Thailand is slowly starting to ease lockdown rules. While it is too premature to say whether the plastic waste levels are expected to go down, some delivery outlets have started offering bio-degradable containers and cutlery. Some online shopping companies are also giving the option of receiving packages without the use of plastic. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus aggravates Thailand’s plastic waste crisis
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Boozy travellers start bonfires, dump rubbish and empty toilets at millionaires’ paradise Sandbanks
Redknapp is one of the most high-profile residents in the area and boasts a stunning beach house complete with indoor pool and floor to ceiling windows. … [Read more...] about Boozy travellers start bonfires, dump rubbish and empty toilets at millionaires’ paradise Sandbanks
Central Indiana trash levels surged amid stay-at-home order
Indianapolis city employees handle residential trash collection for about 120,000 households. Republic handles 135,000 households and Waste Management about 16,700. The city pays both companies per household per month. The contractors dispose the waste they collect and invoice the city. Cost is based on tonnage. … [Read more...] about Central Indiana trash levels surged amid stay-at-home order
Ice cream worth Rs 15 crore lost due to power cuts in Cyclone Amphan hit Kolkata
“Our factory is near Dhulagarh in Howrah and there is still no power. We are spending around Rs 70,000 every day in diesel to run the generators just to maintain the stock and keep the machines running. Every day we used to produce around 50,000 litres of ice cream. But for the past seven days there has been no production,” said Gaurav Khemani, managing director of the company that produces Rollick Ice Cream. … [Read more...] about Ice cream worth Rs 15 crore lost due to power cuts in Cyclone Amphan hit Kolkata
Reopen Koyambedu market with safety regulations in place, traders’ associations say
S. Chandran, a wholesale trader, said, “Only 50%-60% of the business is being carried out. The absence of small markets in the city is reflected in the wholesale trade. We get only 25% of retailers who are regular to the Koyambedu market. A sack of 80 kg of cabbage was sold for Rs. 300 on Thursday to prevent wastage. “Consumers are also affected as vegetables are priced high at the retail markets in the city,” he added. … [Read more...] about Reopen Koyambedu market with safety regulations in place, traders’ associations say
