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Union Budget 2019-20: Sitharaman proposes to expand Swachh Bharat Mission
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to expand the Swachh Bharat mission to undertake sustainable solid waste management in every village of the country by harnessing latest technology.
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Chamoli municipality found a unique new way to fight plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttrakhand) [India], July 4 (ANI): Fighting plastic waste has become a huge challenge for the country but Chamoli Municipality has found a unique way to combat it. The organisation has made a plan to turn the old plastic into recyclable tiles.
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KCR forgot poll promises, wasting public money: Hanumanth Rao
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad, (Telangana) [India], July 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Hanumanth Rao on Tuesday alleged Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has forgotten all the promises made before the polls and is now trying to waste public money.
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U'khand: 300 quintals of waste cleaned after high-profile Gupta wedding
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], July 1 (ANI): A huge pile of garbage that was left behind at a pristine hill station in Uttarakhand after a grandeur wedding ceremony of two sons of South Africa-based businessmen, has been cleaned, Municipal Corporation officials said on Sunday.
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After closure directions from DPCC, Imran Hussain asks hospitals to take a
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussain on Friday said all those 12 hospitals, which have been handed over closure directions for violating biomedical waste norms, can still take authorisation within seven days.
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DPCC issues closure directions to 12 hospitals violating biomedical waste
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Expressing concern over untreated bio-waste, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure directions to 12 hospitals and identified 56 others in violation of biomedical waste norms.
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U'khand: Gupta family to pay entire cost of waste disposal in Auli
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], June 25 (ANI): The Gupta family has deposited Rs 54,000 with the Municipal Corporation here and has also agreed to pay the entire cost of cleaning up after their mega Rs 200 crore wedding functions left the town of Auli with major waste management problems.
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U'khand: Rs 200 crore-Gupta weddings leave Auli with mounds of garbage
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 24 (ANI): The Municipal Corporation here is combating the challenging task of cleaning up the garbage and waste left behind after the Rs 200 crore weddings of South Africa based controversial Gupta family.
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Constructed wetlands to help filter sewage waste flowing into Ganga
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bithoor (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Located a few miles away from the Kanpur city, Bithoor is a historical town situated on the bank of holy river Ganga.
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Yasasu to hire 500 ITI students for waste management
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Waste management is a growing sector and there will be an abundance of opportunities going ahead. Yasasu Green one of the leading companies in waste processing has successfully set new standards of hiring by creating opportunities for the cross-funct
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This school in Assam accepts plastic waste as fee from students
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): A school in the pristine woods of Pamohi accepts polythene bags and plastic wastes as the only form of fee. The school makes students pledge that they will not burn plastic. Instead, they will hand over any plastic waste to the school.
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How is unrecycled plastic affecting environment?
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Recycling plastic waste can significantly help the environment. But how much of the plastic we use is being recycled and in the right way? How much of it is ending up in the environment or landfills and are causing newer problems that are difficult to fi
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