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Advisor to J-K Governor meets delegations, individuals to address their gr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Advisor to Governor Satya Pal Malik, Farooq Khan on Thursday met delegations, individuals to discuss issues related to dumping of municipal waste in some areas and grievances of pharmacists.
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Flood prone Amaravati not safe to be Andhra capital: Andhra Minister Botsa
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Minister Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday apparently stirred controversy by stating that Amaravati, which lies in a flood-prone area is not a safe place for capital city and much of the public's money had been wasted in deve
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Green chemists find a way to produce eco-friendly items
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 18 (ANI): A team of green chemists are working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and other fast-growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry.
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Mangaluru: Locals forced to abandon houses after dumping yard collapses
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): After incessant rains, waste materials from Pachanady dumping yard here has spilled on to agricultural land near the residential areas forcing locals to abandon their homes due to foul smell and the fear of contracting communicable diseases.
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Hyderabad couple uses recycled plastic waste for constructing houses
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based couple has taken up the initiative of constructing houses and other structures using sheets made of processed plastic waste.
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PM Modi urges citizens to shun single use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): With an aim to prevent environmental degradation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged citizens to eliminate the use of single-use plastic and also suggested shopkeepers to provide eco-friendly bags to its customers.
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Siliguri: Free-food in exchange of 500 gram plastic
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): In a bid to make environment plastic-free and create awareness regarding its disposal, alumni of a school here through a unique initiative have started distributing food free of cost to the people who deposit 500 grams of plastic waste.
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San Francisco International Airport to ban plastic water bottles
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is set to ban the use of plastic bottled water at its terminals.
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Scientists identify way to increase sustainability of manufactured soils
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 3 (ANI): A combination of waste materials supplemented with a product of biomass could help in the search for high-quality soils, suggests a new study.
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Punjab: Locals of Ransih Kalan village initiate projects to preserve waste
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moga (Punjab) [India], July 31 (ANI): In an initiative to preserve and recycle waste household water, residents of Ransih Kalan village in Moga, Punjab, have installed a sewerage treatment plant in order to treat wastewater and make it usable for irrigation.
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Sri Lanka finds hazardous waste in UK metal recycling cargo, orders probe
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Thursday ordered a probe into the hazardous material, including clinical waste stored in containers, being imported into the country from Britain under the guise of recyclable metals that has caused a nationwide uproar in recent days.
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'Immediate need to frame policy for river basin management, treated wastew
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Director General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra has highlighted an immediate need to frame a comprehensive central policy document for river basin management and treated wastewater reuse.
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