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Ensure no plastic waste is burnt in two villages: NGT to Delhi Police

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today asked the Delhi Police to ensure that neither plastic waste ...

Waste sulfur transformed into lightweight plastic for better batteries

A University of Arizona-led research team has discovered a simple process for making a new lightweig...

Industrial waste polluting ecosystem of Sundarbans: Report

Industries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the f...

Punjab considers replicating Lahore`s solid waste management model

Punjab government is considering a proposal to replicate the solid waste management model employed i...

Six tanks at Washington nuclear site leaking ‘radioactive waste`

Washington governor Jay Islee has revealed that six tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the ...

South Pole turning into waste dump

The South Pole is turning into a waste dump, with leftovers from experimental set-ups slowly decompo...

Heat from cities alter weather thousands of miles away

Scientists have concluded that the heat generated by everyday activities in metropolitan areas alter...

East Delhi has `historic waste` to clear: NGO activist

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation(EDMC) needs to clean up "historic waste" before its "door-to-do...

28 years later, women in Bhopal still waiting for justice

Tens of thousands of victims of India`s worst ever industrial disaster the 1984 catastrophic gas lea...

Bhopal tragedy: 28 yrs on, MP stuck with toxic waste

The toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises here has not been disposed off in

Nuclear waste not to be dumped at Kolar gold mine: Govt to SC

With the people of Kolar in Karnataka vehemently protesting the government`s alleged plans to dump t...

For a plastic-free Delhi, but not everyone happy

Each of Delhi`s 14 million households uses about five plastic carry bags a day.

Bhopal gas tragedy: MP seeks panel to decide on waste disposal

The Madhya Pradesh government today suggested composition of a sub-committee to decide on safe dispo...

Date palm leaves can help purify waste water

Date palm leaves can help remove chemicals like pharmaceuticals and dyes from hospital waste water, ...

German firm backs out of Bhopal clean up

In a major setback for Bhopal, a German firm hired by the government of India to clean 350 tonnes of...

Chemical waste in UP river takes toll of aquatic life

A large number of dead fish have been found floating on the banks of the Ramganga River due to the d...

Remove Bhopal toxic waste in six months, orders SC

A gas leak from the factory Dec 2-3, 1984, killed thousands of people in the world`s worst industria...

Human waste to light up bio-toilets

Methane gas generated from human waste could be used to light up bio-toilets developed by scientists...

NASA includes two Indian innovators on waste management

NASA, the US space agency has included two Indian innovators for its conference on waste management.

Handling oppn on Carbide waste disposal lies with Germany: MP

The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday said that the responsibility of the internal protests agains...

Bhopal gas leak: Cabinet approves disposal of waste in Germany

The government on Tuesday approved disposal of about 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste ...

Cabinet to discuss Union Carbide waste disposal

The Union Cabinet may take up on Tuesday a proposal to dispose of 350 tonnes of toxic waste of the U...

Setting sail with gas from wasted food

Engineers are designing the world`s first super efficient cargo vessels that will revolutionise ship...

Toilet turns human waste into biofuel, fertiliser

An aeroplane-style vacuum toilet can help turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers.

Ocean `green rust` could scrape toxic metals

Research suggests for the first time that `green rust` was likely widespread in ancient oceans and m...

4,000 spl containers for Bhopal toxic waste: GIZ

German firm has said it would require over 4,000 special containers approved by UN as well as traine...

Bhopal gas leak: Toxic waste to be disposed in Germany

A GoM gave its approval to MP government to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic wast...

Radioactive waste from Japan shipped to China

China has intercepted 1,127 tonnes of waste metals from Japan with excessive gamma radiation that wa...

Tamil Nadu to act against plastic waste soon

In a bid to create a clean environment in the state, the Tamil Nadu government would soon take steps...

Decision on toxic waste disposal soon: Chidambaram

Talks are on with a German firm for disposal of toxic waste left at the Union Carbide plant in the a...

SC raps Centre for failure to dispose Bhopal waste

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not being serious on disposal of toxic waste ly...

Zero waste toilet system inaugurated

With a view to encouraging public to follow environmentally friendly solid waste management practice...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Order on toxic waste deferred

SC put on hold its order directing disposal of toxic wastes lying in UCIL plant, now represented by ...

100-fold rise in north Pacific Ocean plastic waste: Report

In an alarming report, scientists in the US have claimed that over the past 40 years there has been ...

Need better collection mechanism for e-waste: Industry

Electronics industry today said collection mechanism will need to be strengthened to make the new e-...

E-waste disposal rules come into force

Rules aimed at reduction in use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment by pu...

`Plastic waste in ocean can harm environment`

Tonnes of plastic waste that are shoved into the ocean could impact the environment, says a case stu...

China drug safety probe nets local council chief

Song Jiangxin allegedly ordered the torching of a factory that made gelatin capsules from industrial...

Coming soon: A machine to filter your toilet waste into water?

British scientists claim they are developing a unique device which can turn used toilet waste into d...

Machine to make drinking water from toilet waste

A new invention, being funded by billionaire Bill Gates, aims to turn used toilet water into drinkin...

China builds nuclear waste processor

A company has started building the first China-made reactor to process radioactive nuclear power pla...

Waste water can generate electricity

American scientists have built a device that can generate electricity from waste water.

Shale gas extraction not harmful: Polish report

A scientific study in Poland has found that shale gas extraction at one site produced some toxic ref...

Technology to produce biodiesel from fish waste tested

Three students of the Karwar Marine Biology Post Graduation Centre here have developed a technology ...

Edible bottles could replace plastic waste

Fancy a bottle that could be as edible and tasty as its contents and get rid of the plastic waste th...

Natarajan bats for monitoring of industrial wastes

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan favoured increasing penalty for violators.

India scouting for sites to store N-waste

In a first initiative of its kind, India has begun scouting for deep underground sites to store the...

STEPS to set up plant to turn plastic waste to fuel

The Mumbai based firm has also succeeded in generating diesel from algae.

Russia has 25,000 undersea radioactive waste sites

There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, a...

Now, ‘bio-battery’ that runs on waste paper

Sony has developed a battery that can ‘digest’ waste paper and turn it into energy.

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