The state government has cleared proposals for setting up sanitary landfill sites for

Solid waste management is a problem related to common man. Solid waste is that substance which we throw away considering it useless. By selecting this waste and recycling it and by its management we can participate in stopping climatic change. This was stated by Abhilasha Dubey in the seminar organised under national environment awareness campaign.

Waste management at the Sonsodo dump yard went haywire on Tuesday as truck loads of garbage were dumped right at the entrance to the site for want of space inside the yard.
In another interesting development, the Margao Municipal Council has said the much-talked about waste treatment plant at Sonsodo to be set up by Fomento will become a reality only in June 2011.

This new UN report presents challenges of unregulated wastewater discharged into rivers and seas. Calls for transforming wastewater into clean and economically attractive resource & details strategies that focus on sustainable water management.

Waste pickers in New Delhi have made a business proposition that the municipal authorities should find difficult to refuse. They have said that they can generate more than Rs 12 crores a year from composting biodegradable wastes and save Rs 3 crores in transportation costs if their traditional role in garbage collection and segregation is recognised.

In low and middle-income countries, the informal sector carries out a significant proportion of recycling activity in solid waste management (SWM). For the purposes of this study, the term

This report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development deals with action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their 38th Report(Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on "Solid Waste Management

This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management.

Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes. Despite spending increasing resources, many cities – particularly in Africa and Asia – collect less than half of the waste generated.

This booklet by Exnora Green Pammal (EGP) begins by highlighting the grave situation in relation to solid waste management in the country and the steps undertaken by the government to tackle this issue.

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