Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
BENGALURU: Six years after becoming the first urban body in the country to announce it’ll collect sanitary and medical waste separately, the BBMP’s efforts to put in place a proper mechanism to ensure its effective implementation has run into a cost conundrum. Three private plants at Malur, Hoskote and Devanahalli …
Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the Philippine capital provides refuge to migratory birds and a thick mangrove forest there serves as a natural typhoon barrier for millions of city dwellers. Yet empty plastic water and soda bottles protrude from the sand, tattered clothes and …
A third of all waste generated in cities of Latin America and the Caribbean ends up in open dumps or in the environment, polluting soil, water and air, and threatening the health of the population, according to a UN Environment report. 145,000 tons are inadequately disposed every day in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Basant Pant, Editor Dehradun Ki Jhalak Vs. State of Uttarakhand dated 09/10/2018. Proceedings have been initiated in this matter on a letter alleging that there is lot of waste dumped in the area from Kaddukhal Bazar to Surkanda Devi Temple …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/10/2018 regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Senior Additional Advocate General submits that proposals have been made in respect of the integrated MSW treatment plant in question, and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suo Motu Proceedings initiated against the Unscientific of accumulated Waste leading to environmental pollution and health problem Vs. State of Kerala & Others dated 03/10/2018 regarding waste management in Kerala. National Green Tribunal while expressing its dissatisfaction at the manner …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri V. Eswaran, Coimbatore Vs. The District Collector, Coimbatore & Others dated 03/10/2018 regarding dumping of solid waste in the Vellalore dump yard and landfill site falling with the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation area which, as per the applicant, has been …
Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Municipal Council, Kullu Vs The State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 01/10/2018 regarding unplanned dumping of waste in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Municipal Council, Kullu assured the court that an alternative site for dumping waste will …
In an unprecedented move against plastic pollution in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic by 2030. At a recent town hall meeting, newly appointed minister in charge of environment matters Yeo Been Yin revealed that the country will launch a road map towards zero-use plastics …
By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tonnes of waste annually, increasing drastically from today’s 2.01 billion tonnes. What a Waste presents national and urban waste management data from around the world and highlights the need for urgent action. The publication provides a snapshot on how waste …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanju Monica Vs. State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 19/09/2018. The applicant seeks to assail construction of a Decentralized Micro Composting Centre under a Special Solid Waste Management Project in the city of Salem. It is alleged that the …
AHMEDABAD: Six years ago, on September 13, 2012, even before Swachhta Survekshan rankings were born as buzzwords, Ahmedabad had committed itself to becoming a zero-waste city by 2031. A road map document was released, the only of its kind in the country with the help of United Nations Center for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jitender Yadav Vs. Union of India & Others dated 12/09/2018. In this application, direction has been sought to remove the waste, including plastic waste from the existing site which is in the forest area to any other suitable site as …
The number one issue for British shoppers in the next decade will be to reduce packaging and use more recyclable materials, according to new research. For perhaps the first time, the public puts environmental considerations around plastic waste above the price of goods when shopping. The research, carried out by …
There are dreamers and there are doers. Boyan Slat of the Netherlands is both. 5 years ago at the age of 18, he founded The Ocean Cleanup, an organization dedicated to removing plastic debris from the oceans of the world. To date, it has raised $20 million in funding, which …
Ghazipur, a 29-acre garbage dump on the fringes of Ghaziabad commissioned in 1985 for dumping daily solid waste from New Delhi has not only started affecting the health conditions of residents of Ghaziabad villages in the vicinity, the pile itself has grown exponentially this year by meters from 60m in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mothers Pride Public School Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 04/09/2018 regarding quashing of order passed by the District Magistrate, Sitapur in the matter of dumping of garbage at City Waste Garbage Dump Yard in violation of Solid …
This report was prepared in support of GGGI’s Green Cities Development Program in Lao PDR. Following a request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (henceforth Lao PDR) Government, GGGI has been conducting a green city pilot program in the capital city, Vientiane, to demonstrate how this concept could be implemented …
The court observed that in accordance with the terms of reference, the committee may submit its report, preferably within three months. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that an expert committee to deal with the issue of solid waste management in Delhi, should take the matter seriously and …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the setting up of a high-powered 24-member committee comprising senior bureaucrats, scientists, members from civil society and director of Swachh Bharat Mission to find a solution to the problem of processing and disposing of solid waste in the capital. A bench of Justices Madan …
