COIMBATORE: As an essential part of its Rs. 96-crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Project, the Coimbatore Corporation is trying to generate awareness among the people on the need for a clean city and the segregation of waste and storage in separate bins at home as an essential requirement towards that end.

Despite a popular demand for it, and Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh having already set a precedent, India will not have a blanket ban on plastic carry bags. The Environment Ministry has instead proposed putting in place a stricter regulatory regime for plastic manufacturers.

Oct. 27: The Greater Hyderabad, spread over 625 sq km of area and housing a population of 70 lakh, has only one garbage dumpyard, which is fast outliving its utility.
The state capital is badly suffering from shortage of garbage dumpyards, with the management of waste becoming a nightmare for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal corporation (GHMC).

Need to train staff in segregating biomedical waste stressed.

Jamshedpur, Oct. 26: The state-run Jharkhand Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation will provide required technical assistance to the proposed Adityapur auto cluster

Three municipalities in south Chennai set up an integrated solid waste management project (Established 2002). With a private-public partnership, they are trying to find a solution to one of urban India's greatest nightmares, garbage.