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PUNE: A solution is in sight to the long pending problem of scientific disposal of daily garbage in Wagholi. The Wagholi gram panchayat has initiated steps to sign an agreement with a private agency to set up a mixed garbage processing plant. Read More at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/waste-processing-plant-to-come-up-in-wagholi/articleshow/64151373.cms

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PUNE: Wastepickers’ collective SWaCH has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to initiate a discussion on the use of multi-layered plastics in Maharashtra. Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) said these multi-layered plastics used for packaging chips, wafers, biscuits, chocolates and candies are the actual problem for wastepickers. “Besides, this kind of plastic waste is non-recyclable,” Aparna Susarla ofContinue reading

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Pimpri Chinchwad: The civic body has invited social groups to contribute to this year’s environment status report to be submitted on July 31 by giving suggestions. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s environment department chief, Sanjay Kulkarni, said, “The municipal corporation has started preparing the report as per the guidelines of the Maharashtra Pollution ControlContinue reading

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PUNE: Nearly 7,300 backyard gardens from Pune and various other districts across the state will be developed for growing veggies for the anganwadis. In an initiative proposed by the officials of the Women and Child Development Department, the backyard gardens will be first developed in eight districts — Pune, Thane, Palghar, Yavatmal, Jalgaon, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Wardha. ToContinue reading

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PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: Livable Hinjewadi — an initiative launched by social organisations and IT professional residing in Hinjewadi, Maan and Marunji villages to make the area livable — will focus on increasing greenery, maintaining cleanliness and improving the groundwater table. Ravindra Sinha, a member of the Hinjewadi IT Park Residents’ Welfare Association (HIRWA), said, “The MIDC acquired landContinue reading

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