Inspite of over 5000 conservancy staff of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), the city is getting more polluted and dirty day by day. A recent study shows that the DCC has enough manpower equipped with

Conservation Minister Nick Smith has started a process that could add 1000ha of beaches, estuaries, and rocky shoreline to New Zealand's most overcrowded national park. "It's an anomaly that the

A group of 21 major industries in Japan have set numerical targets for reducing industrial waste. In reports submitted on July 17 to a Ministry of International Trade and Industry subcommittee, the

Ezaki Glico Co., one of Japan' leading confectioners, plans to abandon the use of polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) wrapping materials by September. Glico now uses about 100 metric tons of PVC wrapping per

Many industrial units in Howrah are operating despite closure notices from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. The PCB says that the district police administration is reluctante to enforece the

The centre has formulated a time-bound national programme for control of pollution, targeting air, water, soil and noise pollution. Circulated at a recent conference of chairmen and

Pakistan's former High Commissioner to Kenya, Shafqat Kakakhel, has been appointed by UN secretary general, Kofin Annan, as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

Some experts believe that the Damodar receives more pollutants than the Ganga. According to a 1990 estimate, the Damodar received 41077.7 million litres of industrial affluents per day, as against

A law to regulate disposal of hospital wastes has been framed for the first time in the country by the Ministry of Environment. The law not only lays down the framework for safe disposal of hospital

The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udhyog Sangathan, the largest organisation of survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster, has accused the Madhya Pradesh government of safeguarding the interests of the