Latest Articles in Solid Waste Management
Greater Noida Authority join hands with HDFC and UNDP for innovative waste management facility
The material recovery facility (MRF) in Greater Noida will come up at a cost of Rs 3 crore and will be funded by the HDFC bank through its corporate social responsibility program Parivartan.
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GIFT City named India’s first Platinum rated city
GIFT City has strategically planned to achieve high energy efficiency through a district cooling system and 100% LED street lighting. The city has also embraced water management through a 35% reduction in potable water and treatment & reuse of 100% wastewater.
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Himachal banking on Strategic Progress for Sustainable Growth
HP recently conducted its first ever Global Investors Meet in Dharamshala on 7-8th November, 2019 wherein one of the focus areas was urban development. The policy landscape has been amended in order to facilitate private players to attract investment in Urban areas in fields like Housing, new township, SWM and urban transportation. Realistically speaking, in the coming decade HP would witness most planned urban development in the country based on principles of sustainability and ecological sensitivity. Virendra Sharma, Joint Secretary, Urban Development, Government of Himachal Pradesh explains why rapid and imbalanced urbanization may prove chancy for the ecology and sustainability of the region, in a tete-a-tete with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts Below:
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Solid Waste Management Bigger Concern Than Toilets: Minister
The Ministry has earlier this week approved a Rs.300 cr action plan for procuring modern equipment and systems for making a visible impact on solid waste management by which 670 ton per day waste processing capacity would be created by the end of December this year.
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Sweden Keen To Collaborate With Maharashtra Govt On Smart Cities
The country is looking on areas of collaboration such as waste management, smart cities, and renewable energy
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RA Mashelkar to head committee on tech solutions for solid waste, water supply
R A Mashelkar, former director general of CSIR, has been named as the head of an expert committee tasked to identify and recommend sustainable technologies for solid waste, sanitation, sewerage and water supply management aimed to achieving clean India goals.
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Kerala Govt to survey 60 lakh households on waste management
With disposal of solid waste emerging as a great concern in the state, Kerala government is getting ready to conduct a survey, covering 60 lakh houses, to collect data about existing waste management systems in the state.
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Kolkata first in south Asia to be part of C40 cities
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a network of the world's mega-cities committed to addressing climate change
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Waste not, want not
Much like selling old newspapers, a decentralised model of organic waste management can help organisations and households save money and effort while helping them reduce their carbon footprint
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Varanasi, Kyoto collaborate on sanitation, water conservation
JICA has extended around Rs 580 crore to the Ganga Action Plan project for construction of sewers, community toilets, pumping stations and sewage treatment plants in the city
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