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Also known as clean tech, green tech and environmental tech, eco-friendly technology can help preserve the environment through energy efficiency and reduction of harmful waste.

For example bamboo is one of the best eco-friendly building materials on the planet. Bamboo has a high strength-to-weight ratio and exceptional durability — even greater compressive strength than brick or concrete. 

The ECOMARK label is a certification mark issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards to products that conform to specific environmental criteria.

In India, a significant portion of the net sown area is rain-fed, with estimates often cited around 60 percent.

Eco-label is issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is represented by a pitcher or an earthen pot indicating that the product is not harmful to the environment.

Labeling of environmentally beneficial goods and resources extracted by more sustainable methods can help consumers decide which goods and services to buy product. Eco-labelling can encourage companies to develop green products and services and help consumers select more environmentally beneficial products and services.

'Eco mark' is an eco-labelling scheme of Government of India that supports environmentally friendly production practices. There is a strong emphasis on cleaner manufacturing processes in the criteria used for the granting eco-labels to products. Presently the scheme is limited to household and some consumer products to meet certain environmental criteria along with quality requirements of Indian standards. 

The products for which notifications have been issued for the criteria are toilet soaps, detergents, paper, architectural products and laundry soaps.

Eco-label is issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Construction waste is defined as debris generated from the construction, renovation, and demolition of buildings and infrastructure.

Mine tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore.

Eco-label issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is represented by a pitcher or an earthen pot indicating that the product is not harmful to the environment like as an earthen pot which is made of soil and after its use returned to it the soil. It is not causing any harmful effect on the environment.

Presently the scheme is limited to household and some consumer products to meet certain environmental criteria along with quality requirements of Indian standards. The label is known as Eco mark.

The products for which notifications have been issued for the criteria are toilet soaps, detergents, paper, architectural products and laundry soaps.

Energy efficiency does not come under the purview of eco-labelling.

The main objectives of the 'Eco mark' eco-label are as follows-

• Protecting the environment and to make consumers aware of environmental issues.
• Encouraging efficient management of renewable resources to ensure their availability to future generations.
• Promoting efficient management of non-renewable resources, including fossil fuels.
• Encouraging protection of ecosystems and species diversity.
• Encouraging proper management of chemicals to prevent pollution.

Processing of solid waste is a process that involves energy recovery from the wastes. In this nonrecyclable waste is converted into usable heat, electricity or fuel through various processes such as combustion, gasification, etc. Thus it is a process of treating solid waste which can be further put into use in any form or manner.