Parijat offers farmers alternate to hazardous crop burning

      Parijat industries had been conducting training for farmers in different parts of northern India, aiming at fostering best agricultural practices and to provide training farmers against  agriculture residue burning.

     Parijat industries recently conducted a session for farmers at Hisar,Haryana. The main focus of the campaign was to create awareness among farmers about proper management of crops residue and the impact of stubble burning after harvesting.The farmers procured the machines from co-operatives to aggregate the stubble and convert it into fertiliser, which can then be used back in the field.

      The problem of agriculture waste burning has been intensifying over the years, with Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh being the major burning hotspots.

South Delhi Mayor calls for intensifying clean-up activities

       The South Delhi Mayor has asked the department of environment management services to  intensify the cleaning activities, in order to manage the waste disposal and pollution during this festive season.

       The department is instructed to  arrange special sanitation drives at religious places and markets in order to tackle higher quantities of garbage,the civic body to clean garbage bins twice a day and to conduct night sweeping.Also,more water tankers to reduce for dust pollution.

DIAL plans to make Delhi airport Plastic free by 2019 end - Source, The economic times

• Delhi airport, country's busiest aerodrome is planning to make plastic free by the end of 2019.
•  The Delhi International Airport(DIAL) has taken number of steps to eliminate possible use of single use plastics.
• It includes creating awareness ,enhancing waste management system and promoting the use of Eco-friendly sustainable alternatives.
• Single use plastics also called disposable plastics include grocery bags, food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, cups and cutlery.
•  DIAL is looking to ensure use of smart and bio friendly packaging for food retail shopping.
•  Also they will look to minimize generation of waste by ways of recycling opportunities and enhance segregation and collection of  waste at source.
• This initiative have been taken towards environment protection and sustainable development.

DIAL plans to make Delhi airport plastic free by 2019-end

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E-waste disposal to be just a call away

        The district administration is planning to develop a toll-free helpline to collect the e- waste from doorsteps. The e-waste includes damaged laptops mobile phones etc. Volunteers will be collecting these e-waste.
         The initiative is part of efforts by District Collector K. Mohammed Y. Safirulla to make Kochi e-waste-free.
         The Ernakulam District Residents’ Association Apex Council (EDRAAC) will be partnering with the district administration.

        The objective of this movement is to ensure eco-friendly recycling and scientific collection and disposal of e-waste.

Cigarette butts one of the biggest ocean pollutants

Sep 4, 2018 - ET

This article talks about how the use of cigarettes affect the ocean.

According to the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project, the cigarette wastes are one of the most abundant types of human-produced garbage in the world's oceans. Sources said that every year 5.5 trillion cigarettes are manufactured globally which contains a element known as cellulose acetate, a plastic-based filter. These filters can take decades to decompose after the cigarette butt has been discarded. As this plastic breaks down, the chemical which is inside it can be consumed by wildlife. 

According to Environmental  Researchers, they found traces of these chemicals present in almost 70%  of seabirds and 30% of sea turtles. They also said that these micro plastics and other kind of related wastes have direct impact on oceans and other water bodies.

South Africa’s Steps Towards Waste Management

    South Africa's commitment to sustainable development aims at balancing socio-economic development and protection of environmental resources.

    The South African Waste Information System (SAWIS) was developed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in 2005.This is a system used by government and industry to capture routine data on the tonnages of waste generated, recycled and disposed of in South Africa on a monthly and annual basis.

      Government of different countries have to take necessary steps to  manage waste in a sustainable manner.In this context, government of South Africa has launched research chairs on waste management.Scope of these research chairs is to bring about changes in the waste management sector also helping the socio-economic development of the country.

      The newly formed research includes the South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate, and the South African Research Chair in Waste and Society.

       Waste and society and waste and climate are the two important areas of focus for the South African Waste, Research, Development and Innovation Roadmap.

Bachendri Pal to lead month-long rafting expedition to clean Ganga

A 40-member team, including 20 women, will undertake a month -long rafting expedition "Mission Gange" ,October 3 
The team would be led by Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. The objective is to clean the river Ganga and spread awareness on waste management, covering a distance of 1500 km downstream. This was inspired by our Prime Minister Modi jis 'Namami Gange' campaign.The expedition was being supported by the Government of India and Tata Steel .

Unholy waters

NO DIVINE DIP

Devotees immerse idols of  Lord Ganesha in polluted Yamuna River covered with froth on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in New Delhi. 

Thiruvananthapuram corporation plans tie-up with cement factories

Thiruvananthapuram corporation plans tie-up with cement factories. 

The move is to explore possibilities for processing non-recyclable plastic waste generated in the city

A lasting solution for the problem of non -recyclable plastic waste in the city could be at hand if corporations plans for a tie-up with cement factories to process this waste materials workout.

As per the central pollution control board guidelines issued in 2017, cement factories are permitted to use such materials as fuel in furnaces.

Corporation to hold talks with Tirunelveli based company. And “since Tirunelveli is closer the corporation is expecting a low transportation cost”.

Microplastics found deep in sand where turtles nest

University of Exeter scientists found an average of 5,300 particles of plastic per cubic metre at depths of 60cm (2ft) on beaches in Cyprus used by green turtles and loggerheads. At the surface, up to 130,000 fragments of plastic were found per cubic metre, the second-worst level ever recorded on a beach. 

Researchers say that if conditions worsen such pollution could eventually begin to affect hatching success and even the ratio of male and female turtle hatchling. Microplastics have different physical properties to natural sediments, so high levels could change the conditions at hatching sites. 

Microplastics is defined as less than 5mm in diameter and it come from numerous sources including discarded plastic items that have broken apart, microbeads from cosmetics and microfibres from clothes. Of the microplastics categorised in this research, nurdles (pellets used in the production of plastic products) and hard fragments broken from larger items were the most common.

Source:ScienceDaily by University of Exeter

World waste could grow by 70% , warns World Bank

World waste could grow by 70% , warns World Bank

Global waste could grow by 70 per cent by 2050 as urbanization and population rise, South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa Said to generate biggest increase in rubbish as of now. It is often the poorest in society who are adversely impacted .Over 90 per cent is dumped openly in lower income countries because of low treatment facilities. Plastics which can contaminate the earth for thousands of years contributes to 12% of all waste.Adequate financing and disposal is one of the biggest issues for cities. :- World Bank. Adequate measures to be taken in the near future for dealing with this problem .

No More Plastic Ban In Kerala

WORLD WASTE COULD GROW 70% AS CITIES BOOM, WARNS WORLD BANK

Global waste can grow at 70% by 2050
South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa generate more rubbish
one-third of the world's waste is dumped without treatment
Countries lack adequate disposal of waste and treatment facilities