THRISSUR: Laloor Malineekarana Virudha Samara Samiti has threatened to launch direct action to stop the construction of the secured landfill at the municipal solid waste treatment plant at Laloor in the town, if the Corporation does not stop the construction immediately.

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Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has gathered first visible evidence against four pharma and packaging firms in Narol and Isanpur whose names figured in the list of 26 firms recycling medical waste. A raiding team found boxes containing used medicine bottles with their cartons that were supplied by a scap dealer to these companies.

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has finally got into action and plans to fix responsibility and accountability of illegal recycling of hospital waste on the point of generation of the waste the Doctor's clinic.

Tirupur: The Corporation health department has come out with an action plan to strengthen the ongoing solid waste management project in the city thereby ensure prompt removal and disposal of garbage generated at the ward level.

Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has finally got into action and plans to fix responsibility and accountability
of illegal recycling of hospital waste on the point of generation of the waste the Doctor's clinic.

Ahmedabad : The city crime branch will now probe the racket of illegal trading and recycling of medical and hospital waste. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities submitted a list of 28 suppliers found from a diary during a raid at Ambika Bottle godown in Asarwa, to the crime branch.

Ahmedabad: More than 100 kg biomedical waste containing, needles, syringes, blood bags, vials and other waste was found abandoned in a secluded mill land opposite Chamunda crematorium in Potaliya in Saherkotda on Tuesday.

New Delhi: In a desperate attempt to have the ban on plastic bags revoked, the plastic lobby has now proposed that they be authorized for collecting and recycling plastic waste from households on a door-to-door collection basis.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed to frame guidelines to regulate unhygienic wastes emanating from slaughterhouses after it was told that solid wastes released into drains and sub-soil was the main cause for outbreak of bird flu, foot and mouth disease and zonotic ailment.

NEW DELHI: Through a notice to Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta, environmentalists have inquired about the action taken in respect of the recent Delhi High Court order banning use of plastic in the Capital and also sought details of