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75% of municipal garbage in India dumped without processingBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2018
Barely 35,600 metric tonnes (MT) or a quarter of the 1.43 lakh MT of garbage generated every day in Indian cities gets processed. The remaining three-quarters... Read more.. |
Gujarat govt launches 'zero waste' policyBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2018
Gujarat government has launched a policy with the aim to make all civic bodies "zero-waste" cities in the state. The policy was launched on Thursday after the chief minister approved the same.... Read more.. |
McDonald's to power its trucks by recycling used cooking oilBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2018
Hardcastle Restaurants, the master franchisee for McDonald's in the western and southern markets, is planning to recycle the used cooking oil and covert it into biodiesel for powering its... Read more.. |
Haryana government defines cleaning rules; focus now on 2-way segregation of wasteBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 25, 2018
The state department of urban local bodies has notified the Haryana Solid WasteManagement Policy... Read more.. |
Government’s plan to scrap old, polluting vehicles runs into roadblockBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 25, 2018
The Union road transport and highways ministry’s ambitious vehicle scrapping policy, which proposed a mandatory cap of 20 years on the life of all commercial vehicles starting in 2020, has hit a... Read more.. |
MPCB ties up with 2 cement factories to use plastic waste as fuelBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2018
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has tied up with two cement factories to use plastic waste generated across the state as fuel for their... Read more.. Subject Tags: environment , Maharashtra Pollution Control Board , MPCB , sustainability , waste management |
Haryana govt to explore possibilities to re-use treated waste water in agricultureBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 19, 2018
The Haryana government would explore possibilities to re-use treated waste water from various sewage treatment plants in agriculture, horticulture, thermal power plants and other places, state... Read more.. Subject Tags: environment , India , rainwater harvesting , sustainability , waste management , water conservation |
Marriott International Eliminating Plastic Straws Next YearBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 19, 2018
Marriott International announced a plan to remove disposable plastic straws and plastic stirrers from more than 6,500 properties across 30 brands globally by July 2019. The company says the move... Read more.. |
Adidas Will Use Only Recycled Plastics by 2024By : Sustainability ..., Jul 18, 2018
Adidas is racing to make its products more sustainable. The global sportswear maker said... Read more.. |
Essel plant to generate power from waste in MaharashtraBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 17, 2018
Essel Infraprojects Ltd (EIL) will construct Maharashtra's first Waste to Energy (WtE) plant with a capacity of 800 tonnes of waste, it was announced on Monday. ... Read more.. |