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Drive for plastic-free Jayanagar
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6.9.2010 |
Hindu: Bangalore |
| Do not just ban plastic; hate it, declared Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner H. Siddaiah, while launching a plastic-free drive in Jayanagar Assembly constituency here on Sunda... |
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[chintan :: Landfills]
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[meerak :: bengaluru environment]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[esg :: Trees]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[pradeepbv :: Bengaluru Election]
[divya_rrs :: Trees]
[meerak :: Bengaluru agency]
[meerak :: Bengaluru planning]
[meerak :: Bengaluru environment]
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Time we saw pigs as green agents
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5.9.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| We often struggle to compost our wet waste, or feel guilty just letting it go. It really is a problem-in landfills and in the open, it decomposes and creates greenhouse gases. But here in India, despite a thriving piggery business, we have not yet looked at pigs as the green agents they are. If your wet waste is fed to a pig, there is no question of greenhouse gases. Bharati Chaturvedi writes. |
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[esg :: landfills]
[esg :: Environmental Clearance]
[chintan :: Composting]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[indiatogether :: Composting]
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Jheel assault on official
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4.9.2010 |
Telegraph: Calcutta |
| Alleged Trinamul Congress activists, led by MLA Arup Biswas, dragged a fisheries department official by his collar to the edge of Bikramgarh Jheel and threatened to drown him when he went to inspect the south Calcutta water body on Friday morning. |
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[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[kolcarto :: Kolkata]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
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'Magical' process turns one kiwifruit into 100 bioplastic utensils
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3.9.2010 |
DNA: Top News |
| Scion, a Crown research institute in Rotorua, has developed technology to turn organic materials and waste into compostable bioplastics such as spoons and knifes, called 'spifes'. |
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[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
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[Abhijeetvj :: Oil and Gas]
[Genecampaign :: everywhere]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[vishwas :: everywhere]
[TahirAmin :: everywhere]
[sivakumar :: Oil and Gas]
[venkatkanchi :: Oil and Gas]
[subbu :: Oil and Gas]
[prashantiyengar :: everywhere]
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'Magical' process turns one kiwifruit into 100 bioplastic utensils!
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3.9.2010 |
New Kerala: India News |
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[berkan :: Oil and Gas]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
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[subbu :: Oil and Gas]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[thinthu :: Oil and Gas]
[prashantiyengar :: everywhere]
[Genecampaign :: everywhere]
[venkatkanchi :: Oil and Gas]
[vishwas :: everywhere]
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Perish the thought, no dumping at Kanjurmarg for at least a year
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3.9.2010 |
TOI: All Headlines |
| Perish the thought, no dumping at Kanjurmarg for at least a year |
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[tushargupta101 :: UrbanWater]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[esg :: india]
[esg :: landfills]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: UrbanWater]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[rveron :: urban]
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Plot owner runs into protest wall
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3.9.2010 |
Telegraph: Calcutta |
| A group of Bikramgarh residents, led by Trinamul councillors, has been resisting attempts by the owner of a plot to erect a wall on the ground that the land was originally part of a water body. |
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[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[kolcarto :: Kolkata]
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Man charged for tax evasion after public feud with former Gov. Blagojevich
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31.8.2010 |
New Kerala: India News |
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[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[chintan :: Landfills]
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Binned there, dumped that
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30.8.2010 |
Mumbai Mirror |
| The Mughals, those connoisseurs of landscaping, built themselves perfumed gardens to escape the odours of Hindustan.In the Solid Waste Management department of the BMC the joke is about the odours of Mumbai: If you were blindfolded how would you know which part of the city you... |
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[sumeet666 :: Building Sector]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: UrbanWater]
[indiatogether :: Sanitation]
[fredericknoronha :: Corruption]
[tushargupta101 :: UrbanWater]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[indiatogether :: Scavenging]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[chintan :: Waste Picker]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[esg :: All]
[rveron :: urban]
[divya_rrs :: Slums]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
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Possibility of outbreak of disease if garbage not lifted in time: SMC
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27.8.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[indiatogether :: Sanitation]
[irge304 :: Solid Waste]
[irge304 :: Landfills]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[rveron :: urban]
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MMRDA's projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore to be completed by 2013
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26.8.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[irge304 :: Landfills]
[sandman1965 :: Hydel]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[divya_rrs :: Infrastructure]
[divya_rrs :: Metro]
[indiatogether :: Public Transport]
[indiatogether :: Metro Rail]
[indiatogether :: monorail]
[esg :: landfills]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[chintan :: Landfills]
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Cash begins growing at Gorai dump yard
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26.8.2010 |
Mumbai Mirror |
| The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has become the country's first civic body to earn and encash carbon credits, a kind of international rewards programme that encourages reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.And it's not a small sum -- the first cheque received by... |
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[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[sumeet666 :: Building Sector]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[thinthu :: Carbon Trading]
[chvartak :: Crime]
[subbu :: Carbon Trading]
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Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Eco-System
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18.8.2010 |
Govt of india: PIB |
| Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Eco-System |
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[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[indiatogether :: Biodiversity Threats]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[esg :: EIA]
[esg :: CZM]
[ocgene :: infrastructure]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[governance :: IFI Interventions]
[zainab :: IFIs]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[ifinews :: all]
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Mumbai choking on road dust: Study
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17.8.2010 |
TOI: Cities |
| Construction activity, including paved and unpaved road dust is responsible for as much as 38% of the emission load of particulate matter in Mumbai. |
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[indiatogether :: Vehicular Pollution]
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[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[esg :: landfills]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
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City officials rapped at monthly Lok Adalat hearing
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16.8.2010 |
Citizen Matters |
| Forget the common man, not even the judiciary finds it easy to sway the state's government officials from perpetual indifference. At a Lok Adalat hearing on August 6th 2010, many top officials were pulled up by the judges for poor performance and lack of initiative. However, the babus wouldn't be swayed. After the session, many were seen joking about the whole affair. Around 120 people including senior government officials and their subordinates, lawyers, members of non-governmental organisations and civil society groups were present at the hearing, held at the High Court. Among the first to face the wrath…  |
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[meerak :: bengaluru environment]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[meerak :: bengaluru business]
[meerak :: bengaluru health]
[pradeepbv :: OpenNGO]
[meerak :: Bengaluru agency]
[meerak :: Bengaluru planning]
[meerak :: Bengaluru infrastructure]
[meerak :: Bengaluru environment]
[esg :: bangalore]
[esg :: karnataka]
[chintan :: Composting]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[meerak :: bellandur]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: UrbanWater]
[arghyam :: Agriculture]
[arghyam :: WaterGeneral]
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[indiatogether :: Composting]
[rveron :: urban]
[divya_rrs :: Lakes]
[fredericknoronha :: civil society]
[tushargupta101 :: Recycling]
[tushargupta101 :: Agriculture]
[tushargupta101 :: WaterBodies]
[tushargupta101 :: UrbanWater]
[tushargupta101 :: WaterGeneral]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[rohan :: Greater Bangalore]
[esg :: Lakes]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[ajnyani :: KAGECON]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
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Yellama Cheruvu on verge of extinction?
(Cached)
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11.8.2010 |
TOI: All Headlines |
| Yellama Cheruvu on verge of extinction? |
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[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[esg :: landfills]
[sumeet666 :: Building Sector]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[rveron :: urban]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
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BBMP to gift waste bins to every house
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11.8.2010 |
Bangalore Mirror: City |
| Will recycle garbage and turn it into revenue stream... |
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[esg :: bangalore]
[esg :: karnataka]
[pradeepbv :: Bengaluru civic]
[pradeepbv :: Bengaluru Election]
[rohan :: Greater Bangalore]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[indiatogether :: Composting]
[indiatogether :: Recycling]
[chintan :: Composting]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[chintan :: Recycling]
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Civic body blames city residents for not segregating waste at source
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10.8.2010 |
Mumbai Mirror: City |
| Navi Mumbai: Segregation of garbage at source, as mandated under Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), management and handling rules 2000, poses a daunting task for the NMMC, that started providing the green-coloured bins to housing societies way back in ... |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[indiatogether :: Composting]
[chintan :: Composting]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[rveron :: urban]
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Mavallipura's Illegal Dumps
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10.8.2010 |
The South Asian |
ESG's investigative report about Bangalore's toxic waste, its dumping in Mavallipura, and the impact on local communities in Mavallipura.
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[nwct :: Healthcare]
[esg :: bangalore]
[esg :: karnataka]
[esg :: india]
[esg :: landfills]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[governance :: Sanitation]
[governance :: Education]
[meerak :: bengaluru]
[meerak :: bengaluru environment]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[meerak :: bengaluru education]
[meerak :: bengaluru health]
[meerak :: bengaluru art]
[meerak :: bengaluru children]
[avyakto :: Law]
[divya_rrs :: Citizen-Protests]
[divya_rrs :: Lakes]
[chintan :: Toxics]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[esg :: EIA]
[pradeepbv :: Bengaluru Election]
[Jake :: Infrastructure Projects]
[meerak :: Bengaluru agency]
[meerak :: Bengaluru planning]
[meerak :: Bengaluru infrastructure]
[meerak :: Bengaluru environment]
[meerak :: Bengaluru NGO]
[rveron :: urban]
[rohan :: Greater Bangalore]
[esg :: ESG]
[tushargupta101 :: All-News]
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[tushargupta101 :: Groundwater Manangement]
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[tushargupta101 :: Rivers]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
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[sailendram :: Groundwater Manangement]
[sunder :: Forest water]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: Rivers]
[arghyam :: Groundwater Manangement]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[esg :: All]
[esg :: Cancer]
[indiatogether :: Environment]
[indiatogether :: Health]
[thiyagz :: socialissue]
[esg :: Lakes]
[esg :: Citizen-Protests]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
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Green signal to landfill site at Bawana
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9.8.2010 |
TOI: All Headlines |
| Green signal to landfill site at Bawana |
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[esg :: india]
[esg :: landfills]
[rveron :: urban]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[governance :: Sanitation]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
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