Despite the negative image about Bhopal created by the Union Carbide gas leak tragedy, the position is different when it comes to the city's concerns for its environment.

Plastics used in insulating power cables can be made to conduct electricity with the help of a thin metal film, opening the way to plastic electronics.

Applying this technique, University of New South Wales researchers can now make cheap, strong, flexible and conductive plastic films.

Ion beam techniques are widely used in the microelectronics industry to tailor the conductivity of semicondu

Biotech, a Thiruvananthapuram-based institution, which is engaged in bio-waste management and non-conventional energy generation programmes, has acquired an innovative technology for generating diesel from plastic waste.

The technology developed in Austria is being promoted in India by the TVS Group.

Broken plastic buckets and piles of old polythene bags being converted into petrol

Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS
Shyam B Chennai,

A bunch of young boys stood on the beach facing the sunrise. They stared in utter concentration at the point where the waves washed up against the shore. Suddenly, one of the boys dived at the ebbing wave with a loud whoop, catching the attention of his comrades.

KOCHI:  The preparation of the draft plan for the
second phase of development of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant has
been completed.

According to the plan, the civic
body will construct a unit to produce crude oil from plastic waste and a
substation to generate electricity from the waste in the second phase of
expansion.

Pune City anchor: Rudra Environmental Solutions to set up plant in Dhankawadi; will duplicate it in all 14 wards if successful

Up against a mountain of plastic waste in its jurisdiction even after a ban on use of plastic bags below 50 microns in thickness, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning a pilot project to convert plastic to fuel.

The continued apathy of the State Government and the District administration, environmental pollution has resulted in creating a situation where many mountain towns are experiencing the problem caused by epidemic proportions of polythene waste not disposed scientifically.