PUNE: The city climbed three ranks in the Swachh Survekshan (survey) ranking and made it to the list of top 10 clean cities in the country. Read More At https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-bags-10th-rank-in-country-in-cleanliness-survey/articleshow/64715075.cms

PUNE: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) on Friday appealed to its residents not to throw coconut shells, tyres and plastic which will collect water in their residential areas. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pcb-appeal-for-cleanliness/articleshow/64548539.cms

Thanks to its unique location, within the ecological hotspot that’s the Western Ghats, the city’s many hills have blessed it with an incredible green cover. But the preservation of this natural heritage remains a challenge for the civic administration. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/punes-hills-are-ecological-hotspots-lets-not-interfere/articleshow/64488947.cms

PUNE: Indian brands account for 87% of the plastic wastegenerated in the city. This was revealed in a token ‘brand audit of plastic materials’ carried out by PMC and wastepickers’ collective SWaCH recently. “The audit highlighted the names of brands and manufacturers whose post-consumer plastic waste is most prevalent in waste from households and the particular riverside,” auditors said. ReadContinue reading

Pune: The state forest department, in association with the state reserve police force, non-government organisations and citizens, on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5), will organise programmes to drive home the message to stop the use of plastics and look after the Western Ghats. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/state-bodies-ngos-to-focus-on-plastic-menace-on-world-environment-day/articleshow/64420985.cms

Anjali Deshpande, Nirmala Thormote, and others in a Warje neighbourhood have made their intent clear with the very name of their NGO – the ‘Do Save Foundation‘.They have established something of a cooperative of housing societies; it’s an ever-expanding list. Their work is almost game-changing: the collection and disposal of garbage with minimal impact to the environment,Continue reading