Solid Waste

 Right sight

GIS helps determine waste disposal sites for Guwahati

Publication Date: 
14/05/2005
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Environmental Science, Space Technology, Guwahati
Solid Waste

 What a dump

Agartala has just one dump yard to cater to its 4 lakh residents

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Governance, NGO, Tripura, Agartala
India

 Gross violation

Serious violations of environmental norms by pesticide manufacturers came to our notice through this shocking account by researchers from the department of zoology, Delhi University. They visited

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pesticides, Pesticide Industry, Waste Disposal, Lindane, Research, India, Delhi, Toxic Wastes
Environment

 Bad for babies

Disposable diapers are also bad for the environment

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
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Tags:
Environment, Statistics, Waste Disposal
India

 Flawed plans

India has little idea of how to clean up Bhopal

Publication Date: 
14/12/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Products, Bhopal Gas Disaster, India, Toxic Wastes
Solid Waste

 Managing waste the Chandigarh way

Le Corbusier s city is getting a face lift. A unique programme of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh MCC , is ridding the city of the most difficult component of waste debris, commonly known as malba. Malba, when mixed with solid waste, makes both c

Publication Date: 
30/01/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Compensation
India

 The meat you eat

A behind the scene look at how slaughterhouses in India dispose hazardous bio waste by endangering the environment

Publication Date: 
14/08/2003
Nidhi Jamwal, Neha Dua
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Natural Fertilisers, Animal Care, Slaughter House, Slaughter Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Energy, Private Sector, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Medak, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh
India

 In dis<i>tress</i>

Hair pollution hits Karnataka

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
E Vijayalakshmi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Waste Disposal, Tuberculosis, Industry, Legislation, India, Karnataka
Industry

 Neither voluntary nor compliant

India s first ever Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection, unveiled amid much hype on March 13 in New Delhi, has turned out to be just hot air

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Industrial Dispersal, Leather Industry, Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Industry, Cement Industry, Legislation, India
Industry

 Up the creek

Two environmental groups of western Pennsylvania, USA, have sued a company that disposed of toxic wastes at community dumpsites, contaminating wells and hurting property values. The groups are suing

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Waste Disposal, Compensation, Industry, United States Of America (US), Toxic Wastes

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