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Radio is the most ubiquitous piece of technology in the country. But opportunities afforded by this handy medium are not been utilised to their optimum by ngos, according to the Bangalore-based

Globally, about 25 per cent of diseases are caused by environmental exposures, causing 13 million deaths yearly About 33 per cent of the diseases in children under age five are also caused the

This study was undertaken to find out the biogas production potential of flower waste coming out from temples. Laboratory scale digesters of 1.5 L capacity were used and fed with flower waste without and with pretreatment.

This paper envisages present scenario of solid waste management system in Sabarimala Pilgrimage Centre, Kerala, during its festival season from mid November to mid January. Studies were made to delineate the possible sources, quantity and quality of solid wastes generated.

Due to rapid growth of population and industrialization and urbanization there is a substantial increase in hospital and private nursing home as well as pathology labs in Satna. Thus the hospital waste is also increasing day by day.

What would waste management do without waste incineration? For without incineration, nothing would actually work in waste disposal today. Waste incineration forms the backbone of waste management in Germany and its importance will grow in a sustained material management oriented to resource efficiency. July-Sep 2007

Sequential batch reactor (SBR) process is basically a fill-and-draw activated sludge process. Being a very popular technology, SBR was not being frequently used for the treatment of wastewater like activated sludge process (ASP). This paper reviews two case studies, where SBR was used for capacity expansion of existing and ASP was converted to SBR.

A rural area of western Rajasthan was surveyed for diarrhoeal disease. The objective of this study was to carry out analysis of domestic water use and environmental health.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has urged Israel to immediately ease restrictions on the waters off the Gaza Strip. The request comes at the beginning of annual

>> After the Umm Nasser sewage flood, Gaza Strip now risks another such deluge (see

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