COVID Action Collab: Platform to test COVID-19 in Sewage

The COVID Action Collab is an initiative by group of experts. The main aim of the initiative is to address issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic. It especially focuses on the poor and the vulnerable. The organization is now to test sewage for the presence of COVId-19 virus. Over 150 organizations have come together to ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: community isolation • COVID Action Collab • COVID-19 • Quarantine • Sewage treatment • surveillance state • Waste

Report on states’ performance in garbage collection from household

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development tabled a report on the state-wise performance in the collection of garbage from the households. The report said that 93% of the municipal councils in the country collect garbage from the doorsteps of households on a daily basis under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. However, only 57% of ..

Topics: Cleaning • Economy • Garbage • India • sanitation • SWaCH • Swachh Bharat Mission • Waste • Waste management • Water supply and sanitation in India

India’s first e-waste clinic set up in Bhopal

India’s first e-waste clinic is being set up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For this noble cause, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have signed pact that would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. Initially, it will be 3-month pilot project and being ..

Topics: Bhopal • Bhopal Municipal Corporation • Central Pollution Control Board • India • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Municipal solid waste • Pollution in India • Social Issues • Waste

World Resources Institute releases a report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste”

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has recently released a report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. The report has quantified global food wastage — nearly one-third of the food i.e. produced each year goes uneaten, costing the global economy over $940 billion. The uneaten food is responsible for ..

Topics: Greenhouse gas • Waste • World Resources Institute

India’s first garbage cafe is set to open in Ambikapur

In a unique initiative, the Ambikapur municipal corporation of Chhattisgarh will soon open India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’ in the city of Ambikapur. This initiative is a step towards making the city plastic-free. In this unique Cafe’ poor people and rag pickers will get free food in exchange for 1Kg of plastic, while breakfast will be ..

Topics: Contents • Economy • Municipal solid waste • Plastic pollution • Recycling • Street furniture • SWaCH • Waste • Waste container • Waste management