Environment

 Racing towards disaster

• The Asian continent suffers from serious problems in the areas of urban environmental degradation, industrial pollution, atmospheric emissions and loss of habitat among others •

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Environment, Deforestation, Waste Disposal, Industry, Asia, Toxic Wastes, Air Pollution
Environment

 Poison in Thailand

Occupationally linked health problems plague Thai workers

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Environment

 Sullied cities

An entire gamut of environmental

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Environment

 The grey continent

Statistics is only one part of the story. The grime combined with apathetic governments and poverty in certain parts of Asia and the craze to rapidly industrialise makes for an epic by itself. Environment mostly figures way down the list of official pri

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Environment, Deforestation, Waste Disposal, Industry, Asia, Toxic Wastes, Air Pollution
India

 That s rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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Soil Capability, Sugarcane, Crop Residues, Waste Disposal, India
India

 Waste not

Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered

Publication Date: 
14/02/1997
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Waste Disposal, Biogas, Rural Technology, Gujarat
India

 Clean burn

Biological weapons, toxic industrial wastes and pesticides

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
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Waste Disposal, Environmental Science, Russia
Climate Change

 Waste to watt

The UK-based Waste Gas Techno

Publication Date: 
30/08/1996
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Waste Disposal, Electricity, Environmental Science, United Kingdom (UK)
Environment

 Floating dump

that Asia is being used as a dumping ground for the developed world's rubbish has been brought to the fore yet again. A us 200-tonne shipment of waste has wound its way to the port of Hong

Publication Date: 
14/08/1996
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Waste Disposal, Landfill, Asia
India

 The disposal debate

Sewage disposal is a big problem in Mumbai. The blueprint for a project to improve waste management in the city is ready but its effectiveness is being hotly contested

Publication Date: 
30/07/1996
Supriya Akerkar
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Waste Disposal, India, Maharashtra, Bombay

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