TRASH MANAGEMENT
ReCircle’s new textile vertical aims to process 570 MT of textile waste a year
After paper and plastic, the Mumbai-based waste management firm has set its eyes on managing textile wastes to build a more sustainable circular economy.
Charting the course of the future: Could India take the lead in CleanTech AI?
Although problems such as landfilling, incineration and composting dominate waste disposal, they also give rise to the need for a personalized waste solution.
Turning trash into cash: Entrepreneurs redefine waste management
A growing number of entrepreneurs are turning trash into cash through tech and innovation. Can it make a difference to the mounting challenge of waste management?
Plastic pollution keeps growing. Here are three ways to solve it
The main target of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2060.
Bengaluru, India's Silicon Valley, faces a water crisis that software cannot solve
The Silicon Valley of South Asia has a nature issue -- a pain point that software cannot solve. In the sprawl beyond Bengaluru's core, where dreams of tech riches usually grow, schools lack water to flush toilets. Washing machines have gone quiet. Showers are being postponed, and children with only dirty water to drink are being hospitalized with typhoid fever.
Indian Railways housekeeping staff throws trash on tracks from moving train; Central Railway responds
In this shocking video, Indian Railways housekeeping staff could be seen throwing garbage out of a moving train. The video has gone viral and invited innumerable reactions from people. And it has also caught the attention of the Central Railway, Mumbai Division. Since being shared on December 31, the video clip has gone viral and has already amassed more than four lakh views. Moreover, it has also received 3,000 likes and numerous comments. Many users expressed shock over the clip and also shared their personal experience on X.
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Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?
Communities in the US are grappling with the safe disposal of millions of disposable e-cigarettes, which are considered hazardous waste. For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely centered on its risks for high school and middle school students. The devices, which contain nicotine and metals such as lithium, cannot be reused or recycled. Local officials have resorted to various methods of disposal, including incineration. Critics argue that the vaping industry has not taken responsibility for the environmental impact of its products.
Drowning in garbage: How this innovation can make burning trash safe and economical
As population and economic activity rise, the quantum of waste will also increase. Managing this is important in a world where the need to safeguard the environment is taking centre stage.
Experts to draft white paper on methane management
A white paper on capturing methane, particularly coal bed methane, will be submitted to the Indian government based on the results of a day-long workshop co-organised by the International Centre for Climate and Sustainability Action Foundation, Society for Clean Environment, and the Maharashtra government, which described the dangers of methane far exceeding that of CO2 for climate change.
Supreme Court trashes bail plea of ex-CMD of Amrapali Group, says he doesn't deserve sympathy
Former CMD of Amrapali Group of Companies Anil Kumar Sharma has been denied bail by the Supreme Court. The court cited Sharma cheating thousands of homebuyers by siphoning off their life savings and hard-earned money as reasons for the rejection of his bail plea. The former CMD and other directors of the company were arrested after a forensic audit report highlighted the siphoning off of a large amount of homebuyers' money. The apex court had canceled registration of the Amrapali Group under real estate law RERA and ordered completion of 16 unfinished projects consisting of 46,575 homes by the NBCC.
Fix, or trash? From iPhones to toasters, The Right to Repair framework will let you restore your appliances
The government wants to persuade manufacturers to allow consumers to repair everything from smartphones to cars. In the process, The Right to Repair initiative can bring relief for citizens and employment opportunities to the economy.
Nest co-creator wants you to pay $33 a month not to trash your food
In 2015 the US federal agencies vowed to halve national food waste by 2030; we’ve made little notable progress since. No one has managed to keep large quantities of food out of dumps and reuse it effectively, nationwide, as Mill is setting out to do.
More alpha generating opportunities in private market than listed market now: Rahul Bhasin
"When we look at alpha generation, we have always had a blended strategy where we can operate in the listed markets or in the private markets. We are finding all the alpha generating opportunities much more in the private markets in the last 18 months in spite of the fact that even in the private market there are some bubbles."
Coordinate-regulate cloud-spotting, SEBI
Moving data to servers located in India increases costs and introduces a new element into operational risk management. Neither improves ease of doing business.
ISRO working to manage space debris, Lok Sabha told
In reply to a written question, Singh said India's space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been an active member of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and has contributed immensely to the IADC and UN guidelines for safe and sustainable space operations.
Twitter manager vomits after Elon Musk ordered to fire employees: report
A Twitter manager puked in a trash can after the new owner of microblogging platform Elon Musk directed him to fire hundreds of employees as part of the company's decision to cut its workforce in half, the media reported.
‘Successful entrepreneurs now deploy cutting-edge tech tools, venture creation tactics — and a social vision that extends beyond profit maximisation’
Q. You’re teaching entrepreneurs tech tools like Airtable and Bubble — what advantages do these bring? A. They give us the technology needed to move and iterate quickly, adapting to what we’re learning from the market. The faster we can learn and incorporate insights into our business, the more we increase our chances of success without expending time and money. Such tools allow us to optimise our clock speed or the amount of time between invention and commercialisation — the quicker customer insights can be analysed and incorporated back into the product, the faster a venture grows.
Virginia floods: Over 100 homes damaged, 40 people still missing
According to authorities in southwest Virginia, terrible floods brought on by excessive rainfall left dozens of people missing and over 100 homes damaged.
JPMorgan’s Aronov ignores the ‘cash is trash’ chorus
“I’ve been hearing about investors losing money sitting in cash, and that cash is trash for as long as I’ve been in this industry,” she said on this week’s episode of “What Goes Up.” “But the reality is that if you have been in cash for the last five years, you’ve essentially outperformed the Bloomberg Aggregate index year-to-date, over one year, three years, and, depending on the day, yes, even five years.”
Setting your swipes and a good screening can help you managing email overload on the go
Many apps include shortcuts to streamline the mail handling.
How a trash-talking crypto bro caused a $40 billion crash
Last week, Luna and another currency that Kwon developed, TerraUSD, suffered a spectacular collapse. Their meltdowns had a domino effect on the rest of the cryptocurrency market, tanking the price of bitcoin and accelerating the loss of $300 billion in value across the crypto economy. This week, the price of Luna remained close to zero, while TerraUSD continued to slide.
Tips for managing Google account storage: Use the trash button often, sanitise drive
If you don’t want to pay for Google One, here are a few things you can do.
‘Dash for trash’ fuels big bounce for money-losing growth stocks
Asana Inc., an unprofitable software maker, was among this week’s winners. The San Francisco-based company’s shares jumped 27%. Electric pickup-truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp. gained 30%, while RealReal Inc., which operates a luxury goods consignment marketplace, rose 31%.
Oil-rich UAE to burn waste to make power
The UAE, one of the world's top oil exporters, is building the Gulf region's first waste-to-power plants to ease its chronic trash problem and, at the same time, its reliance on gas-fuelled electricity stations.
Centre trashes reports claiming India's COVID death rate may be about 7-8 times higher
In a statement, the Union Health Ministry said the report further "concludes" that India's COVID death rate may be about 7-8 times higher than the officially reported toll and claims that "most of these additional deaths are likely to have been due to COVID-19".
Mondelez India, TrashCon tie up to make furniture from recycled plastic
The pilot project will use the technology purchased from startup TrashCon, to convert over 600 tonnes of plastic waste per annum into plywood alternatives called WoW Boards.
Top India stock fund shuns ‘trash’ value rally ahead of vaccine
That strategy of sticking with quality has certainly paid off in 2020, which has seen the Sensex erasing more than a third of its value during the March meltdown and then surge relentlessly to break record highs.
The world's 2-billion-ton trash problem just got more alarming
The dumping of rich countries’ unwanted waste has fuelled a media storm the world over.
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