Ahmedabad : They cost just 50 paise more than normal syringes. But, not using them can prove very costly! We're talking about auto disposable (AD) syringes that can't be reused.

The outbreak of hepatitis-B in Modasa, that claimed more than 60 lives, on account of reuse of disposable syringes shocked the state.

Pune From Satara and Pimpri-Chinchwad to Taloja near Thane, at least 1,200 kg of bio-medical waste from Pune is transported every day for over 140 km for disposal. Ever since the disposal facility at Kailash crematorium in the city was shut down following a blast at the site, Pune

Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today.

Recycled objects made by inmates of Tihar Jail will also be on display

NEW DELHI: A nine-day exhibition of over 30 works in videos, digital prints, watercolours, drawings, photographs and paintings on the concept of recycling opens at Travancore Art Gallery here this Wednesday.

Kurukshetra: The Election Commission has banned the use of plastic and polythene for the preparation of posters and banners by parties and their nominees during the election campaign. All presidents and secretaries of recognised parties have been directed to follow the directions strictly.

Jammu: Separate incidents of fire reduced standing wheat crop covering as many as 143 kanals of land to ashes yesterday.

A major fire razed bone-dry crop in the border village of Agra Chak in RS Pura tehsil and at Goh-Brahmna village in Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district.

At Agra Chak, the fire broke out last evening due to unknown reasons, which was further spread by high-velocity winds.

Co plans to increase production of recycled paper.

With a production capacity of over 160,000 tonnes of recycled paperboards a year, the mills of ITC Ltd at Kovai and Bhadrachalam have helped the company attain the distinction of being negative solid waste, said Mr R. Srinivasan, Member-Corporate Management Committee.

IN Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, one finds neglected and stagnant water ponds in almost every locality. These ponds are the result of an effluent from a community, or groundwater upward seepage due to capillary action, or canal water seepage (in case of Hyderabad and Sukkur), or water received from diffused water sources.

A delegation of write-pickets from the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) an association elf waste-pickers from Pune, and the national alliance of waste-picker's' organisations, presented the Lok Sabha candidates with a petition asking them to pass a - "Recycling Policy', which gives due place to the waste-pickers and the informal recycling sector.

Stinking heaps remain on the streets for several days

Unhygienic conditions: Garbage on Karungalpatti Main Road in Salem.