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This Indian City, Voted Cleanest For 6th Time, Earns Crores From Its Waste
The processing of 1,900 tonnes of urban waste every day which earns it crores of rupees and also fuels its buses has helped Indore bag India's cleanest city' award for the sixth straight time, officials said here.
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PM Modi To Virtually Inaugurate Asia's Biggest Bio-CNG Plant In Madhya Pradesh's Indore
The city has a population of 35 lakh and facilities have been created for the daily safe disposal of 700 tonnes of liquid waste and 400 tonnes of dry waste.
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After Dining Ban, Takeaway Waste Clutters Hong Kong's Streets
A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage.
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Green Court NGT Allows Projects For Essential Amenities In Taj Trapezium Zone
The National Green Tribunal has clarified that environmental clearance can be granted to projects within Agra's Taj Trapezium Zone for securing the basic amenities for residents such as drinking water, sewerage treatment, drainage system and waste disposal among others.
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UP Medical College Fined Rs 10 Lakh For Improper Medical Waste Disposal
The National Green Tribunal has slapped an interim penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Lucknow-based King George's Medical University (KGMU) for failing to ensure proper disposal of medical waste and other environmental norms.
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Sri Lanka Bans Anti-Garbage Protests After Dump Disaster
Sri Lanka has outlawed protests over Colombo's garbage crisis following rallies over the city's waste disposal after a landslide at a giant rubbish tip killed 32 people and destroyed 145 homes.
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Elderly Man Carted Off In Waste Disposal Truck In Shirdi, Dies
A sick man, apparently in his 60s, died in the pilgrim town of Shirdi after he was taken to a hospital in a municipal council's waste collection van.
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In Fight Over Bangalore's Waste Disposal, This Village Ropes In the Chief Minister
Mandur is perhaps Karnataka's most untidy village. Just 25 km away from Bangalore, this landfill site bears the brunt of the IT city's garbage. The residents here have been protesting for years against dumping of garbage which has created mounds, some as high as 70 feet, and led to respiratory diseases.
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Bangalore's baby steps at waste segregation
The love Bangaloreans have for their city has not extended to keeping it clear of mounds of garbage. They remain reluctant to segregate waste at the source - a practice followed by people in cities across the world - despite the cajoling and threat of penalties by civic authorities.
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Madhya Pradesh stuck with Bhopal's chemical waste
The 28th anniversary of the world's worst industrial tragedy falls on December 3, but the toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises in Bhopal has not been disposed off and is unlikely to be done soon.
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This Indian City, Voted Cleanest For 6th Time, Earns Crores From Its Waste
The processing of 1,900 tonnes of urban waste every day which earns it crores of rupees and also fuels its buses has helped Indore bag India's cleanest city' award for the sixth straight time, officials said here.
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PM Modi To Virtually Inaugurate Asia's Biggest Bio-CNG Plant In Madhya Pradesh's Indore
The city has a population of 35 lakh and facilities have been created for the daily safe disposal of 700 tonnes of liquid waste and 400 tonnes of dry waste.
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After Dining Ban, Takeaway Waste Clutters Hong Kong's Streets
A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage.
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Green Court NGT Allows Projects For Essential Amenities In Taj Trapezium Zone
The National Green Tribunal has clarified that environmental clearance can be granted to projects within Agra's Taj Trapezium Zone for securing the basic amenities for residents such as drinking water, sewerage treatment, drainage system and waste disposal among others.
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UP Medical College Fined Rs 10 Lakh For Improper Medical Waste Disposal
The National Green Tribunal has slapped an interim penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Lucknow-based King George's Medical University (KGMU) for failing to ensure proper disposal of medical waste and other environmental norms.
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Sri Lanka Bans Anti-Garbage Protests After Dump Disaster
Sri Lanka has outlawed protests over Colombo's garbage crisis following rallies over the city's waste disposal after a landslide at a giant rubbish tip killed 32 people and destroyed 145 homes.
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Elderly Man Carted Off In Waste Disposal Truck In Shirdi, Dies
A sick man, apparently in his 60s, died in the pilgrim town of Shirdi after he was taken to a hospital in a municipal council's waste collection van.
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In Fight Over Bangalore's Waste Disposal, This Village Ropes In the Chief Minister
Mandur is perhaps Karnataka's most untidy village. Just 25 km away from Bangalore, this landfill site bears the brunt of the IT city's garbage. The residents here have been protesting for years against dumping of garbage which has created mounds, some as high as 70 feet, and led to respiratory diseases.
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Bangalore's baby steps at waste segregation
The love Bangaloreans have for their city has not extended to keeping it clear of mounds of garbage. They remain reluctant to segregate waste at the source - a practice followed by people in cities across the world - despite the cajoling and threat of penalties by civic authorities.
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Madhya Pradesh stuck with Bhopal's chemical waste
The 28th anniversary of the world's worst industrial tragedy falls on December 3, but the toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises in Bhopal has not been disposed off and is unlikely to be done soon.
