The present laboratory study reports the results of various engineering properties, such as compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength of fibre reinforced concrete produced from waste plastic fibres and flyash which are the two environmental pollutants.

Ashna Davis

KOCHI: Soon electricity and bio-products will be produced from solid waste in Kochi. Loro Marketing and Trading Pvt Ltd, an Abu-Dhabi-based business group of NRIs, is coming to Kochi with a project to produce electricity and bio products from solid waste with the aid of Irish-based Wilson technology, known for waste management and green energy production.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A scheme to supply the bio manure produced from the city garbage to households has been launched by the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The programme was inaugurated by Ports Minister V Surendran Pillai at the Press Club here on Thursday.

Speaking at the function, the Minister lauded the unique venture.

KOCHI: We could soon be talking about constructive solutions for plastic, if all goes well with the successive field trials using plastic-modified bitumen on roads!

Studies are on at the National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode, to investigate the improvement in the durability of roads with the introduction of bituminous mixes using plastic.

KOCHI: The project for converting biowaste into manure using bacterial microbes will be launched at the Karikkamury Residents Association area on Wednesday.

The project is being launched by the Kochi Nagara Paura Samithy in association with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI).

Utilization of waste materials and by-products is a partial solution to environmental and ecological problems.

Preethi Nagaraj, Mysore, June 9, DH News Service:

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC), basking in glory after the city was recently adjudged the second cleanest in India, is planning to turn the place into a

Production of bioethanol has attracted global controversy because it uses important food crops. That could be about to change.

Pune Aundh residents Rajendra and wife Sangeeta Joshi proudly display their property tax bill in which they have been awarded a rebate of five per cent. What makes the rebate doubly special is the fact that it

Sudha Nambudiri

KOCHI: Guruvayur Anakotta which houses more than 60 elephants has to deal with nine tonnes of elephant dung every day. It is with the help of a contractor that the authorities dispose off the dung by using it for land-filling or some other purpose.

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