Waste Management

Students to adorn city walls with environmental murals

Madurai: The ideas and perceptions of young minds on protecting the environment will be used to decorate the walls at important places in the Madurai Corporation soon.

Publication Date:

01/08/2016

Source: Times Of India (Madurai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Madurai (T), Environment Education, Waste Management, Plastics, Water Resources, Environmental Security, Environment

Environment

World Nature Conservation day: 5 things India is doing to protect its resources

World Nature Conservation day is celebrated on July 28 across the world in order to raise awareness about protecting nature and conserving our natural resources.

Publication Date:

29/07/2016

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Urbanisation, Deforestation, Wildlife Trade, Environmental Security, Waste Management, Tiger Conservation, Wetlands, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment

Waste Management

Solid Waste Management Corporation Bill awaits Cabinet nod

Solid Waste Management Corporation Bill has been put up for approval of cabinet, told minister for science and technology Alina Saldanha to Goa Legislative Assembly on Tuesday while replying to a q

Publication Date:

27/07/2016

Author(s): Bindiya Chari

Source: Times Of India (Goa)

Tags:

Goa, Waste Management, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Garbage, North Goa, Panchayats, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid Waste, 26/07/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid Waste, 26/07/2016. The types of solid waste generated in the country include wet waste (bio-degradable) such as vegetable waste, food waste; dry waste (recyclable) such as paper, plastic, glass, metal, inert and debris.

Publication Date:

26/07/2016

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, India, Parliament

Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid Waste, 26/07/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid Waste, 26/07/2016. The types of solid waste generated in the country include wet waste (bio-degradable) such as vegetable waste, food waste; dry waste (recyclable) such as paper, plastic, glass, metal, inert and debris.

Publication Date:

26/07/2016

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, India, Parliament

Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on New Solid Waste Management Rules, 26/07/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on New Solid Waste Management Rules, 26/07/2016. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has comprehensively revised and notified Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rule in April, 2016 in supersession of the Municipal Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.

Publication Date:

26/07/2016

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Parliament, Waste Recycling

Hazardous Waste

Government moves to tackle e-waste pollution

Authorities impose stringent regulations on workshops whose activities damage the ecosystem, report Zheng Jinran in Beijing and Qiu Quanlin in Shantou, Guangdong province.

Publication Date:

26/07/2016

Source: China Daily

Tags:

Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, China, Waste Management, Pollution, Waste Disposal, UNDP

Hazardous Waste

South Korea to pick spent nuclear fuel site by 2028, eyes overseas storage

South Korea plans to select a site for permanent storage of its high level radioactive waste by 2028, and will also consider looking to store spent nuclear fuel overseas, the government said on Mon

Publication Date:

25/07/2016

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Hazardous Waste, Nuclear Wastes, South Korea, Waste Management, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Safety

Solid Waste

NAMA on circular economy solid waste management approach for urban areas in Kenya

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Kenya and UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme have issued the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) on Circular Economy Solid Waste Management Approach for Urban Areas in Kenya. The NAMA promotes an alternative to the existing waste value chain.

Publication Date:

21/07/2016

Source: UNDP

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), Urbanisation, Kenya, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Green House Gases, Waste Recycling

Environment