Kimberly-Clark Professional, which has introduced an Environment Management System (EMS) within its tissue mills, has achieved ISO 14001 certification at each of its European manufacturing sites. Energy use, air emission, …
Solid Waste Management
Replicating the model launched in Kochi two years ago, the residents of Thiruvananthapuram may soon be operating their own garbage units. And equipping them to do so will be the …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Road Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to bring from the US the know-how for managing solid waste disposal sites. It is finalising a plan for building modern …
Special teams have been constituted for achieving total cleanliness in 49 gram panchayats in Dakshina Kannada district. The team consisting of Gram Panchayat Secretary, women and child welfare department supervisor, …
Twenty-six cities across India have been selected for Service Level Benchmark (SLB), a project initiated by the Ministry of Urban Development to define service level in developing cities. Under the …
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has taken up a number of initiatives to clean up the city and has also put in place different community development programmes. Capt. Dilip Mahajan, Assistant Municipal …
Uttar Pradesh has renewed its efforts to develop solid waste management facilities in important urban centres, after a similar exercise failed recently. India’s most populous state is contending with growing …
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is set to follow some of the steps initiated by the neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in solid waste management. PMC is likely to start a …
As part of the World Earth Day, some Chennai school students visited the house of Indra Kumar of Home Exnora, a prominent landmark in Chrompet region. The students and school …
With a production capacity of over 160,000 tonnes of recycled paperboards a year, the mills of ITC at Kovai and Bhadrachalam have helped the company attain the distinction of being …
