The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked for an additional 12 acres of land from the government near the designated solid waste dumping site at Bhuasuni, to set up a …
Solid Waste
In a major install-toilet in every household drive, the Mysore Zilla Parishad (MZP) is setting up 51,365 individual toilets during 2014-15 fiscal years under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). The …
CIJ News, December 11, 2013 The Bruhat Bangalore MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) covering nearly one crore people, has collected Rs10.4 lakh in two months as penalty for littering the streets by implementing …
It is quite a common site to see piles of garbage as high as hills dotting the landscape of landfills at the outskirts of a city. If one is to …
The green cover in the McLeodganj area of Dharamsala is being threatened by illegal dumping of solid waste along hill slopes. People carrying out construction are scarring the hills with …
An incineration plant at Daighar near Mumbra, which will process over 600 metric tonnes of solid waste daily for conversion into energy, is nearing completion. Amid stiff opposition from locals, …
A recent study evaluates how effective a worm based sanitation system is in reducing the rate at which solid waste accumulates and at how worms can improve the quality of …
The Corporation of Chennai is planning to install an integrated waste management system in the city and is looking for a viable solution to get rid of the Kodungaiyur and …
An expert team from England has developed a cost-effective and environment-friendly Vantage Waste Processor (VWP) for tackling solid waste. The process involves injecting steam into garbage and converting it into …
It’s with good reason that the most effective delivery method for biological warfare weapons is via aerosol suspensions: finely divided droplets or powders containing bacteria may be carried by air …
