Tag: Waste

An international symposium on waste management will be held at Pakistan Science Foundation on Friday. Federal Minister for Science & Technology Mir Changez...

Hydropower is globally recognised as a renewable, cheap and reliable resource of energy. It generates electricity with zero emission and produces no waste. There...

The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) arranged a seminar “waste water treatment and its reuse” here to create awareness about the efficient methods for the treatment...

Like there is no tomorrow… If Lahore has a population of about 9 million, and if say 8 million of them have access to bathrooms,...

The federal capital, shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in 1960, is still struggling to have an effective and modern system of waste management on...

Despite the Punjab government’s tall claims of running an effective campaign for dengue eradication, waste material, condemned articles and debris of construction material are...

It is very much evident that there is no check on the beneficial solid waste generated in gynaecology ward of Pakistan Institute of Medical...

The stallholders at Ramadan bazaars are dumping solid waste, stale fruits and vegetables, grocery items and commodities of daily usage in open drains which...

The Darakhshan police have refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) of the case of a maid’s manhandling at the hands of her...

A team of hospital waste management experts from Turkey visited Jinnah Hospital , Lahore on Tuesday to inspect and assess the waste management facilities...

The United States should develop temporary storage facilities to hold the waste produced by the country's nuclear reactors until a permanent burial site can...

FAISALABAD - A delegation of senior officers of the Faisalabad City Government left for Singapore to sign an agreement with Singaporean authorities for the installation of a solid waste treatment plant in the district.
The delegation comprises Executive District Officer (Revenue) Liaqat Ali Chattha, Executive District Officer (Solid Waste) Liaqat Ali, Road Transport Authority Secretary Mohsin Rasheed and District Officer (Planning) Mehar Ramzan.
The group members will

LAHORE - The Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan has nominated the CLEAN PAKISTAN campaign launched by the Waste Busters as a model of Best Practices in sustainable waste management at the South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) 2011 being held in Sri Lanka from April 4-8, 2011. The regional conference hosted by SAARC countries is supported by multilateral donor agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
The overall objective of the

OTTAWA - Angry opposition parties are set to vote Canada's ruling Conservatives out of office on Friday and trigger an election in a risky gamble that they can claw back a widening gap in opinion polls. But the Conservatives, in power since 2006 with two successive minority governments, are riding high. Polls show Prime Minister Stephen Harper holding onto power in an early May election and most likely strengthening his position.
"The Prime Minister and his Conservatives are in

KARACHI - The staff working at hospitals and clinics should be fully trained for proper disposal of hospital waste, University of Karachi Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shahana Kazmi pointed out at a workshop held on Friday. The workshop was held under the auspices of the Department of Microbiology of the Jinnah University for Women (JUW) at the university's premises. Twenty-five people selected from among 250 hospitals in the metropolis attended the moot. The organisers said that the

KARACHI - Despite clear instructions from the Supreme Court, the provincial government and the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) are yet to ensure proper implementation of the industrial waste disposal plan, it has been learnt.
Well-placed sources told Pakistan Today that the provincial and the city governments seem reluctant to take measures for disposing of industrial waste efficiently, as directed by the apex court.
Taking suo motu notice of environmental pollution

ISLAMABAD - In the absence of a proper procedure of hospital waste management across Pakistan, people are exposed to health risks from the infectious waste which can cause diseases like Hepatitis B and C and HIV AIDS.
This was stated by health experts on Monday at a training workshop on 'safe management of biomedical waste to the health care' workers which was attended by doctors, nurses, paramedics and sanitary workers. The workshop was organized by the National Institute of