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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: Garbage

Machines are digging, dragging, tearing into Delhi garbage mountains. Time’s running out

Delhi's three landfills at Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa have deadlines until next year to clear the mounds. But even as AAP-BJP trade blame, new trucks full of garbage keep arriving at the sites.

Garbage-sewage politics at heart of Delhi MCD poll campaigns as AAP-BJP blamegame continues

In run-up to civic polls, Kejriwal’s visits Ghazipur landfill, criticises BJP over ‘garbage mountain’. BJP hits back citing Yamuna foam ahead of Chhath Puja & sewage issues.

How floating garbage ‘seabins’ can clean up our dying oceans

Seabin Project is a clean tech startup on a mission to promote ocean conservation and plastic-free seas.

Human body’s housing ‘illegal garbage’ – Another public health crisis in developing countries

The convenience of plastic is no longer living up to its promise. Landfills overflowing and microplastics have entered the human body.

The ladies of Sector 47, an ex IAS officer-led group, are Noida’s greenies

Sector 47 in Noida is not only the cleanest sector of the city but has its own forest belt, developed by a group of enterprising women.

Don’t give up on recycling plastic. It’s going to help manage our trash, spur innovation

The global recycling industry has a history of transforming what was previously 'unrecyclable' into useful products and is poised to do so again.

Kabaadiwallas not enough to fix India’s garbage problem, but this national project could be

In ‘Invertonomics’, Goonmeet Singh Chauhan identifies eight problems plaguing India & how they can be inverted to be looked at as economic opportunities.

You clapped for them as they picked garbage. Respect them and Ambedkar would clap for you

It took a global pandemic for us to acknowledge the work of sanitation workers. Mere claps for them won’t ease their socio-economic troubles.

Mumbai plans to tax garbage collection as real estate slump hits revenues

BMC, India’s richest municipality, is exploring new ways of boosting revenue including tax on garbage collection & additional levies on services.

How the ‘world’s highest dumpster’ was cleaned and 10 tonnes of trash repurposed

Products made out of this trash, like drinking glasses and light-fittings, are being used in hotels, restaurants and homes in Kathmandu.

On Camera

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.