Garbage kept uncleared at a city transfer station caught fire on the night of October 31, as per a news report, which has seen the light of the day rather late. Several tonnes of trash collected from areas around Secunderabad had piled up at the Neredmet garbage transfer station managed by the Hyderabad Integrated MSW … Read more
Residents of Alangayam near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur have opposed dumping of garbage in the lake by miscreants and the civic body as the lake remains a key water source to recharge groundwater in the area and supply water for domestic consumption | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Residents of Alangayam near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur … Read more
The street leading up to the national monument of Charminar is littered with trash by night. | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti All roads lead to the Charminar during Ramzan in Hyderabad. As citizens, tourists, food bloggers and walkers troop to the heritage precinct through the day and night, what they experience and what they leave … Read more
Sanitary workers in Chennai cleared tonnes of debris that had piled up in the city after Cyclone Michaung | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan on Friday told the Madras High Court that gloves, masks and shoes were provided regularly to sanitary workers involved in segregating biodegradable and nonbiodegradable … Read more
To tackle Thailand’s mounting trash problem, one company is turning to the country’s plant life. Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava, crops that are widely found across the country. After growing rapidly in recent decades, Thailand has become … Read more