Dr. Iqbal Malik, the environmentalist, today urged women to take the initiative at individual as well as community level to convert their localities into "zero garbage

People of South Bihpuria have urged the State Government once again to initiate necessary measures to save the area from the continuous erosion of Dujikrong river. The erosion and high floods washed

Australian scientists have found a use for old telephone directories and plastic milk containers. They are turning waste paper and thermoplastics into a substitute for

In the laborious process of monitoring the sea wealth of the country's coastal waters, the central research agencies have identified six centres as 'hot spots' vulnearable to pollution. The hot spots

In an attempt at getting over resource problems for managing urban solid waste in the metropolis, the Government has invited private operators for disposal of the waste generated from three suburban

Dr. A. Abdul Kareem, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU), has called upon the scientific community not to lag behind in finding a solution to the problem of soil and water

B.R.Singh Hospital of Eastern Railway has introduced scientific disposal of clinical waste, the first of its kind in Calcutta at Dhapa.The clinical wastes include needles, blades, glass items, gauge,

Seven British companies have offered many environment-related technologies under the Indo-British Partnership Programme.The offer includes the reed bed technology for remediation of former gas works

Greenpeace announced today that it had offered British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), the plutonium reprocessing company, the opportunity to fund independent environmental research into the effects of

The drought in Southeast Asia will cause billions of dollars in damage and continue at least until March, climate experts said at a conference organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in