solid municipal waste management

IIT KGP Study Proposes Pandemic Waste Management Policy

IIT KGP Study Proposes Pandemic Waste Management Policy

IIT Kharagpur Study Proposes Solid Waste Management Policy to Counter Environmental Crisis during Pandemic Covid-19 is impacting our daily lives in an unprecedented way, with one of the major impacts being on waste management programs across the world. While reduced economic activities due to COVID-19 have certainly made air and water cleaner as per many reports, change in the dynamics of plastic, food, and biomedical waste generation has however stirred the woes of solid waste management. A recent study by IIT Kharagpur researchers has led to the formulation of a set of environmental recommendations for solid waste management under the…
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Way to Zero Waste

Way to Zero Waste

Economic Times       ET Energy World       India Today         Careers360       Millenium Post       DD News       Business Standard       The Week        NDTV          Shiksha While passing through the newly developed, urban elite settlements, the dumpsites waiting treatment are becoming increasingly common. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India continues to remain a neglected area with inefficient source segregation. Further, the moisture content in waste adds to India’s challenge in solid organic waste management because of our food habits and socio-cultural habits.…
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