The conference was organised by Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), an autonomous body under Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. By: PTI | Mumbai | Published:January 22, 2017 10:01 am Experts in the field of packaging have stressed on the need to recycle or regulate plastic produced in the country rather than banning it in order to prevent environmental pollution. ... Read More »

Quiz your self : % and quantities of plastics waste in birds gut, marine and urban aquatic life, urban cattle, chocked drains breeding mosquitoes, soil systems, and water bodies. Plastics are good, plastics waste is bad.. we designed and we dedicate this system, Don’t Throw, pick it up, and be, a pick angel. (www.litterfreeindia.in) Wake up —– it’s a beautiful ... Read More »

Hope you have started segregation of plastics waste! No plastics in organic waste going out daily, And no organic waste in plastics waste STORED with other non-commercial recyclable waste! GREAT.………………………………Now find a taker of this stored waste??? The regular kabadi won’t take it and regular waste picker will mix it with the rest; ( that’s a conscience crime and defeats ... Read More »

While the directive principals of SBM speaks volumes of W2E with almost open support, the investors are mired by fear of source segregation and more so by segregated waste collection, and further more segregated waste collection by empowered kabadi network. Why? The kabadi/rag-picker network will not leave any material as feeding fuel for the W2E plant! I invite these people ... Read More »

Eventually what needs to happen will happen, because there are very strong foundations. The Swachh Bharat Mission will take a course of recycling policy, which is guided by global environmental practices with collective environmental responsibility. The ownership of this correct course lies not only with environmental bodies like MOEF, CPCB, NGT, et al., But also with civic bodies of every ... Read More »

अँधों में काना राजा, बजाते रहो जी बाजा ? अरे भाई, जाना था हमें त्तिम्ब्क्तू, पहुँच गए हम कलकत्ता !! स्वच्छ भारत के जोश खरोश में पांच साल से खोपड़ी खुजाने के बाद जैसे तैसे बनाये कानून, और अब हम बाजू में बैठ के बाजा बाजा रहें हैं. इन्तेजार कर रहें हैं कि कोई इनको पढ़े ! समझने की आवश्कता ... Read More »

It’s like going to Calcutta for a target destination of Mumbai. That’s what is happening to our source segregation component of waste rules (essence of all waste rules-both combined and severally) . Segregated waste collection modalities need integration of supply chain network of recyclables. Rules have guidelines of getting help of an agency. Agencies with this kind of deliverables will ... Read More »

Cost of transporting mixed garbage is high and segregating it at source could reduce cost by 30 per cent, says former KSPCB chairman H.C. Sharat Chandra There is a viewpoint that there is no need to segregate waste at source into wet and dry as technology can manage mixed garbage but the method is expensive, said H.C. Sharat Chandra, former ... Read More »

An excerpt from the news blow: It then set a one-month deadline for the city’s three civic bodies to present schemes aimed at incentivising people who provide segregated waste at the source. “This can be done by way of rebates in property tax. On the other hand, those who do not provide segregated waste can be penalised,” it said. NGT ... Read More »

Pune: Pointing out that the segregation at source is the only solution to address the issue of solid waste management, the Pune Municipal officials urged citizens to work in sync with the civic body in curbing the problem of solid waste management. This was pointed out in a meeting held between members of National Society of Clean Cities and PMC ... Read More »