Lamenting poor municipal waste disposal facilities in most of the cities of the country, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.

SHILLONG: A Japanese company has proposed what it calls "green coal" project to recycle waste products in the State especially those being dumped at Marten in Mawlai Mawiong.

SHILLONG, Nov 20: The city will witness innovative practice in waste management by heralding a new technology as the process is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Creative Company Ltd and Eco-Recycle Port of Hiroshima, a Japan-based company that specialises in the treatment of solid waste and conversion into usable fuel, informed Urban Affairs Minister Paul Lyngdoh.

Garbage clearance and IT appear to have little in common, but not anymore, with the city corporation deploying Global Positioning System to ensure effective and systematic solid waste management.

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), faced a major challenge in terms of monitoring the movement of vehicles disposing solid waste, Commissioner Bharat Lal Meena said.

Nov. 19: The local Congress activists had a verbal duel against each other over the solid waste management of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, which the mayor and others had allegedly decided to hand over to two multi-national companies.

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