Guwahati, September 29: Assam will set up a power plant which for the first time will use ‘waste’ gas as fuel.

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which has invited proposals for its rooftop solar energy generation project, has found support from New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi for the project.

The Union Minister of Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Nitin Gadkari said that Swachh Bharat Mission will be converted into a mass movement to make India an open defecation free country in Five Years. Addressing a Joint Press conference with the Urban Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu here this afternoon, Shri Gadkari said, one lakh thirty four thousand crore rupees will be spent for construction of about 11 crore 11 lakh toilets in the country. The Urban Development Ministry will earmark more than 60,000 Crore rupees for this purpose.

The UK and other EU states must reduce the amount of landfill waste by 2020

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which is setting up eight wet waste processing units, does not seem to have made much headway in achieving waste segregation at source.

In view of the existing garbage treatment plant in Margao and the government's plans to launch a treatment plant in both the districts, the Margao municipal council (MMC) appeared hesitant to give

Around 99 per cent of Sweden's garbage is now recycled and the country is so efficient at managing waste they are importing it from other European countries.

The 'Energy from Coffee Wastewater' project has proven that it is possible to generate energy, tackle climate change and protect water resources by treating discharges from coffee mills.

A waste-to-energy plant where power supply is generated from garbage is likely to be commissioned by January 2015.

A waste-to-energy plant where power supply is generated from garbage is likely to be commissioned by January 2015.

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