One of the asbestos-roofed Government houses in Machakos town. The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has sounded a warning over disposal of the dangerous material. [Photo:Erastus ...

Developers whose properties have asbestos roofs will have to shoulder the cost of replacing them following a directive from State House which has approved nationwide removal of this roofing material.

• Ministries of Defence, Interior, Health facilities and schools still use asbestos roofing. • Asbestos fibres when embedded in lung tissue over time may cause serious lung diseases including ...

Among the topics at the Second Asphalt Shingles Recycling Forum, which took place April 13-14 in Minneapolis, was a discussion of removing regulatory barriers to shingle recycling. Because a few ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 23rd installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

The National Green Tribunal directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to formulate a comprehensive policy within six months for phasing out asbestos roofs from ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

The Public Servants Association has called for the immediate removal of the asbestos roof at the Department of Water and Sanitation offices in Central Road, Beaconsfield, to prevent potential health ...