Waste Management News

The ministry of housing and urban affairs is looking to finalise the draft of the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission which may have increased focus on managing solid waste and sludge Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the mission was constantly evolving

EPR includes selection of raw material and design to manufacture a product Plastic Waste Management Rules are central tools that the government uses to address plastic pollution in India

Govt has readied a plan to double recycling rate of key materials to 50% in 5 years and enable reuse of waste The NREP draft aims to gradually reducing dependence on virgin materials and enhance re-use of construction and demolition waste

The nation’s annual material consumption is around 7.42 bn tonnes, second only to China’s

Waste management is one of the key areas where significant work has not been done

Since 2013, much of the garbage generated by this city of Fukuoka has eventually found its way to the hill which has been christened as 'Mandoka'

Cashify plans to utilise the funds for growing business in India and abroad, expanding the offline reach and scaling pop-up store services

The project cost for all cities put together is 2.02 trillion, split into area-based development projects costing 1.63 trillion, and pan-city solutions projects costing 38,841 crore

Steps taken by Nike, Reebok, Puma and other sportswear firms on using less plastic may appear to be small step when it comes to tackling the big climate change problem but they seem to be moving in the right direction

Two social scientists survey India's vast and growing problem of waste managementundercut by caste, class and many blind spotsin a fascinating new study