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2018-11-29 02:14
Chemical waste leachate raising cancer worrisome: expert
TEHRAN – The leachate produced from hazardous chemical waste penetrating into the soil after rainfall pollutes water with harmful toxic substances and causes cancer, which has raised concern in northern provinces of the country, an environmental expert has said.
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2018-11-20 22:07
‘Only 15% of Tehran’s construction, demolition waste recycled’
TEHRAN – While some 50,000 tons of construction and demolition waste is produced in Tehran daily, only 10 to 15 percent of which are recycled and the rest is dumped or disposed, Mohammad Hossein Bazgir, head of Tehran’s department of environment (DOE) has said.
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2018-11-05 09:37
Poor waste management posing a challenge to DOE
TEHRAN – While proper waste management and separation of waste at source could help create many jobs and solve the country's environmental problems, the budget requested by the Department of Environment (DOE) for waste management has not been approved by the Majlis [Iranian parliament], the head of DOE’s soil and water office has said.
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2018-10-13 21:56
‘Reducing waste generation, segregation at source crucial in waste management’
TEHRAN – While reduction of waste generation and separation of waste at source are the two major processes in waste management, in Iran the focus is mainly on the last phase of waste management which is waste disposal, head of soil and water office at the Department of Environment (DOE) has said.
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2018-09-23 22:34
‘Each Iranian generates 8kg of e-waste annually’
TEHRAN – Some 8 kilogram of electronic waste per person is produced annually in Iran, which causes serious health problems in case of being left untreated, a knowledge based company director has said.
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2018-09-11 23:55
14% of total waste in Iran produced in northern coastal cities: report
TEHRAN – The amount of waste generated in the northern provinces of the country, neighboring the Caspian Sea, is snowballing at a rate of over 7,000 tons a day, holding accountable for 14 percent of the total daily 50,000 tons of waste production in the country.
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2018-08-18 16:48
Dry waste collection in Tehran up 20% in 7 months
TEHRAN – While the average dry waste collection rate has been 3 percent in the past, it will increase by 20 percent by the end of the [current Iranian calendar] year (March 20, 2019), the mayor of Tehran’s district 22 has said.
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2018-08-01 18:41
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
No water transfer to Lake Urmia: DOE chief
TEHRAN — Talking about Lake Urmia, a body of water shared between East and West Azarbaijan provinces in northwestern Iran, chief of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) put emphasis on the fact that no water transfer scheme is underway for restoration of the lake.
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2018-07-02 16:03
115 tons of medical waste produced daily in Tehran province
TEHRAN — Some 115 tons of medical waste is being generated on a daily basis in the province of Tehran, head of the waste management working group affiliated to Department of Environment has said.
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2018-06-14 14:44
‘Waste problem in Mazandaran to be resolved in 3 years’
TEHRAN —Municipalities in the northern province of Mazandaran will deal with the persisting problem of waste management in the region within the next three years, the deputy governor general of the province has said.
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2018-05-12 21:11
Mazandaran generates 3,000 tons of waste per day
TEHRAN — Some 3,000 tons of waste is generated every day in the northern province of Mazandaran and is buried in unsanitary landfills, head of the provincial department of environment has said.