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Rs-1-Lakh Award for Cleanest Ward in Navelim Constituency

In May 2019, Congress MLA Luzinho Faleiro met with the panchayat members from his constituency of Navelim to discuss waste management plans and announced a Rs 1 Lakh award for the cleanest ward amongst them. A committee is to be set up to judge the same. Meanwhile, the Goa Waste Management Corporation has agreed to…

21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

This Popup Waste Bar Hands out Beer in Exchange for Beach Trash

Drishti Marine, a private company which has been given the contract for providing lifeguarding services in Goa has implemented an innovative concept for trash collection as part of their ‘TeraMera Beach’ campaign. They set up a pop-up waste bar at the Zanzibar shack in Goa where a free beer were handed out to any customer…

21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

State Gears Up to Junk Single Use Plastic

The Goa State government has drafted the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage Control Act to ban the complete manufacture, supply, storage and use of single-use plastics and levy heavy fines for littering in public spaces. The Act is expected to be notified and adopted by September 2019. In the past, the State Government had already banned the…

21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson