Arpico Plastishells Ltd, forging ahead in organic and liquid Waste Management, has introduced a Green Gas Unit in Sri Lanka providing households, hotels, restaurants, manufacturing plants, Large Scale businesses and SMEs to produce Bio Gas through organic waste, - an islands first a company spokesperson said.

Available in 1000ltrs and 5000ltrs units, it is estimated a total 1-7 hrs of gas could

Arpico Plastishells Ltd, forging ahead in organic and liquid waste management, has introduced a Green Gas Unit in Sri Lanka providing households, hotels, restaurants, manufacturing plants, large scale businesses and SMEs to produce bio gas through organic waste, - an island's first, a company spokesperson said.

Available in 1,000 litres and 5,000 litres units, it is estimated a total 1 to 7 hrs

PUDUKOTTAI: Paddy farmers of Periyakulam in Thalinji village panchayat near here have planned to generate power using bio-wastes, preferably

Residents of several colonies in Okhla on Thursday marched to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to protest against the construction of a toxic waste-to-energy incinerator by Jindal Ecopolis in the thickly-populated area in south Delhi.

The residents presented a memorandum to environment minister Jairam Ramesh demanding the project be scrapped.

CMC has elaborate plans to utilise the waste generated in the city for generating power. Plans have been chalked out to take up innovative steps towards generating electricity from solid waste.

Bestowed with Green Leaf Award for effective solid waste management measures, the CMC has already introduced systematic way of collection of wastes.

London: In what could give new meaning to fast food, scientists have discovered a way to extract oil from pasties, crisps and other food waste and turn that into an eco-friendly fuel.

British fuel supplier Greenergy International announced that it has developed a new technology to extract cooking oil from food waste and blend it with diesel to produce an environmentally-friendly fuel.

Chandigarh: Punjab is expected to ride on a technology breakthrough by the Chinese, whereby straw can be used as cent per cent raw material for running boilers.

An experiment to produce power from straw was made at Jalkheri in Fatehgarh Sahib district in 1992, but without any success.

An attempt to revive the project by handing it over to a private firm in 2001 also did not succeed due to la

Waste generation is a growing issue, which had been highlighted in the past by Thimphu City corporation (TCC). It is a consequence of urbanisation and economic development, which we cannot avoid.

But we should have tools in our hands to handle it. The landfill in Memelakha, which was built in 1994, has long been overused.

New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has told Jindal Ecopolis, the company setting up the waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, that it would not be permitted to operate if it fails to provide technical details on pollution control at the incineration plant.

At a meeting held on Tuesday, CBCP raised several questions which Jindal representatives were unable to answer.

OUTSIDE THE mind space of Delhi’s elite, a war is brewing. It is a battle for livelihood, a fight to find the answer to one question: Who has a right to the city’s garbage?