Researchers develop eco-friendly oil spill solution
Researchers, including those of Indian-origin, have developed an eco-friendly biodegradable green "herding" agent that can be used to clean up light crude oil spills on water. Derived from the plant-based
View ArticleBiocon booked for dumping waste
The BBMP on Monday lodged a police complaint against Biocon for dumping chemical waste at the Terra Firma waste-processing unit near Doddaballapur in Bengaluru Rural district. But Biocon maintains the
View ArticleNew waste management initiative launched
Care Assam has launched an endeavour, Affordable Waste Management Initiative (AWMI) as an attempt to find solutions to waste management in Guwahati. The core objective is to offer a waste management
View ArticleScientists promise eco-friendly polythene
PATIALA: Researchers at Thapar University, Patiala, claim to have found the key to producing eco-friendly polythene. Due to concerns over its environmental impact, state governments and municipalities
View Article‘Green’ trash bags get trial run on CR trains
MUMBAI: In a first for Indian Railways, Central Railway has introduced biodegradable, environment-friendly garbage bags on long distance trains. The linens provided to train passengers come packaged
View ArticleOnly biodegradable Ganesha idols can be immersed: NGT
With the festive season round the corner, the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday passed a series of directions to make sure Yamuna is not choked with hazardous chemicals. It further said that, “the
View ArticleBARC designs buckets to collect biodegradable waste
Heaps of biodegradable waste would no longer bother Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have come to its rescue with a novel technology of converting biodegradable
View ArticleGreen substitute for plastic carry bags to hit Puducherry market
An eco-friendly firm will launch photodegradable bags in an effort to substitute ecologically-hazardous plastic carry bags here and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu. SM Green Solutions (SMGS), Chennai,
View ArticleRailways to set up a bio-waste processing plant
The Delhi Division of Northern Railway is going to set up a first of its kind 'Bio-waste processing plant' at Kishanganj Railway Colony. The proposed bio-waste plant will turn biodegradable waste...
View Articleप्लास्टिक के तिरंगे पर बैन
राजधानी में प्लास्टिक से बने हुए तिरंगे अब नजर नहीं आएंगे। दिल्ली सरकार ने अपने सभी डिपार्टमेंट्स को इस बारे में डायरेक्शन जारी कर दिए हैं। सरकार के जनरल एडमिनिस्ट्रेशन डिपार्टमेंट (जीएडी) की ओर से
View ArticleBiodegradable plastics and marine litter: misconceptions, concerns and...
Widespread adoption of products labelled 'biodegradable' will not significantly decrease the volume of plastic entering the ocean or the physical and chemical risks that plastics pose to marine...
View ArticleBiodegradable plastics not a 'quick fix' for marine litter
The research claimed that many biodegradable products are unlikely to ever fully break down in the ocean, while labelling products as biodegradable could also make people more likely to dispose of them
View ArticleKendrapada woman makes best out of waste
Kendrapada: Bilasini Nath, 50, a housewife from Dashipur village in Kendrapada district, has been making beautiful baskets, pen stands, cellphone stands, flowers, animals and other items using waste...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding Karuvadikuppam Muncipal Sold...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Prakash Chander Kapur & Others Vs Union of India Rep. by its Chief Secretary Union Territory of Puducherry & Others
View ArticleBiodegradable plastic 'false solution' for ocean waste problem
Biodegradable plastic water bottles and shopping bags are a false solution to the ubiquitous problem of litter in the oceans, the UN’s top environmental scientist has warned. Most plastic is extremely
View ArticleWhy Biodegradable Plastic Won't Help Ocean Pollution
Biodegradable plastic does not mean a perfect solution to ocean waste problems, according to an environmental scientist. A United Nations environmental scientist warned the public that biodegradable...
View ArticleTownships plan to recycle waste
A few upcoming residential townships in the city are planning to install organic waste converters in the campus to reuse hundreds of kilograms of bio degradable waste generated every day in each...
View ArticleEach home gets 2 plastic buckets for waste segregation
He would collect plastic waste that lay strewn near the platforms and bins.He would collect plastic waste that lay strewn near the platforms and bins. Trichy: Taking solid waste management to the next
View ArticleNGT asks Punjab, Haryana govt to furnish details on waste
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Punjab and Haryana governments to give details of total municipal solid waste generated in Mohali and Punchkula and its mode of collection and disposal. A
View ArticleCivic body to penalise reckless waste dumpers
Beware! Those who dump non-segregated waste after mixing it with biodegradable waste will now face the heat of law. Annoyed by the increasing menace of households mixing plastic waste with food waste,
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