Tag Archives: municipal waste

Composting green waste saves CO2

Categories: Biodiversity & Nature Conservation
“Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen...

Environmental Laws India

Categories: Laws and Procedures
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. 1974 is an act of parliament to provide for the prevention and control of Water Pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the establishment, with a view...

Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection in Tanneries

Categories: Laws and Procedures, Success Stories
The high BOD from distilleries has been a cause of major environmental concern over the years. They have also been covered under the Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection 2003, in India, wherein it has been provided that a system...

Activated Carbon

Categories: Wealth from Waste
Activated carbon is one of the most effective media for removing a wide range of contaminants from industrial and municipal waste waters, landfill leachate and contaminated ground. As the world’s most powerful adsorbent, it can cope with a...

Activated Carbon From Waste

Categories: Wealth from Waste
Coconut shells, palm kernel shells and sawdust, other raw materials such as corncobs, rice hulls and vegetable wastes can also be used to produce activated carbon. From Walnut shells Walnut shells serve as an alternative source of  Activated...