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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicWaste disposal

Topic: waste disposal

Circular trash economy in sight, how Hyderabad project reclaims metals, converts waste to energy

India's largest waste-to-metal reclamation facility in Hyderabad's Dundigal also incorporates power & biogas generation from organic waste & incineration of non-decomposable trash.

Gurugram can’t get its trash together. Rich people’s waste caught in mafia-like drama

Gurugram’s garbage empire has been hijacked by private players and mafias who are turning the city of C-suits and multinationals into one big dump yard.

Facing mountains of waste & threat of relocation, Agra’s petha industry in a sticky situation

At a meeting last week, representatives of Agra's petha industry resisted push by local administration to relocate. Such a proposal has been in works for 10 yrs, but fallen flat each time.

Single use PPEs lead to waste crisis, California’s tryst with pandemic & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

‘Recycling industry like a baby without parents’ — representatives want separate ministry

Members of Material Recycling Association of India say a comprehensive policy on scrap materials can help Modi govt achieve $5 trillion economy target.

In massive Siachen clean-up, Army plans to rid glacier of 100 tonnes of trash a year

The biggest challenge in cleaning up Siachen has been the height of the glacier, which ranges between 18,000 and 21,000 feet.

‘Padman’ has started a welcome conversation about periods, but don’t ignore the bad news

In a country notoriously tight-lipped about menstruation, the topic of sanitary napkins, menstrual hygiene, waste disposal and even the taxation of sanitary pads has suddenly gone mainstream.

33 years on, India unable to clean toxic waste from world’s worst industrial disaster

With polls next year, MP govt is concerned about political and public backlash, wants central bodies to issue tender for Bhopal Gas Tragedy waste disposal.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.