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Ghazipur landfill hazardous, govt should take urgent action: Parli
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): A parliamentary committee has expressed concern over the rising mound of municipal waste at the Ghazipur landfill and recommended that the government should take steps to remove the garbage from the site soon.
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From Jan next year, sanitary pad makers must provide disposal kits
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that January 2021 onwards, sanitary pad manufacturers will have to mandatorily provide packets for disposal of each pad.
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German artist on a mission to end garbage woes of Kovalam beach
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): A German tourist Gabriele Oelschlager -- during her usual stroll in Hawa beach of Kovalam in Kerala -- found waste materials being washed ashore. Being an artist, she used those waste materials -- ranging from parts of a fishing boat to plas
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Punjab govt sets 15 days deadline for urban local bodies to make c
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Putting the issue of sanitation high on agenda, Local Bodies Minister in the state Brahm Mohindra on Monday set a 15 days deadline for all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to make the cities 'garbage free' by ensuring 100 per cent lifting of garbage he
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BBMP spends Rs 55 crore on German bins for Bengaluru
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): In a bid to curb the garbage menace in the city, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika (BBMP) has installed the "scientific" dustbins.
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Japan's JFE Engineering develops autonomous garbage incinerator
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Niigata [Japan], Feb 10 (ANI): JFE Engineering's Shinden Refuse Incineration Center that operates at Niigata city in northeastern Japan has converted the energy generated by burning garbage into electricity and reused it.
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Japanese company JFE Engineering develops autonomous garbage incin
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Niigata, [Japan] Feb 09 (ANI): Shinden Refuse Incineration Center that Japanese Company JFE engineering designs and operates at Niigata city, northeastern Japan, converts the energy generated by burning garbage into electricity.
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Acid attack on girl in UP's Hapur after verbal strife between neig
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): An acid was thrown on a girl on Sunday during verbal strife between two neighbours in Hapur's Sarauni village over the dispensation of garbage.
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Himachal: SMC offers free parking, 100 pc discount on garbage bill
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): In a move to get rid of stray dogs in the area, the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Sunday passed a resolution to offer free parking and 100% discount on the garbage collection fee to households for adopting stray dogs.
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TN: DC suspends officials after tonnes of garbage thrown into rive
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): When the world is debating about saving the environment and is thriving to preserve it, tonnes of waste was dumped by workers of a town panchayat in a river at Thittakudi in Cuddalore district.
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Swedish royal couple clean up Mumbai's Versova beach with climate
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Carl XVI Gustaf King of Sweden and his wife Queen Silvia on Wednesday engaged in removing tons of plastic and other garbage along with young lawyer and Mumbai-based climate activist Afroz Shah.
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UP Cong President attacks Yogi government on garbage burning in Ka
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Kumar Lallu on Thursday said that the state government is not taking stern action against officials who are ordering the burning of garbage in the dumping yard but registering cases against the comm
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