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Clean-up act 'annual ritual', stink stays

Edit The Times of India 05 Jun 2016
On Monday, things will go back to normal with the same people resorting to throwing garbage on the streets and rivers ... The city is currently reeling under the issue of irregular garbage collection - the contract of the agency for waste management has long been terminated but it continues to carry out the job for lack of response for fresh tenders issued by the civic body for the work....

Possible under-delivery of nutrition using included scoop (FDA - Food and Drug Administration)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Jun 2016
Nature's One of Lewis Center, OH is voluntarily recalling three lots of PediaSmart® Dairy Vanilla complete nutrition beverage powder packaged in 12.7 ounce cans, which bear the lot numbers located on the bottom of the can ... Complaints have been received that some cans in these lots contain a 20 cc scoop to measure the product for reconstitution and feeding, rather than the 32 cc scoop that should be in the can....

Department of Fisheries to clean the coasts of Kerala

Edit Indian Express 05 Jun 2016
The sprawling and picturesque coastline of Kerala will soon become a “plastic and garbage-free” zone with the state government drawing up a comprehensive action plan to make the coastal areas clean and beautiful. Addressing a press meet here, Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma said steps would be taken to remove plastic and other garbage piled across the 590 km-long state coastline by the end of this month....

Spurt in fever cases in Thrissur

Edit The Hindu 05 Jun 2016
As the rain gains strength, the number of fever cases reported from the district is showing a gradual increase ... As many as 775 persons have been admitted in various hospitals ... Mounting garbage dumps have been causing concern in the district. In the absence of an effective waste management system, people are dumping garbage on road and at street corners. ....

Nagaon students 'adopt' road to prevent littering

Edit The Times of India 05 Jun 2016
Guwahati ... On June 5, celebrated as World Environment Day, the spunky schoolgirls will declare themselves 'green police' ... Das praised the students and said he had accepted their proposal. The municipal board has also asked residents of the area to refrain from throwing garbage on the road from 8am to 8pm ... All the dirt and garbage accumulates on the road," said Aparna Bhattacharyya, schoolteacher and motivator ... RELATED. From around the web....

TO DO LIST: Canstruction exhibit at the Gardens Mall

Edit Palm Beach Post 05 Jun 2016
“Benefits of Native Canopy,” Bill IngramThis sculpture made of ......

PediaSmart recalled for wrong dosage scoop

Edit The Morning Call 05 Jun 2016
Nature’s One of Lewis Center, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling three lots of PediaSmart®Dairy Vanilla complete nutrition beverage powder packaged in 12.7 ounce cans, which bear the lot numbers located on the bottom of the can, because the scoop is the wrong size. This product is generally consumed... ....

Kiran Bedi Joins Civic Workers To Remove Garbage

Edit NDTV 05 Jun 2016
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi joined civic workers on the World Environment Day today to lift garbage as part of efforts to make the Union Territory clean and environmentally good to attra... ....

The Day in Photos – Saturday, June 4, 2016

Edit Denver Post 05 Jun 2016
A man carries the chassis of a car on his cycle rickshaw past a heap of garbage on the eve of World Environment Day in Ahmadabad, ......

Cycle tracks lose their purpose

Edit The Times of India 05 Jun 2016
Chandigarh. City Beautiful was planned in way to suit the convenience of the cyclist ... Cycle tracks end at the roundabouts making it risky for cyclists to merge with heavy moving traffic. But the bigger problem is the dumping of garbage on these tracks ... The tracks are not well-maintained ... "How can I cycle on the track when there is a garbage bin and dump lying all the way? he questioned ... One can be rammed by a vehicle at any second ... RELATED....

Saving the planet

Edit DNA India 05 Jun 2016
-->. On World Environment Day, we asked a few TV actors what they are doing to protect nature and here’s what they had to say ... Amruta Khanvilkar ... Karan Tacker ... Gautam Rode ... I see plastic bags thrown on roads or in the garbage, which animals end up eating severely affecting their health ... I ensure that all the garbage wet and dry is separated before throwing it ... No one can litter in front of me, I object if I notice someone throwing it ... ....

Enforcement key to eco protection: CM

Edit The Hindu 05 Jun 2016
In an article released for publication on Saturday to mark World Environment Day, the Chief Minister said that, if necessary, fresh legislative measures would have to be taken to ensure proper garbage disposal and check misuse of energy and indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources ... Mr ... “We have our own development models ... Mr ... ....

Italy elections: When in Rome shake up the politics

Edit BBC News 05 Jun 2016
Romans are frustrated by potholes, piles of garbage and serious deficiencies in public transport and housing ... Prosecutors believe that most activities related to running the city - from the management of migrant centres to the handling of garbage collection - were tainted by a system of influence-peddling, entrenched across all levels of the city's administration....
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