‘I took an oath to protect our nation and our flag once, and I still do,’ added the guy. Last week, a garbage collector in Utah was recorded grabbing an American flag from the trash and carefully folding it when he believed no one was looking. According to Fox 13, Don “Munch” Gardner, a Marine … Read more
“Plastic still has value,” said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory. “I believe that plastic is one of the misunderstood materials.” Her start-up recycles tonnes of plastic intended for landfills into eco-friendly bricks that are stronger, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Usually at night one comes across mainly teenage garbage pickers carrying big sacks and torches that are fixed to their caps. They are usually looking for items like plastic utensils, glass, metals, paper and cartons from the garbage dumps in the residential and commercial areas of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) on Wednesday signed memoranda of understandings (MoUs) with Korangi Association of Trade and Industries (KATI) and Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) to collect garbage from the Korangi industrial area and carry out sanitation work. Read more: Chinese company paying less salaries to sanitary workers, admits SSWMB Welcoming the … Read more
KARACHI: Site Limited managing director Munawar Ali Mahesar has expressed keen interest in the development of the Site area through sound and secure infrastructure, a statement said. He agreed with the industrialists about the strategic importance of the first industrial estate of Pakistan that is also responsible for a large percentage of total exports and … Read more
Karachi Commissioner, while enforcing section 144 Code of Criminal Procedure on open dumping of garbage, ordered arrest and punishment. According to the details, the Karachi Commissioner enforced section 144 for two months for cleaning the garbage from the city of Quaid. Following the order issued by the Commissioner Karachi, those who throw garbage apart from … Read more
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visits various areas of the city to assess the cleanliness situation here on Sunday. According to the details, CM Sindh visits many areas to take notice on garbage issue, directed the Commissioners to take action against the garbage throwers. Sadly, the Sindh government’s cleaning campaign also did not … Read more
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held meeting with an eight-member World Bank delegation led by their Global Director for Urban, Resilience and Land Practice Groups Dr Sameh Naquib Wahba Tadros. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has allocated $10 million for improving Sindh Solid Waste Management Authority (SSWMA) on recommendation of the World … Read more
The Government of Sindh offered on Monday a Turkish company to remove garbage from Karachi. Officials of the Turkish company, OZPAK J V, met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Minister for Local Bodies Nasir Hussain Shah at the CM House on Monday. Speaking to the media, Shah said the company would be tasked … Read more
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to launch first ever month-long massive drive to ‘Clean My Karachi’ in which over 600 dumpers, shovels, tractors and 4000 workers would participate all over the city. He took this decision on Thursday while presiding over a follow up meeting to review cleanliness arrangements made for … Read more
Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani announced on Tuesday Rs100,000 reward for anyone identifying the miscreants involved in deliberately throwing garbage on the roads and choking sewerage lines in Karachi. Saeed Ghani made the announcement while speaking to the media on Tuesday. He said anyone who makes video of, send it to the Sindh government via … Read more
Saifullah Kashmiri, a determined man, is visiting the important tourist locations across the country with an intention to clean them. According to details, 42 year old Saifullah is travelling the country on his motorbike to clean the locations and to pick up the garbage himself. Saifullah Kashmiri started his journey of cleaning Pakistan from Gwadar … Read more
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday rued the “political games” being played over the mounting garbage issue in Karachi, holding the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pak Sarzameen Party and the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf responsible for the “three-way” fight. Speaking to media in Thatta, the chief minister said politics had started over the problem, … Read more
