Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Vs Subhash C Pandey & Others dated 07/04/2025. The affidavit of compliance was filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation regarding implementation of the suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The SC granted time to the …
GURGAON: Concerned over continuous formation of leachate from Bandhwari landfill and waste treatment plant, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to submit ground report in a month. The direction has come over a petition filed by environment activist Vivek Kamboj for sifting of Bandhwari …
Balkan countries once divided by war, nationalism and religion have been quietly uniting to confront a common foe: rubbish. Under the rubric of the Let’s Do It campaign, Albanian and Kosovar activists jointly cleared their border area and the polluted Lake Vermica last April, in a Wombles-style campaign that has …
Scrap tires have been on environmentalists' blacklist for decades. They pile up in landfills, have fed enormous toxic fires, harbor pests and get burned for fuel. Scientists trying to rid us of this scourge have developed a new way to make synthetic rubber. And once this material is discarded, it …
Only 450 of 13,000 medical shops enrolled in KSPCB’s project Going by the indication of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) pilot project to pick up medical waste, a significant part of the pharmaceuticals that remain unsold in the city end up in our landfills and garbage heaps. In just …
Nagpur: Parboiled rice mills, which come under Central Pollution Control Board's 'Orange Category' (second most polluting industry), are contributing immensely to air and water pollution in Gondia district, home to over 50 such mills. Recent visits to some industries by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials revealed that Effluent Treatment …
Civic bodies across Chhattisgarh would now have to acquire environmental clearance first for use of landfill sites for safe disposal of solid waste. The Directorate of Urban Administration and Development Department has issued necessary directives to this effect, officials informed. The directives are in compliance with Solid Waste Management Rule …
Kolhapur: The civic body recently got the final nod of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and other departments to dump waste at the Takala landfill site. The MPCB has prescribed that the waste to be dumped at the landfill site should have more than 77% inert meterial so that …
A recent study by the Delhi University has revealed the presence of harmful chemicals and heavy metals in the city’s groundwater resources. If this groundwater is consumed, according to the study, it can lead to serious health problems in the nervous system, kidneys and the digestive tract. Titled Groundwater Environment …
The Government of India notified Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016 by superseading Plastic Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. As per the Rule ‘6(2)(d)’ of PWM Rules, 2016, processing and disposal of non-recyclable fraction of plastic waste shall be in accordance with the Guidelines issued by the Central Pollution …
Alleging that business houses are lobbying for environmental clearances, Shaikh said that all waste processing activities are inevitably done in the eastern suburbs. A DAY after Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi objected to the Rs 1,000-crore waste-to-energy project near the Deonar dumping ground, party corporator Rais Shaikh told Municipal …
We estimate models of consumer food waste awareness and attitudes using responses from a national survey of U.S. residents. Our models are interpreted through the lens of several theories that describe how pro-social behaviors relate to awareness, attitudes and opinions. Our analysis of patterns among respondents’ food waste attitudes yields …
Environment experts in the capital feel that the NGT order banning diesel vehicles 15 years or older will cause more harm than good as the current number of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) units are not adequate to support the scrapping load. Around 1.8 lakh vehicles would be scrapped at the 3,200 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sheikh Altaf & Others Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 18/07/2016 regarding loss of lives and injuries to persons and the damage to the property attributable to illegal dumping of MSW against the old …
The city generated around 350 tonnes of garbage of which 250 were being processed at the garbage plant. THE CIVIC body has failed in monitoring its transportation and disposal of garbage over the years. Despite several proposals of installation of GPS in the garbage collection vehicles and a mobile application …
Americans throw away almost as much food as they eat because of a “cult of perfection”, deepening hunger and poverty, and inflicting a heavy toll on the environment. Vast quantities of fresh produce grown in the US are left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly …
There is no technical limitation at cement plants to increase the share of alternative fuels from 36% now to 95% EU-wide. In a recent study for Cembureau, Ecofys has investigated how the European cement industry could contribute to Europe’s waste-to-energy capacity. Accelerating the uptake of alternative fuels in the cement …
(The following is an excerpt from Not in my Backyard: Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities written by Sunita Narain and Swati Singh Sambyal of the Centre for Science and Environment. The book will be released on July 11, 2016) Urban India faces an enormous challenge: managing its gigantic load …
Kolhapur: The civic body on Saturday clarified that the landfill site being developed at Takala will be utilised only for dumping inert material and not fresh solid waste. Several organisations have raised the doubts over the intention of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) to use the landfill site, which is …
South Corporation on Wednesday finally launched its first integrated project for collection and transportation of solid waste to make parts of south Delhi dhalao-free. In the past few years, all three corporations have failed in this endeavour. Inaugurating the project, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said, “This project has an …
Over the past two years, petroleum prices have plummeted, at one point dropping to 70% below June 2014 levels. As prices have fallen, they’ve dragged down the cost of virgin plastic, which is made from oil. In many areas, it now costs more to recycle old plastic than to make …
