Page 8 - Waste Management

Small cities good at managing waste, Gurugram, East and South Delhi worst

Among cities with a million people or more, Indore and Mysuru were the best performers in survey

Hazardous wastes increasing at 2-5% per year: Assocham-PwC study

Annually around 7.46 million MT of hazardous waste is generated from 43,936 industries in India

What rubbish is this?

Heaps of garbage and trash have become a way of life in India

Delhi HC summons municipal commissioners for failure to implement pollution rules

Asks to explain why rules related to garbage disposal has not been complied with

Govt earmarks Rs 10 lakh each for 585 mandis for waste management

The fund allocated to mandis would be over and above the Rs 30 lakh given for setting up the e-NaM platform