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India fifth largest producer of e-waste: studyBy : sustainabilityo..., May 27, 2016
India, which has emerged as the world’s second largest mobile market, is also the fifth largest producer of e-waste, discarding roughly 18.5 lakh tonnes of electronic waste each year, a study... Read more.. Subject Tags: e-waste , waste management |
Government launches web-based integrated waste management systemBy : sustainabilityo..., May 26, 2016
The government today launched a web-based application which will enable industries dealing in hazardous waste to seek online permissions for import and export of certain categories of waste used... Read more.. Subject Tags: recycling , waste management |
Students develop smart dustbins to address Mysore's garbage woesBy : sustainabilityo..., May 26, 2016
An enterprising group of students from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) has come out with a smart solution to address the growing problem of overflowing garbage containers... Read more.. Subject Tags: innovation , waste management |
AkzoNobel Partners to Develop Sustainable Cellulose Products from Sugar Beet WasteBy : sustainabilityo..., May 12, 2016
AkzoNobel and agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun have partnered to develop novel products from cellulose side streams resulting from sugar beet processing. ... Read more.. |
Dharamshala to get underground dustbinsBy : sustainabilityo..., May 10, 2016
Dharamshala will have underground dustbins soon, a deal for which was signed between the municipal corporation commissioner and a private firm on Wednesday. The sanitary system, launched as '... Read more.. Subject Tags: waste management |
Delhi government panel advocates alternate sites, waste-to-energy plantsBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 29, 2016
Overflowing landfills should be reclaimed to make way for scientifically-designed alternates and waste-to-energy plants should be installed here, a Delhi government panel has said. Last week, the AAP... Read more.. Subject Tags: waste management , waste to energy |
NDMC to set up e-waste, hazardous waste centresBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2016
Recycling old electronics is set to get easier with the New Delhi Municipal Council proposing setting up seven new collection centres for e-waste and hazardous domestic waste.... Read more.. |
300MW power generated at Mumbai’s first green waste recycling plantBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2016
Around 3,500 metric tonnes of garden waste have generated 300 megawatt (MW), almost a tenth of the city’s daily electricity needs, at a waste recycling plant in Ghatkopar in the past two years... Read more.. |
Agra seeks to turn waste into energyBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 26, 2016
The Agra Municipal Corporation is planning to commence door-to-door garbage collection in the city. Four private companies have applied to partner with the corporation to pick up the long... Read more.. Subject Tags: waste management , waste to energy |
Waste-to-energy plant planned in Ongole cluster in Andhra PradeshBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 19, 2016
A waste-to-energy plant is being planned in Ongole by pooling together waste generated from three other towns in Prakasam district. ... Read more.. |