HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JAN 28

The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is proposing to move the High Court to pre-empt moves being made to take back land handed over to it at Bainguinim for its solid waste management and treatment plant.

The Mayor Tony Rodrigues said,

Margao Municipal Council

CHENNAI: Facilities meant to convert solid waste into compost are being used as open dumping sites in the Tiruvottiyur and Manali municipalities.

In Manali, a composting project involving self-help group members a few years ago was shelved

New Delhi: In 2004, a group of street children and ragpickers got together to make bags from scrap cloth and jute. Now, following a ban on plastic bags, the jute bags made by their organisation Lakhshya Badhte Kadam might just have hit the bull

Margao Municipal Council

Date: 23-Jan-09
Country: NEPAL
Author: Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU - Tons of garbage dumped on the streets in Kathmandu have left the Nepali capital choking in what is proving a new headache for the embattled government headed by the Maoist former rebels.

Over 2,000 plastic manufacturing industries have been closed rendering lakhs of workers unemployed in just 15 days of the government

New delhi : The plastic manufacturers' association on Thursday said that they would be forced to approach the Supreme Court for relief if the Delhi government didn't take back the ban on plastic bags.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 20
With just six days to go before the ban on plastic bags comes into effect in the Commercial Capital from January 26, the Margao Civic body appears a confused lot whether to impose a blanket ban on plastic bags or reign in only on carry bags less than 40 microns.

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Advocacy group People