Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to shift the land disposal site of Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) at Bommanahalli, following complaints from the public. It is learnt that the KCDC is also keen on shifting the site to Boggaguddahalli.

Several factors lead to the collapse in December of earthen dikes supporting a coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant, an engineering consultant said.

Outdated technology is still being brought into Pakistan in the guise of low-cost refurbished computers. This helps a common man to afford such appliances and at the same time due to limited or no warranty on these machines coupled with incompatibility with latest software the purchase can turn into a burden than a blessing.

The stretch past the mortuary of Thimphu referral hospital, where all medical waste is dumped, is a difficult place to take a walk by. It smells awful. Dead rats. Placentas. Used needles. Bloody bandages. All rotting.

There are also pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical devices and radioactive material.

MUMBAI: Even as the fate of Rs 4,500-crore plan for scientific closure of Deonar dumping ground hangs in balance, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Development Authority (MMRDA) has proposed to develop six landfill sites beyond the city limits. A proposal to this effect has been sent to eight municipal corporations for further deliberation.

Mumbai: Bio-medical waste (BMW) weighing 4,575 metric tonnes was disposed of in an open dumping ground at Deonar along with municipal solid waste instead of landfills between 2003 and 2008, thus posing health hazards for residents in and around the area.

A floating dredge lowered a clamshell bucket to the bottom of the Hudson River on Friday and pulled up a load of muck contaminated with PCBs