To take forward Rajarhat New Town as a smart city, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) is planning to set up the country's first underground solid waste collection network in

The state government has prepared an action plan for improvement of sanitation and hygiene during Nabakalebara in Puri.

Lone firm aspiring for the project fails to impress authorities with its technical know-how

Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste management practices among residents of Owerri Municipal, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which a total of 282 residents of Owerri Municipal were selected by multistage sampling technique and studied using self and interviewer administered questionnaires. The results showed that 90% of respondents were aware of waste management while 97.5% had positive attitude towards it.

Mapusa: With the tourism season coming to an end in the state, broken bottles, tetrapacks, straws, thermacol, plastic bags and other kinds of waste left by tourists can be seen strewn across the be

Drawing flak from the National Green Tribunal for its failure to check waste burning, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ policy on burning of leaves, pla

About one million Turks took part on Saturday in a worldwide clean-up campaign to collect garbage from the sea and forest across the country.

With a view to checking the menace of garbage burning in the open that pose serious threat to citizens' health, besides causing pollution, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court, on Wednesday, issued no

Visakhapatnam: The Sitakunda forest under Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary has been turned into a dumping ground.

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development Shri Babul Supriya informed Rajya Sabha that composting of garbage using compost pit in gardens, conversion of organic waste into pellets using Foodies machines at many places like PSOI-Nehru Park, Malcha Marg Market has also been followed for garbage disposal.

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