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Experts shout out for solutions to handle city’s garbage
KU seminar stresses finding solution for daily output of 1,200 tons of solid waste, 450m gallons of wastewater
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‘Plastic denting Pakistan’s climate efforts’
Environmental experts push for decisive actions to shift to alternatives
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Turning Islamabad’s trash into treasure
Capital’s unmanaged solid waste generation attracts authorities’ attention
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WASA seeks to use FWMC dumping points
Floating garbage, silt and industrial sludge blamed for choking drains
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Capital’s waste to be dumped at Losar landfill site
Citizens reject decision, vow to move environment tribunal today
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Quetta to create energy from waste
Feasibility study will be conducted regarding waste supply, recycling and other factors of solid waste energy plant
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Govt urged to implement environmental laws
Experts say poor waste management badly affects health as well as contributes to urban disasters
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Waste expenses!
Pakistan’s desire to bring IMF on board, make it realise there won’t be any pilferage, wastage is a challenge itself
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Solid waste: a challenge as well as opportunity
It will be source of income generation for companies, individuals involved in recycling
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Waste-to-energy projects on the cards
Officials say 16-18MW power to be generated using solid waste
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New landfill site project for twin cities hits roadblock
Project also aimed to produce 18MW of electricity by recycling waste
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Industry slams delay in effluent treatment plant
Calls for holding project committee meeting, swift initiation of work
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Trucks warned against dumping waste on roads
AC visits vegetable market and removed encroachments by the shopkeepers and stall setters at the main double road
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Pindi Cantt to have ‘waste transfer station’
Around 400 tons of solid waste is generated daily in Cantonment areas
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Dumping waste in Lyari delta causes urban flooding
Lyari River Cleanup Project implementation committee formed
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NESCOM hospital to have incinerator for hazardous waste
Modern facility will have capacity to burn 50 kilograms of waste per day
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MWMC finalises plan for offal collection
Company ready to dispose of 16,000 tonnes of waste on Eidul Azha
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Muridke to introduce vehicle tracking system
Poor solid management was a result in the MC because the containers were being used as waste bins
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Pakistan’s troubled waste management landscape
Hardly any of our urban centres pay their fair share to fund waste management within their communities
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Industrial waste flowing into Keenjhar Lake
Kotri Industrial Area's effluent treatment plant out of service
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Turkey to explore investment options in Sindh
Work with provincial govt on urban transport, waste management
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LWMC given two days to remove waste
LWMC must achieve zero-waste target by January 15 otherwise action would be taken
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Sewage treatment plant restored
STP previously treated two million gallons of sewage water per day
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Covid makes hospital waste toxic
SOPs set by WHO for coronavirus wards not being implemented
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Illegal factories taint water supply
Small industries lack waste treatment plants
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Karan Johar's Dharma production under fire for polluting Goa
Kangana Ranaut also condemned the unit for dumping massive, untreated waste amid shooting Deepika Padukone's next
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Last phase of waste segregation begins
The teams are expected to collect up to 300 samples from across the city
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SHC seeks arguments over discharge of chemical waste into sea
Approves plea for differently-abled job quota in private firms for immediate hearing
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Startup aims to reduce energy wastage in Pakistan
Enent insists it can cut carbon emissions by 18,000 tons per year
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3,000 tonnes of offal disposed of in Sargodha
A total of 487 vehicles and other machinery were used during the cleanup operation
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RWMC to lift 9,000 tones of waste on Eid
The RWMC officials says that they will provide bags to the people to put their waste
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Health or environment: Plastic dilemma over Covid-19
Rising plastic consumption is polluting nature
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Plastic waste – an uphill battle
As Environment Day comes, govt should frame rules to ban plastic waste imports
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Cleanliness plan for city devised
90 vehicles of the company would be operated in cleanliness drive in the city
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Sewage flowing into water pipelines
UC 31 residents say they will protest outside WASA office
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Debate on how best to handle waste
Representatives of civic agencies make tall claims of collecting, disposing of garbage
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Work on waste disposal system reviewed
The project is being implemented at a cost of Rs380 million
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CM Buzdar dissatisfied with waste management authorities
Report points out deficiencies in urban planning, institutional capacity
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Medical waste fouls city’s streets, beaches, nullahs
Despite claims hospitals are abiding by govt directives, officials fail to provide records of lawful waste disposal
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Lahore Waste Management Company struggles to keep the city clean
MD says proper trash disposal has begun in 135 UCs
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SEPA team warns LNH to improve medical waste system
However, hospital officials claim the agency was satisfied with their facilities
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SEPA issues notices to civic agencies
Notices have been issued regarding sea pollution, which is impacting marine life and inhabitants of coastal villages
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Ford to use coffee bean waste to produce auto parts
Coffee bean waste can be transformed into highly durable material that can be used in automobile parts
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Zero waste initiative for Bani Gala launched
Project would raise awareness on waste reduction, reuse and recycling
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Dengue fever claims another life
This incident brings the total number of dengue-related deaths in Karachi to 14
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Public hospitals have no idea on how to dispose of their waste
Despite the existence of laws, only five government hospitals in Sindh dispose of medical waste in a scientific manner
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As Libya's war drags on, Tripoli drowns in waste
With landfill in a combat zone, collection points are overflowing, rubbish sorting & recycling are out of the question
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CDA plans wetlands for treating contaminated water
Water from nullahs will be diverted to tanks and after filtration will be released back
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Efforts against dengue fail as 5 more die in Rawalpindi
Death toll for twin cities rises to 23; SAPM reviews response to outbreak
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Multan Nishtar Hospital continues to burn trash
Hospital administration fails to follow orders despite various warnings