Starting Thursday, for a week the Perur Town Panchayat will involve the town’s residents in solid waste management by encouraging them to segregate the waste they generate.

Calangute in north Goa and Curchorem in the south, have been selected for coastal garbage treatment plants(GTPs) to cater to solid waste generated in coastal and rural areas of the state.

The High Court was today informed that around 130 quintals of polythene has been seized by the authorities in five months since January this year.

The J-K High Court has asked the state government to take a policy decision about the ordinance banning polythene use in the state.

In the policy decision, the court said, the state was expected to explain whether as per the ordinance SRO-182, the ban was only on use of polythene carry bags or it also included ban on polythene used for making packing material.

In a short term reprieve to multinational companies and local manufacturers, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday stayed the government’s ban on polythene packaging of potato chips, candies an

There are no rules by which one can dispose of medical waste that is generated at home.

As part of its continued effort to provide eco-friendly transport solutions, the Konkan Railway has taken a significant step towards bio-degradation of night soil (human mull) by installing bio-toi

With biomedical waste treatment becoming a major issue in city apartments, the Kochi-chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai) has decided to launch a pr

Recognizing the dearth of toilets in JJ clusters and slums of Delhi, whereon an average 37 persons use the same toilet, the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has decided to come up with

A clean makeover awaits tracks and railways stations in the state as South Central Railway has decided to replace existing excreta disposal systems in trains with environment friendly bio-toilets.