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Saturday, May 18, 2013
With no long-term planning and policy reforms, the country’s burgeoning waste management problem is set to become a health and environmental crisis
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COIMBATORE,
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Solachi Subramanian says vermicomposting must be made compulsory
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November 2, 2012
Meet a few families that have made this their catch phrase. If more households follow the example, we can get a clean and green city
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September 16, 2012
A huge quantity of organic matter, so valuable in farmland, is considered waste in a city
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CHENNAI,
June 17, 2012
The civic body is also likely to commence work on the installation of surveillance cameras at the site
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CHENNAI,
June 6, 2012
A study by a team of Chennai Corporation engineers in seven solid waste management plants in China and Singapore has emerged as the basis of a decision to be taken by the Corporation on technology...
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Bangalore,
November 17, 2010
When a veritable army of 35 turned up at Russel Market on Sunday morning, they did not come for brinjals or cauliflowers. Instead, the volunteers went around the market propagating segregation of...
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August 2, 2010
The Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 clearly define "segregation." Six years after they came into force, in 2004, hardly any city in India has been able to implement them. On the other hand, Municipal Corporations staggering under the weight of mountains of trash violate the law everyday. Decentralised composting, both traditional and mechanical, could be a way forward. But will politics and policy keep pace with science and technology?
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KULITHALAI,
February 10, 2010
Profitable conversion of civic waste into eco friendly vermi compost has made the “Kulithalai Model” in solid waste management a head turner in civic body circles nationwide. With its...
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October 2, 2012
Put your kitchen waste to good use — make your garden flower
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
June 23, 2012
People living in houses with little or no compound space are most hit by garbage crisis
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
June 14, 2012
In an effort to give a major boost to the pipe composting scheme and encourage more people to avail of the scheme, the State government has issued an order increasing the subsidy for composting pl...
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Mysore,
May 6, 2011
In a bid to maintain good sanitation and clean surroundings, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is taking steps to establish ‘zero waste management' units in all its 65 wards, and the respons...
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Bangalore,
September 29, 2010
How many of us are willing to keep the waste generated in our homes and treat it? With nearly 70 per cent of the 3,500 tonnes of waste generated in the city daily being wet waste, local composting...
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COIMBATORE,
April 14, 2010
New sanitary offices with more facilities for conservancy workers are coming up in some model wards in the city. The first of these has been completed in Ward 43 (near the B1 Police Station), one...
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