steadily transforming its sanitation ecosystem through technology, citizen engagement and decentralised waste processing…
This initiative is aimed at tackling the 100 to 125 tonnes of textile waste generated daily, which cannot be processed with regular solid waste management systems. Pune generates a substantial…
The rise in living standards fuelled by the industrial revolution and economic growth has dramatically reshaped consumption patterns, resulting in complex challenges for solid waste management (SWM). This shift in…
Airports, be it big or small, require the right hands to maintain, implement processes, retain quality and to ensure consistency. This responsibility largely is outsourced to service providers who not…
While India has taken up plastic waste management aggressively by introducing policies, automation and collaboration with corporates and other professional bodies to educate and implement segregation, disposal and recycling of…
In India, at present, only 75-80% of municipal waste is collected, a marginal improvement from 72% in 2010. Out of this, only about 22%-28% is processed and treated. Poor service…
WIll recycle more than it will use. ITC, which has been solid waste recycling positive for over 13 years, is now all set to move beyond plastic waste neutrality next fiscal. The…
Now that India has woken up to its waste problem and is proactive about phasing out landfills and bringing in Solid Waste Management plants at the municipal level, what’s next?…
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike – Bengaluru’s municipal corporation – has drafted by-laws for Solid Waste Management (SWM), which mandate segregation of waste at source. It is in consonance with…
Noida and HCL Foundation – the CSR arm of HCL Technologies Ltd, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Project Clean Noida, pointed towards transforming the city’s Solid Waste Management…