As more and more people move to urban areas, bringing ever-greater needs for energy and taking an increasing toll on the environment, biowaste looks like an attractive resource whose management must ...

KOCHI: Kalamassery municipality has engaged Palakkad-based Fabbco Biocycle & BioProtein Technology for a temporary solution to its food waste management problem. The firm practises waste management ...

The European Commission is currently under heavy pressure from Belgium, Spain and industry to propose a stand-alone directive for biowaste management, in order to plug the regulatory holes left by ...

Kochi: Eight local bodies including five municipalities in Ernakulam are in a fix with Kochi corporation deciding to utilize Brahmapuram plant only for dumping its biowaste from May 1. Almost 40% of ...

EU member states have asked the European Commission to table a directive on biowaste in 2010 "if appropriate" and consider local conditions when drafting the new law, which could be tabled in 2010. EU ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Setting a model for the rest of Kerala, two grama panchayats – Keezhallur and Peralassery, both in Kannur district – have achieved 100% management of biodegradable waste, marking a ...

The study, carried out by FCG Finnish Consulting Group, compares the greenhouse gas emissions from biowaste in four different scenarios - three that end in composting at bio-gas fired power production ...

Shoddy solid waste management is in sharp public focus owing to the fire at the Brahmapuram garbage treatment plant in Kochi. Till recently it used to be a pressing issue at Munnar, which hosts an ...

Kochi: Opposition councillors in Thrikkakara have alleged corruption in municipality's biowaste management. They claim that municipality leadership allowed a private agency, entrusted with waste ...