Industry

 Selective handling

india / waste management starting from August 2001, only biodegradable waste from the residential and commercial complexes of Mumbai will be managed by the Brihan-Mumbai Municipal

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Garbage, Plastics, Landfill, Mumbai
Water Pollution

 THE PHILIPPINES

San Mateo, a landfill site located in Anti

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Landfill, Philippines
Solid Waste

The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000

The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 shall apply to every municipal authority responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation,, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2000
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Municipal Solid Waste Rules 2000, Government Of India (GOI), India
Water Resources

 Down with the dump

Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Landfill, Radiation, Nuclear Wastes, Public Participation, Nuclear Weapons, Rajasthan
India

 Untouchable

How nuclear waste is produced and stored

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Uranium, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Radiation, Nuclear Wastes, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu
Forests

 Toxic houses

a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Cancer, Waste Disposal, Landfill, United Kingdom (UK), Toxic Wastes
Environment

 Landfill sites location

the Union government is planning to prohibit location of landfill sites within a 10-km radius of airports and airbases in the direction of the

Publication Date: 
29/09/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Transport, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Birds
Health

 Death of a computer

There is an urgent need to develop a technology to recycle old computers

Publication Date: 
14/08/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Landfill, Technology, Waste Recycling, Toxic Wastes, Computers
Forests

 High level garbage

Washington state plans to sue the US energy department for failing to clean up a radioactive waste dump

Publication Date: 
30/07/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Landfill, Radiation, United States Of America (US)
India

 Waste is being dumped in Russia

Galina Sdasyuk is a researcher at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, and is formulating a sustainable model of development for her country. She spoke to Vineet Katariya

Publication Date: 
14/04/1998
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Ecology, Landfill, Economic Development, Russia, Toxic Wastes

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