KOCHI: Fish feed wastage and its impact on water-bodies are a major source of worry for the fisheries industry. The accumulation of waste leads to toxicity in farmed species.
High quality protein is essential for shrimps to grow fast. They require 45 percent quality protein in the supplementary feed. This makes shrimp feed costly and accounts for more than 55 percent of the operational cost.
State Minister for Environment and Forest Mustafizur Rahman said the government is going to develop a strategy soon for sustainable waste management to keep the environment toxic-free.
AHMEDABAD: For many years now, owing to high cost of toxic waste treatment, hundreds of chemical industries surrounding city have been discharging their toxic waste illegally into city drainage system in areas like Vatva, Naroda, Odhav and Narol. Ideally these units should be sending their discharge to central effluent treatment plants (CETP).
Jamshedpur, March 8: Call it a Swiss solution to a clean, green state.
Cement major ACC Limited has entered into a technical collaboration with Swiss giant Holcim to offer industrial units in the state a common hazardous waste management facility at its Jhinkpani plant in West Singhbhum district.
Enforcement and monitoring are the key to safety Having tsfds and guidelines in place does not mean the waste has been taken care of. As the beil accident showed, cpcb
Compact fluorescent lamps have emerged as a viable option to sharply reduce the energy demand for lighting. They are now manufactured by the millions, and the production base is bound to expand as official agencies and State governments scale up plans to replace existing lamps with CFLs. Besides saving power, these lamps also hold the potential to earn carbon credits.
Satna: The population of one of nature's strongest scavenger --'vultures' -- is dwindling in Gidhhkoot mountain of Madhya Pradesh's Satna district in an alarming rate.
The reason of this steep fall of the rare specie is contaminated meat.
