plastic waste
Kozhikode- Residents from the West Hill Industrial Estate have opposed the city corporation against the commissioning of the newly launched plastic recycling unit at the estate. They insist that the unit will not function until the piled up waste from the compound is cleared. Apart from just opposing, the residents have planned to hold protests [...] Continue Reading »
Students of Vasavi Vidya Niketan (VVN) College, VV Puram are knocking each and every doors of the residents of Basavanagudi asking them to donate dry waste. The students are collecting a minimum of one tonne of dry waste every fortnight, recycling it and contributing immensely to reducing the load that goes to the landfills. Some [...] Continue Reading »
Above 90 apartment complexes in the town have tied up with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) to set up bio-bins in their compound to help deal with the particular rubbish managing problems. They have installed four bio-bins to process the garbage collected from 86 apartment units in the complex. They [...] Continue Reading »
The Kochi City Corporation is planning to tie up with the Railways to channel the city’s non-degradable waste and construction debris for construction activities of the Railways. The waste can be used as a filler for the construction of platforms and other development works. Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation has already tied up with the Railways for [...] Continue Reading »
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has given time to manufacturers, wholesale traders and retailers till August 15 to shift from using plastic carry bags of thickness 20 microns and above. “According to the new Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011, the municipal Corporation could fine manufactures caught making plastic carry bags of thickness below 40 [...] Continue Reading »
