Biomedical waste is generated from hospitals and animal houses and mainly consists of: • Human Anatomical Waste. • Microbiology & Biotechnology Waste. • Discarded Medicines & Cytotoxic Drugs. • Soiled plaster castes, blood More...

AHMEDABAD: In the next three months, a small army of workers in uniforms will be spending the nights cleaning Ahmedabad's streets. But before you witness this 'Surat phenomenon', the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is trying to solve the proble More...

For years, power and coal companies have been freely dumping toxic coal ash into unlined landfills and unsafe ponds. Coal ash is hazardous waste from coal-fired power plants filled with dangerously high levels of arsenic, selenium, mercury and other More...

State environmental regulators have issued a $1,800 fine to ITT Night Vision in Roanoke County for improperly storing hazardous waste. About 10 gallons of isopropanol, a flammable solvent, were dumped into a tank at the Plantation Road facility in Oc More...

Bengaluru, May 5: Being the IT capital of the country, Bengaluru contributes hugely to e-waste. The IT hub, which sees a big demand for electronics goods, reportedly accounts for nearly 10,000 tonnes of the 1.5 lakh tonnes of e-waste generated across More...