Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Currently, there are two ways to manage waste in India – one is landfills and the other is incineration

The core issues remain – absence of segregation of waste at source; lack of technical Currently, there are two ways to manage waste in India – one is landfills and the other is incinerationexpertise and arrangement; no proper collection, segregation, transportation, and treatment/ disposal systems employed by ULBs.

The pathetic state of garbage disposal results from the fact that the policy-makers residing in the comparative clean Lutyens’ Delhi, have blissfully closed their eyes to the filth strewn across other parts of the country. There is no dearth of laws to keep the cities clean, but no one has the will to implement them. We simply depend upon the winds to fl y away the garbage from our vicinity into our neighbour’s backyard. That way, we’ll continue to live a degraded standard of life.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

... on the green front! Defamed by Greenpeace, Apple makes amends

“Apple knowsApple more about “clean” design than anybody, right? So why do Macs, iPods, iBooks and the rest of their product range contains hazardous substances?” reads the latest Greenpeace campaign. However, Steve Jobs still thinks that Apple is a green company and he also manifests that it is greener than its competitors like HP and Dell. “It is generally not Apple’s policy to trumpet our plans for the future. Unfortunately, this policy has left our customers and the industry in the dark about Apple’s desires and plans to become greener”.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative