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 …
Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed chaired a meeting to discuss various options for treating waste by using latest technologies for cleaner and healthier environment. During the meeting, a presentation was also given on waste-to-value technology that makes garbage disposal not only scientific but a source of sustained revenue generation for …
A petition on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari, the site of a waste treatment plant that has been lying defunct for almost two years and now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of garbage, will come up for hearing in the National Green Tribunal on October 28. The petition has …
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa announced that South Africa will soon have a Paper and Packaging Industry Plan, which will bring a significant change in the current waste management regime. "Through this plan we hope that we can commence with separation at source from household levels. This …
At a time when conflicts over beef, cow slaughter and meat exports are on the rise, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) has brought out fresh norms to tighten pollution generated in slaughterhouses across the country. There are around 4,000 authorised abattoirs in the country but it …
Sydney's fringes are serving as a dumping ground for asbestos waste as unscrupulous builders and renovators seek to avoid costly and labour-intensive legal disposal. Truckloads of the deadly fibrous construction material pulled from demolished and renovated buildings are being tipped onto roadsides, bushland, parks and, sometimes, even in the middle …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to submit a report on compliance of authorization given to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for disposal of garbage at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi landfill sites and the process for monitoring of such a compliance. The …
Based on the information received from State Pollution Control Boards/Committees, the estimated Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation in the country is 143499 MT/day and only 38771 MT/day of waste is processed/treated. Even after more than 14 years of notification of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 2000, the …
After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to continue depositing waste at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi garbage processing plant, the civic body has urged the city police to provide protection to vehicles that deposit garbage at the landfill site. The villagers have said they will …
Amidst spiking pollution levels and reeling under dengue cases, the city has something to cheer about. The Egyptian vulture – which had disappeared from the city – seemed to have made a come back. Also, this time around, ecologists have noted that “two pairs seem to have made permanent residence …
Taking note of reckless dumping of municipal waste in the temple town of Vrindavan, National Green Tribunal today slammed the civic authorities and directed removal of garbage within two weeks. "How are you dumping like this? There has to be a proper mechanism in place. We direct the Vrindavan Nagar …
UNITED NATION: In a lesson on practicing what they preach, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon served lunch made from food waste - like "Landfill Salad" - to about 30 world leaders here for the global summit on sustainable development agenda. The vegetarian menu on Sunday was designed to dramatise the fact …
Groundwater in south Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad risks contamination by decaying municipal waste being stashed at a landfill site in the Aravalli hill area of Gurgaon. A petition filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by Gurgaon residents Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on Tuesday claimed that the Bandhwari waste …
The National Green Tribunal today sought the government's response from on a plea seeking relocation of a waste treatment plant and landfill site from Aravalli hill area in Gurgaon, claiming it has led to water contamination in the area. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on East Delhi Municipal Corporation for indiscriminate dumping and burning of municipal solid waste in east Delhi. In another case, the NGT has directed the Delhi government and the Centre to hold a meeting of the high court appointed …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday constituted a committee comprising officials from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Delhi government while directing it to hold a meeting within three weeks on the issue of landfill sites in the Capital. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust & Ors. Vrs. State of Gujarat & Ors. dated 15/09/2015 regarding open dumping of municipal solid waste by the operators of the municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Khajod, …
For squeaky-clean Singapore, even the local dump is an eco-park with lush green walking trails and migratory birds. That is because Singapore buries only a fraction of its trash. This nimble, wealthy city-state crammed on an island 3½ times the size of Washington, D.C., sends only 2% of its solid …
While Industrial Waste Management Association (IWMA), Chennai, has made known its intention to secure environment clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for establishment of Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Facility (CHWTSDF) at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board sources said it …
The trial incineration report, accessed by The Indian Express, shows that emission parameters were monitored during the five-day disposal process which started August 13 afternoon and ended early morning of August. Around 346 tonnes of hazardous waste has been lying in the Union Carbide factory since Dec 1984. A decade …
Leachate From Defunct Waste Plant Creates Polluted Lake The Haryana government may end up destroying the water recharge zone for Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad if it goes ahead with its plan of landfilling quarry pits near Pali village in Faridabad Aravalis. Scientists and geologists TOI spoke to said the Aravalis …
