K.V. Prasad

COIMBATORE: Residents of R.K. Naidu Layout at Venkitapuram in the city were a harried lot on Tuesday. A garbage dump in the corner of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

K.Lakshmi

CHENNAI: In a bid to put in place an integrated solid waste management system in the sprawling Koyambedu wholesale market complex, the Market Management Committee has floated a national tender calling for bids from private firms for collection and disposal of the garbage.

Ahmedabad : A paralysing link in the so-called foolproof bio-medical waste disposal system' of state is an innocent rule which mandates that those healthcare units that treat 1,000 patients and less in a month are not required to be registered with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB).

Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) found close to 1,000 kg of haphazardly disposed biomedical waste after raiding two scrap godowns in Unn area. A complaint has been lodged against two scrap dealers dealing in this waste.

Rahul Mangaonkar | TNN

Ahmedabad: A three-day inspection of local clinics, pathological laboratories, children hospitals and maternity homes in city revealed a lurking danger, especially of doctors, not revealing their source for procuring their syringes and IV injectibles.

Water contamination level at the two-landfill sites, where solid waste of the city is dumped, has shot more than 500 times than the acceptable level, raising questions about the government

Surat: Following a TOI expose on how quacks flourished fearlessly in the city, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Sunday shot off notices to 952 organisations demanding details of their infrastructure and biomedical waste disposal mechanisms.

BY MIKE MELIA

Miles from shore in the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard other than food scraps.