Bangalore city generates almost 3,500 tons of waste daily which is collected by the garbage collection vans and is taken to the landfill sites around the city for garbage disposal. With time, the availability of landfills for dumping waste is becoming difficult. Moreover, all the landfill sites are reported to be contaminating the underground water, [...]
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What is Waste Management? Learn from Apartments in Bangalore
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012The Ecobiopack Sewage treatment system
Friday, February 11th, 2011Overflowing and untreated sewage is a common sight in many parts of Bangalore. A short ride away from Indiranagar a large number of layouts do not have underground drainage. Houses either build soak pits or let out the sewage into storm water drains. This eventually leads to pollution of ground water. Such is the case [...]
5 ways to combat Water Loss… at Home
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Everyone knows the importance of water in our day to day lives. Life on earth is sustained due to water itself. It is this very quality that differentiates our planet from all the others. However, the amount of ground water, the water that is used by humans beings and non marine creatures is rapidly dwindling. [...]
Tips for Proper Waste Management in Apartments
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The city development authorities in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi are making it mandatory for large apartments to install solid waste management. The success and failure of waste management lies in the hands of one and all residents in that apartment complex. Installing solid waste management plants in apartment in not an alien concept, [...]
Solid Waste Disposal Units in Apartments, Now a Must Have
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Apartments without Waste Disposal Units Will Not Get Clearance Solid waste management unit is mandatory for large apartments. City Development Authorities like Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in Bangalore, are making it mandatory for large apartments to install solid waste management. Bangalore alone generates 3000 tonnes solid waste in a day and these wastes [...]
Waste Management in Apartments
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Waste management is one of the tougher challenges facing our increasing urban population. The success and failure of waste management lies in the hands of one and all citizen. We cannot wait until the government or local authority takes an appropriate steps. It is esteem to say that there are number of association or resident [...]
