Page 3 - Waste Recycling

Need to revisit consumption patterns to reduce ecological impact: PM Modi

Recycling and reusing things, eliminating waste, and improving resource efficiency must become part of our lifestyles, Modi said

This serial entrepreneur uses a B2B model to recycle truckloads of trash

Abhay Deshpande's firm Recykal currently collects over 10,000 tonnes of garbage a month from schools, colleges and commercial set-ups, and plans to take it to 100,000 tonnes soon.

IISc researchers develop wastewater treatment, recycling system

The research team operated the greywater treatment system for a year and monitored the different physicochemical and biological characteristics of the greywater at the entry and exits points.

KPCL to set up waste to energy plant at Rs 260 crore in Bengaluru

The Karnataka Power Corporations Limited (KPCL) will set up an 11.5 MW waste to energy (WTE) plant at the cost of Rs 260 crore in Bidadi in the next two years

Recycled waste utilisation: Centre, Delhi govt met 12% of target so far

Sixteen central and Delhi government departments and municipal corporations have utilised only 12 percent of recycled products made up of construction and demolition waste against the target set for the financial year 2020-21. These departments, including the Railways, Delhi Development Authority and National Highways Authority of India, were asked to utilise at least 15.8 lakh metric tonnes of recycled products in their projects this year by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. But only 1.92 lakh MT of recycled products, including paver blocks, kerb stones, bricks, aggregates and sand, have been used so far, according to a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report submitted to the National Green Tribunal. Last year, the agencies met only 25 percent of the target (16 lakh MT). Around 3,900 tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is generated per day in Delhi, requiring dedicated handling mechanism and disposal, according to DPCC. There are four facilities in

Focus on 100% source segregation, waste processing: Housing Affairs Min

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra asked the states on Thursday to focus on 100-per-cent source segregation and waste processing, according to a statement. Mishra reviewed the progress of the Centre's schemes -- Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City Mission and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) -- in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. During an interaction with officials of the two states, the secretary emphasised that100-per-cent source segregation and waste processing should be the focus and home composting encouraged by the states, the statement stated. He said sustainable models like the construction and demolition (C&D) waste should be installed. "During the review, Himachal Pradesh was requested to ensure 100 per cent progress with regard to construction of toilets in all the ULBs (urban local bodies)," it said. "The state was also requested to make further efforts to ensure

Waste no more: A housing societies that grows organic food using manure

Those living in Mahim's Matoshree Pearl and Fortune Heights housing societies have been growing vegetables inside their respective compounds since 2018

Hindalco, Jute Corporation jointly launch reusable bags for Tirupati Temple

These bags have an aluminium foil lamination so that the laddoos retain freshness and aroma and remain free from moisture and bacteria

How products fashioned from waste are catching the fancy of consumers today

Not only does embracing discarded products recycled or upcycled into something new bring great value to the buyer, it also protects the planet

Drink a pint, waste less food

A brewery in England, has been using discarded breakfast cereal to make beer in a project intended to address the issue of waste

Rethinking circular economy

It was in 1991 when the then chief economist of the World Bank, Larry Summers, had advocated that toxic waste, polluting factories should be moved to least developed countries