Ideas presented included buying energy-efficient lightbulbs and appliances, recycling and composting, investing in solar energy, and using “smart …
Bengaluru to soon get 200 more leaf-composting units
The civic body has 200 composting units and its pourakarmikas are trained in handling them. At least 40 temples have their own leaf-composting units, …
Food (waste) for thought
Composting is often seen as a silver-bullet environmental solution; it is thought of as something that greatly reduces someone’s environmental …
High honours for Penrith compost entrepreneur
Professor Jane Barker, who runs Dalefoot Composts, at Heltondale, near Penrith – alongside husband Simon Bland, was granted the Freedom of the …
Minister inaugurates micro composting centres
Cooperation Minister Sellur K. Raju inaugurated five micro composting centres, established at a cost of ₹3.75 crore under Smart Cities Mission project …
Four mini waste-to-compost plants to come up in S Kolkata
Kolkata: The civic solid waste management department has decided to set up small compost plants across the city, where biodegradable garbage will …
Segregate waste or pay fine of ₹250 from February 10 in Mohali
After Mohali slipped to the 153rd rank in the Swachh Survekshan rankings announced in March last year, the MC initiated garbage composting pits in …
Broomfield zero-waste plan up for City Council vote Tuesday
Zero waste means striving for a 90% waste diversion from the landfill, either by recycling, reusing or composting, said Darla Arians, chair of the task …
Registration Open for Upcoming Enviornmental Events in The Woodlands
March 7, 2020—Backyard Composting Class. Learn how easy it can be to turn kitchen waste and yard trimmings into rich, hand-made compost …
Recycling: Problems and solutions
My husband Russ and I thought we were being good citizens by composting, taking our groceries home in reusable bags and recycling bottles and …