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 …
The civic authorities on Wednesday started demolishing encroachments on Bikramgarh Jheel, off South City, that has shrunk from 100 to 20 bighas following rampant landfill by a section of realtors.
KOCHI: The managers of non-degradable waste in the city are a relieved lot as the Refuse- Derived Fuel (RDF) plant at Brahmapuram is all set to open on April 16. Once the RDF plant becomes operational, the overall efficiency of the Brahmapuram solid-waste plant will increase considerably. This will help …
This article presents the results of an experimental activity aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the environmental performance of using municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash to produce glass frit for ceramic glaze (glaze frit). The process includes an industrial pretreatment of bottom ash that renders the material suitable …
The aim of the study was to create awareness on the effect of dumpsite on groundwater in developing countries, especially Nigeria. In order to achieve this, water samples were obtained from 20 randomly selected hand dug wells and boreholes in the area, in February and August, 2006. 10 leachates samples …
Municipal authorities in Mumbai could take a cue from Navi Mumbai on managing building debris dumped in landfills. Maharashtra’s City and Industrial Development Corporation (cidco) and a non-profit, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), have jointly set up a plant in Navi Mumbai that converts debris into relatively cheap …
Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis San Francisco: Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a way to make an Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products, which are tough on the environment. The breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that …
After its segregated door-to-door garbage collection pilot project met success in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to take the project a step further. Besides implementing the project in all municipal zones in the Capital, the MCD has also decided to introduce new and smaller auto-tippers. …
Onthespot - Topsia water body An alleged attempt to fill a pond on Topsia Road (South) has united residents in the area in a bid to save it. Water from this pond has helped douse many a fire in Topsia.
This report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development deals with action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their 38th Report(Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on "Solid Waste Management
PCBs, used to manage risks from the flammability of dielectric fluids and to increase the durability of elastic sealants, had declining environmental concentrations after legislation banning new production was passed during the 1970s and 1980s in Europe and North America. To answer why PCB temporal trends are now nearly stable …
Non-engineered waste dumps like the one at Sonsodo near Margao have created more problems than solutions to waste disposal. Foul smell and leachate generated at such dumps give rise to unhygienic conditions detrimental to human health. Only engineered landfills can provide a better solution to this menace, avowed Dr Purnanand …
Acting on the directions of the High Court following a massive fire at the landfill site, the Forest Department has moved the case for diversion of nine hectares land at Baral village on the Tutu-Tara Devi bypass for scientific dumping of non-biodegradable waste. It was only yesterday that the Forest …
Public pressure may have forced the Mumbai municipality to plan closure of the landfill site at Deonar in the eastern suburb. But the municipality's decision to pay tipping fees of Rs 445 for treating each tonne of waste in the landfill has become controversial. In August 2009, an agrochemical company …
This report published by Exnora Green Pammal (EGP) and UNICEF illustrates examples of the implementation and impact of solid waste management innovations in five localities in Tamil Nadu. The solid waste management systems in these localities are widely regarded as successes that deserve replication. This document has been produced to …
Almost a week after the order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, a high powered committee constituted by the court to look into the reasons of fire at Shimla
New Delhi: Once a part of the Bhalswa landfill site in northwest Delhi near Rohini, over 20 acres of land close to the Mukarba Chowk will soon turn into a lush green patch. Public Works Department (PWD) officials said that the ongoing work would take six months to complete. The …
