The Tata Swach, a revolutionary new household water filter combines the inexpensive carbon of burnt rice husks with silver nano-particles to kill and remove deadly microbes including cholera, E coli, and the rotavirus. The Swach doesn’t need electricity or running water and it’s hugely affordable.

Indians don’t have the luxury of tap water that’s rigorously tested and treated. They need to filter or boil their water because the stuff their government sends them is often dangerous. This was driven home last month when, during a seven-day boat journey down the Ganges, I passed a sewage pipe pouring waste into the river just upstream of a pumping station that in turn sent the dirty water right back into people’s homes…

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Scientists are reporting that household washing machines seem to be a major source of so-called “microplastic” pollution—bits of polyester and acrylic smaller than the head of a pin—that they now have detected on ocean shorelines worldwide. Their report describing this potentially harmful material appears in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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About 5,300 tons of Congress´ trash will soon be sent to waste-to-energy facilities.

Up to 90% of the U.S. Capitol Complex´s nonrecyclable solid waste will be shipped each year to local high-temperature incinerators and used to fuel generators that will produce electricity for the Capitol’s power grid, The New York Times reported. - http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rss2.html?id=1317998133

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Green discovery uses waste glass to clean up water - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111006122211.htm

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CII, Israel ink pact for water management technology

The CII- Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII - Godrej GBC), a division of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has entered into a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour of the State of Israel (MOITAL), here.

As part of the agreement, water management solutions and technologies would be exchanged between the two countries under the Israel NewTech programme, which provides water management solutions.

As Israel has been dealing with water-related issues for the last 40 years, it has the best expertise in water management and provides its technology to other countries, said Oded Distel, director of MOITAL.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cii-israel-ink-pact-for-water-management-technology/440802/

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