The AIIMS administration along with 400 participants including the society of young scientists, doctors, nurses, and hospital staffers took a pledge to get rid of single use plastic from the hospital campus. read more

Violators will be liable to do community service if they fail to pay fine read more

About 250 containers seized across the archipelago in recent months have already been returned and authorities are inspecting more than 1,000 others, a customs official said. read more

Starting September 5, violators will be challaned up to \u20B99,500 for not segregating dry, wet and hazardous waste read more

Recently, the PPCB had also filed a petition against the MC, its commissioner, mayor and six others for failure in running the sewer treatment plants properly and adding to Buddha Nullah pollution. read more

Members of the committee conducted a surprise check here on Friday and collected samples of the waste from eight dyeing and electroplating units read more

Indonesia recently returned 7 shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France & Hong Kong, marking the latest move by a SE Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin read more

UP pollution control board (UPPCB) officials said the move comes in light of taking corrective measures to curb air pollution that shoot up in the winter season. read more

Waste management denotes the collection, transportation and disposal or recycling and monitoring of trash or waste that humans produce daily through our activities. read more

Calling the robot a waste of taxpayers’ money, the corporators have now demanded that the administration give a detailed explanation regarding the basis on which the robot was procured last year. read more

However, the food safety authority’s crackdown on the aggregators and the eateries partnering with them have shown their utter disregard for food safety laws . read more

The park, which has replicas of the seven wonders of the world made of metal scrap, has turned out to be a hit among Delhiites and tourists ever since it opened in February this year. read more

But individual efforts alone can’t fully stop the 8 million tonnes of plastic that make their way to the ocean each year, and with four of the five worst ocean polluters in Southeast Asia, the region’s governments must take action, he says. read more

The decision, announced during a meeting of civic officials for the 2020 Swachh Survekshan Survey, was communicated in a release issued by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Wednesday. read more

Environment and energy ministers of the Group of 20 major economies met this weekend in Karuizawa, northwest of Tokyo, ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka, western Japan, on June 28-29. read more