During last August’s torrential rains, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) identified the new culprit that was clogging drains and flooding the city. It was thermocol – the packaging ...

With Ganesh Chaturthi set to be celebrated on August 27, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued a set of guidelines urging devotees to opt for eco-friendly idols and to ensure that ...

Minister Sellur K Raju said the idea to cover the dam with thermocol came from a "source." NEW DELHI: In an attempt to conserve water in Tamil Nadu's Vaigai dam, officials of the Public Works ...

City turns to scrap material, plumbing pipes and cloth for environment-friendly decoration ahead of the Ganeshotsav in September City turns to scrap material, plumbing pipes and cloth for ...

The rather unsuccessful experiment by Minister for Cooperation Sellur K. Raju and officials using thermocol to prevent water evaporation from the Vaigai Dam has been ridiculed and panned by critics ...

Bengaluru's Koramangala has opened a new thermocol and mattress processing centre. This facility significantly increases ...

Pune: A Karvenagar resident had a peculiar problem with thermocol. “The waste collectors refuse to take it away, and scrap dealers turned me away. At last one took it, but I had to pay a sum based on ...

It will be the second such unit in the state, the first one being in Calcutta. The decision, a source said, was made after a team from SMC, including the member, mayor-in-council (conservancy), ...

KOZHIKODE: Taking the art of recycling to the next level, a city-based inventor has developed an eco-friendly alternative to thermocol using only industrial waste, newspapers and organic gum.

Thermocol, or polystyrene foam, can no longer be used for decorations during Ganesh Chaturthi, the Bombay high court (HC) declared on Friday. The court was responding to petition, filed by the ...