A physico-chemical profile study on the soil along the banks of the Amaravathi river that runs across Karur areas of Tamil Nadu was investigated in the year 2010-11 for possible evidence of industrial waste disposal or seepage in general and textile dyeing and bleaching industrial waste liquids and solid sludge in particular and by the various medium to small scale industrial activities taking place within the areas.

The biodiversity of marine and coastal areas of Khar Danda has been studied in the year of 2010. In all there were total 21 species of flora 10 species of aquatic fauna and 20 reptiles were identified at the site. This region is prone to large scale erosion due to its geological formations. The beaches, bays and estuaries are very commonly subjected to erosion. In general, the coastal wetlands have been paid very little attention from management point of view.

This essay gives an overview of plastic waste, its sources, plastic waste management process alongwith the techniques used to manage plastic waste and initiatives taken by the government from an Indian perspective.

Mining causes massive damage to landscape and biological communities. Following the mining, the habitats become impoverished presenting a very rigorous condition for plants growth. The present investigation were conducted in selected sites of Raniganj Coal Field area to assess the status of the soil quality of different mine types (OCP, pit, inclined).

As per Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, every health care facility generating BMW needs to set up requisite BMW treatment systems on site or ensure requisite treatment of waste at common treatment facility. An attempt has been made to critically assess the current biomedical waste management practices followed by some Armed Force Hospitals.

In this present investigation of the transformation process of waste vegetable oil in order to obtain biodiesel by means of transesterification was studied using heterogeneous catalyst CaO.

Crop residue burning is one among the many sources of air pollution. It is essential to mitigate impacts due to the burning of agricultural waste in the open fields and its consequent effects on soil, ambient air and living organisms.

In the present study a monitoring work is under taken to estimate the black carbon aerosol of 4 different cities representing 4 different zones of Odisha state. The monitoring was carried out from December 2008 to November 2009 to study the role of aerosol contamination in different atmospheric condition.

Many air pollutants emitted by industries are site specific. Methyl mercaptan is one such site specific air pollutant suspected in the neighbourhood of SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.

The present study deals with the effect of urbanization and automobile emission on ambient air quality of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha. This paper examines the significant difference in seasonal variations of air pollutant concentrations in the city.