Home » waste management

You Searched For "waste management"

MBMC has stopped collecting from housing societies that fail to segregate dry and wet garbage at source.

Uttan residents call-off bandh planned in June

The decision to temporarily postpone the bandh came after an assurance by Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC)...

29 May 2018 2:00 AM IST

File photos of teams from Sanjeevani S3 working waste management

Best out of waste

We start with educating school children and societies about different types of wastes.

22 March 2018 12:18 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielding broom during a surprise visit to the Mandir Marg Police Station after launch of Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

European Union delegation takes tips from municipal body

As per Ms Sharma, the EDMC has been making consistent efforts towards better management of solid waste.

30 Jun 2018 5:03 AM IST

The team claims that only 28 per cent of the waste generated in India is recycled and various studies found that the waste generated in the country was doubling every five years. (Representative Image | AFP)

Smart dustbin system developed by IIT Madras start-up to prevent...

The digital waste management system can generate alerts to sanitation teams at regular intervals on fill levels

27 April 2020 5:00 PM IST

Thriller zooms in on business of blood

Thriller zooms in on business of blood

The tale of the hunt, if told by the lion, would be a totally different one,” reads the epigraph of Shantanu...

31 Aug 2011 9:17 AM IST

Municipal corporations are planning to set up more waste-to-energy plants to generate power from municipal solid waste (MSW). (Representational image)

Why shouldn't you be fined: NGT asks major waste generators

NGT asked the defaulting bodies to reply within 2 weeks why they should not be asked to pay Rs 5 lakh for failing to...

10 April 2017 8:25 PM IST

The waves of plastic flooding into rivers and oceans have been causing problems for years, clogging waterways in cities, increasing the risk of floods, and injuring or killing marine animals who ingest or become trapped by plastic packaging. (Photo: AFP)

Sea of plastic: Bali announces garbage emergency'

Often dubbed a paradise on earth, the Indonesian holiday island has become an embarrassing poster child for the...

28 Dec 2017 2:00 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Toxicants linked to lipid metabolism

The study conducted in India focused on how poor waste management and sanitation practices impact public health and...

12 Jun 2017 9:16 AM IST

The 420-member housing society not only segregates dry and wet waste but also has a compost plant.

Kohinoor complex leads way in waste management

The complex has also started selling excess manure to nearby societies.

29 Jun 2017 1:27 AM IST

File picture of the BMC headquarters.

For misusing trash space, 103 CHS members may face prison

The BMC has asked them to set up composting unit within a month.

2 Dec 2017 1:29 AM IST