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Dumping of solid waste and garbage by the banks of the Kalang and the Morikalang is one of the main reasons of water pollution in the region, although people here have been using the water of these ri

The Cunchelim Action Committee (CAC) has voiced dismay over Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza's indifferent attitude to their struggle against the proposed garbage disposal site in Cunchelim.

Due to increasing population, industrialization and urbanization a huge amount of solid waste is generated daily in cities and towns. In Guwahati city, the solid waste generated is disposed by Guwahati Municipal Corporation in the dumping site.

The huge amount of solid waste generation and their disposal has become a major case of concern at present. In Guwahati city about 500 metric tonnes of solid wastes are generated daily. The solid wastes collected from the various parts of the city has different heavy metal content dependeing upon the nature and type of solid wastes. Heavy metal contamination results from anthropogenic as well as natural activities and creates health hazards when entered the food chain through their application to soil.

Expressing his dismay over the opposition to garbage disposal sites across the State, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat said a time would come when Goans would have to dispose off their daily garbage wit

The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) came under heavy fire from the High Court on Monday over sanitation and garbage litter in the city.

Dhaka city produces tonnes of solid wastes everyday. Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) does not have any sanitary landfill for ultimate disposal of solid waste and for a long time it is a common practice of DCC to dipose off solid waste in open low lying areas without any segregation andf soil cover.

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The embarrassing rubbish mountain in Naples subsides

It is raining and Tirana's main rubbish dump in the Sharra valley, about five kilometres outside the capital, is covered in sticky mud. However, for Ardian Alu it is business as usual. Together with his two young sons, Mr Alu, a member of Albania's Roma community, sifts through piles of waste selecting recyclable materials he can sell to a local trader. He is paid Lek14 (

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