Pioneer News Service | Lucknow

The UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) feels that a complete ban on polythene will would be the best and most effective way of putting an end to the problems caused by it. Many states in the country have already put a blanket ban on the usage of polythene and are reaping rich benefits from it.

Pioneer News Service | Lucknow

On the pattern of Delhi, the use of polythene may be completely banned in the state capital also. The first citizen as well as environmentalists have started thinking on these lines and a proposal to this effect may be tabled in the next meeting of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) house.

Chandigarh: A 2-MW biomass waste-based co-generation power plant has been commissioned at Yamunanagar at a cost of Rs 15.23 crore at Bharat Starch Industries, said Sumita Misra, Director, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). The plywood waste, available in huge quantity in Yamunanagar, will be used in the project, she added.

NEW DELHI

The MCD is com ing up with four construction and demolition waste recycling plants in the would help in alleviating the problem of disposal of waste generated by construction activity throughout the year.

17 Jan 2009, 0737 hrs IST, Neha Lalchandani, TNN

PANJIM, JAN 16
In a sigh of relief, the rotting hotel waste will be cleared out from tomorrow (Saturday) as the three-day long impasse over the issue was finally resolved today following Government intervention.

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Delhi

16 Jan 2009, 0122 hrs IST, Neha Lalchandani, TNN

SALEM: Tirumanimutharu River that vivisects the city has become a major dump yard for garbage.

Shops and business establishments on the banks of the river dump their waste including plastics and used leaves, into it.
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Tribune News Service
Shimla, January 14