Waste Disposal

Sikkim mandates tourist vehicles to carry garbage bags for waste disposal

Representative Image GANGTOK, Sikkim: Tourist vehicles entering Sikkim are now required to have a large garbage bag on board, according…

4 months ago

ULBs also responsible for waste dumped in pvt land: Kerala HC

Representative Image KOCHI, Kerala: The Kerala High Court, in its order, has highlighted that local bodies are also responsible for…

10 months ago

Haryana CS: Expedite legacy waste processing at Bandhwari

Representative Image CHANDIGARH, Haryana: In order to resolve the issue of legacy waste, Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Secretary of Haryana, directed…

1 year ago

K N Nehru launches ‘TN urban e-sevai’ mobile app

Representative Image CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: K N Nehru, Minister of Municipal Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday, August 30,…

2 years ago

Bidhannagar civic body to set up organic waste converters

Representative Image KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to become the second municipal body in West Bengal to set…

2 years ago

High-level meet to discard 25 MT waste of Delhi

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs organized a Review meeting on April 11, to address the…

3 years ago

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo ranked as world’s leading plastic polluters

Representative Image NEW DELHI: ‘Break Free from Plastic’, a global movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics, released a…

3 years ago

EDMC’s novel provision for collection and disposal of scrap

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Following a positive response to its programmes for collecting plastic and electronic garbage from homes and…

3 years ago

FMC to start working towards 100% waste collection by March 2022

Representative Image FARIDABAD: Yashpal Yadav, Commissioner, Faridabad Municipal Corporation (FMC), said that newly formed ward committees in the city will…

3 years ago

Chandigarh MC launches ‘Corporation Aapke Dwar’

Representative Image CHANDIGARH: Ahead of the municipal corporation polls, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is set to start public consultations and…

3 years ago