For the whole of 2013, Patnaites have been complaining about the Patna Municipal Corporation's (PMC) apathy in keeping the state capital free of garbage, potholes and craters, waterlogging, mosquit

Cost of transporting mixed garbage is high and segregating it at source could reduce cost by 30 per cent, says former KSPCB chairman H.C. Sharat Chandra

There is a viewpoint that there is no need to segregate waste at source into wet and dry as technology can manage mixed garbage but the method is expensive, said H.C. Sharat Chandra, former chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). He was speaking at CanPlast2013, a seminar on solid waste management and plastic recycling organised by Canara Plastic Manufacturers Association in the city on Monday.

DMK members oppose the move citing earlier ‘bitter’ experience

The Vellore Corporation is to privatise solid waste management- right from garbage clearance and up to segregation and generation of compost- in all its four zones.

Over 40 tonnes of undeclared waste plastics have been returned overseas and a total of 200 tonnes of hazardous zinc tailings innocuously disposed, according to Qingdao customs in east China's Shand

The Calangute comunidade has decided to file an objection to the land acquisition proceedings in connection with the proposed garbage treatment plant ( GTP) atop the Calangute hill.

With the state government deciding to boost solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) in rural areas, the scheme was launched in as many as 14 village panchayats in the district on Sunday.

“No action taken despite repeated representations”

Volunteers of Palar Padhugappu Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam (Palar Protection Awareness Movement), Vellore district, residents of Kangeyanallur, members of women self-help groups, male youths and students staged a demonstration in front of the Vellore district office of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) at Gandhinagar here on Wednesday.