By Bharti Patel

With rapid urbanisation, India is all set to witness a four to five fold rise in waste generation in the coming years.

A little known Conservative councillor, representing a ward in London, UK, named Lucy Ivimy, recently provoked a debate in the media and among general citizens in India and abroad who were outraged at the racial slur made on Indian immigrants in the UK. Increased levels of litter in a particular area was blamed on Indian immigrants and she alleged that "disregard for the cleanliness of a public area is normal behaviour' in India.

Mahima Puri & Anirvan Ghosh NEW DELHI/BANGALORE

FLUSH with funds and the confidence reposed by investors, the Indian clean tech sector is emerging as a new segment with bagful of job opportunities. The growth of this greenfield industry is creating demand for scientists, engineers, lawyers, business graduates and entrepreneurs.

JORHAT, July 31: Jorhat may have achieved the status of a

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Set to change: A view of the garbage dump at Kodungaiyur, where a waste processing facility is to be set up.

Chennai: The Chennai Corporation will float fresh tenders for an integrated solid waste processing plant at Kodungaiyur, Mayor M. Subramanian said on Wednesday.

A resolution related to the waste processing plant was tabled before the Corporation Council at a meeting held at Ripon Building.

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For a city that boasts of IT hegemony in the country, Bangalore has a dismal record of garbage management. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), whose obligatory function is to collect, transport and dispose of the municipal solid waste (MSW), is apparently caught up in the politics of one-upmanship.

Waste-pickers worldwide gathered in Colombia to highlight how central they are to urban existence Sometime in 2007, history was unmade and made. From being a global village, the world became an urban conglomerate

Sri Lanka's Central Environment Authority (CEA) yesterday imposed another financial burden on the public by asking them to pay for the polyethylene sacks supermarkets use for bagging the groceries for free of charge normally.

At a media briefing held to announce this decision, the Environment Minister and Ultra Nationalist Party, Jathika Hela Urumaya MP, Patali Champaka Ranawaka stated that the decision has been taken to prevent consumers misusing the bags. He said that all supermarket owners have agreed to this decision.