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Railways generate a substantial amount of solid waste by passengers, visitors, vendors and staff. The solid waste consists of biodegradable as well as non-biodegradable materials

BMC's Door-To-Door Debris Collection Move Evokes Good Response

Of the 9,700 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in Mumbai, around 2,700 metric tonnes comprises construction waste and silt.

T'gana launches campaign to collect dry, wet waste separately

Launched by CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, twin-coloured dustbins will be provided under it to every household for collecting wet and dry waste separately

Indian group bags UN's climate award

The winning project 'E-waste: From Toxic to Green' revolves around preventing greenhouse gas emissions due to mass burning of electronic waste in Delhi NCR while promoting green livelihoods for urban waste-pickers

Proposals of power, compost generation to soon come up before Cabinet: Naidu

16 more waste-to-energy plants are planned and will be commissioned on PPP mode in the next one year in different parts of the country, says Urban Development Minister

The Dirty Picture - a spotlight on urban waste management

Garbage disposal sites in Delhi have turned venues for a new art project that seeks to create awareness about the benefits of recycling using popular Bollywood film posters as backdrops

Recommendations called for best workable model on solid waste

Governance

The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister has called for accelerating the adoption of best practices to tackle the growing problem of solid waste management

Coimbatore City Corporation creates Guinness World Record

The Corporation created the record by conducting the "largest recycling session" to teach the participants on how to reduce, reuse and recycle waste

Delhi 'Metro model' inspired new solid waste mgmt rules: Javadekar