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 …
DuPont and Procter & Gamble (P&G;) have teamed up on a new initiative to use renewable agricultural biomass in the production of Tide-branded laundry detergent. In a technological breakthrough which has been ten years in the making, the two companies will substitute starch ethanol made from corn kernels with a …
Environmental NGOs are applauding the efforts of the Central government to highlight the lack of sanitation and cleanliness in the city, but most experts believe there are various aspects which have not been touched upon in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan. Environment experts feel that the lack …
The purpose of this study is to outline the major trends and challenges that will shape the future of waste management for the next few decades in major metropolitan cities like Kolkata. There are certain trends and facts that more or less create the ‘bigger picture’ in which the waste …
A mere 15kg of the 120kg waste brought back from the Kas plateau entered the recycle stream, with the rest probably headed to landfills. The waste was collected as part of a solid-waste management initiative that involves tourists visiting the Unesco world heritage site. “About 120kg waste, generated at Kas …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Narayan Namdeo Yadav & Others Vs The Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 19/09/2014 regarding municipal solid waste management in the city of Nashik. Previous Orders
State Nod Expected By Weekend The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) expects approvals from all government authorities for its plan to dump the city’s waste in a state-owned quarry in Moshi, located near Pimpri Chinchwad. “The quarry in Moshi is the best option available. The administration has approached the district administration, …
The residents of Moshi have opposed the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) proposal to dump garbage in a quarry near their village. The PMC has been looking for new dumping sites following repeated opposition from the residents of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi, the two villages used for years to dump city’s …
Entrusted with the task of finding a viable solution to the mounting garbage problem that has brought a bad name to Bangalore internationally, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's Special Commissioner (Municipal Solid Waste) Darpan Jain is scrambling for ways to resolve the issue before December 1, the deadline set for …
The city corporation will soon commission a study to assess how much garbage has been dumped in the two landfills Kodungaiyur and Pallikaranai. This will be the first time the civic body is compiling data to understand the quantity and type of waste generated. This, officials said, will help them …
A blaze at a vast rubbish dump home to six million tonnes of putrefying trash and toxic effluent has kindled fears that poor planning and lax law enforcement are tipping Thailand towards a waste crisis. Locals had long pressed for the closure of the foul-smelling Praeksa landfill site, which is …
Corpn, Voluntary Groups To Start Pilot Project In Zone 13 From October. People in the city started an active civic movement to clean the city's beaches and roads in the '90s. With the garbage problem completely out of hand 20 years later, and Corporation of Chennai's plan to close the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors. dated 29/08/2014 regarding landfill dumping site at Achan, Srinagar. The Tribunal has directed the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation to discuss with the State Government …
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western India bench in Pune on Tuesday asked the Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) to seek authorization from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) about the Top stone quarry. The NGT told the KMC to apply for authorization and also directed the MPCB to check whether …
Scientists, experts, environmentalists and concerned citizen groups yesterday stressed that they would join hands to take legal action against the government’s latest move to dump garbage at a site in Puttalam, which they claimed was paleodiversity haven in the country. Paleontologist cum researcher, Kelum Manamendraarachchi told The Island that the …
More than 27 tonnes of ammonium leaches from an Oxford wetland into the River Thames every year, reports the Natural Environment Research Council Abandoned landfill sites throughout the UK routinely leach polluting chemicals into rivers, say scientists. At Port Meadow, on the outskirts of Oxford, about 27.5 tonnes of ammonium …
To reduce the dumping of waste in landfills, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is adopting a holistic approach to dispose of different types of waste. Last month, BBMP called for an expression of interest from service providers who have the technology, manpower and infrastructure to process different kinds of waste. …
The general body of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday rejected the civic administration's proposal to develop garbage dumping ground and biomedical waste treatment plant on a 12-acre plot at Puikhadi on the outskirts of the city. The decision is a setback to the KMC's efforts to tackle the …
In an effort to decentralise management of waste in the city, the BMC, with technical support from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will soon set up a 20-metric tonne biogas plant at Deonar Abattoir by year-end. The new plant will replace the current dysfunctional four-metric tonne plant and will …
General Motors is composting food waste from its global headquarters in Detroit, US, for redistribution in urban farming initiatives throughout the city in what it is calling a "circular" initiative. The company's multi-office tower is already a zero waste to landfill site, but it also owns the Renaissance Centre - …
Around 1,300 metric tones of solid municipal waste will be used to generate around 12 MW power After missing several deadlines, the ambitious waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur is set to become operational within a month. Around 1,300 metric tones of solid municipal waste will be used to generate around 12 …
