Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
A prototype toilet has been launched on a UK university campus to prove that urine can generate electricity, and show its potential for helping to light cubicles in international refugee camps. Students and staff at the Bristol-based University of the West of England are being asked to use the working …
Uniqueness of Indian waste means that technology is yet to be developed A large metropolis is a good place to study the magnitude of the problems of solid waste man agement in Indian cities. In Bengaluru, now often called the garbage city, lorries collect and carry solid waste far out …
Residents of Okhla's Sukhdev Vihar are celebrating an imminent victory over a `polluting' waste-to-energy plant in their neighbourhood. Several of them led by an Aam Aadmi Party worker met chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with a petition to shut down the plant. Residents said Kejriwal agreed to close the plant. If …
In a bid to boost generation of eco-friendly (NCE) power in Andhra Pradesh, the Naidu government has mooted ramping up the installed capacity of non-conventional energy generation sources to 1635MW during fiscal 2015-16 from 1085MW in the current fiscal, a jump of 550MW. The proposals have been submitted by the …
State government has decided to build renewable energy plants having total capacity of 11,500MW. It has set a target of completing the project by 2019. The project is being executed under prime minister's mission to create renewable energy potential of one lakh MW. Energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the media …
The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune is going to hear the Top quarry case on Monday. The case was filed by residents of Top village, 11km away from the city, who were opposing the dumping of garbage in the quarry located near the village …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Village Panchayat of Top VsThe State of Maharashtra dated 09/02/2015 regarding regarding installation of municipal solild waste (MSW) plant at village Top, District Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The order mentions that "The information given in tabular form by …
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) commitee has consented to revive Solid Waste Treatment Plant (SWTP) at Patvi. The project is expected to be revived by next month. Deputy Commissioner (DC) MS Brar today said he had put forth a case in favour of the SWTP’s revival before the EIA committee. …
The Punjab government plans to set up a biogas compressed natural gas (CNG) plant, on a pilot basis, in every district, to harness the potential of the state. Punjab New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said he had conceived the project would be installed on a build-own-operate basis. …
Report on solid waste management in the urban local bodies in Odisha in pursuance of orders of Honourable National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 15/01/2015.
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to produce 100 mega watt (MW) of green energy by 2019-20 for which it will spend Rs 93 crore in the current financial year. It will produce 16.2 MW of solar and wind power in the year 2015-16 and spend another Rs 4.5 crore for …
KISERIAN, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Maasai pastoralists have found an innovative way to generate biogas: using animal blood and waste from the Keekonyokie slaughterhouse. The facility in Kenya’s Kajiado County uses the gas it produces to generate electricity that powers the meat cold room and processing equipment. It also …
The waste produced by every human being can be the key to producing energy and potable water in developing countries that lack sanitation. Janicki Industries Inc., with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has developed a system, the Omniprocessor, that converts human feces into electricity and clean drinking …
This compendium is a joint initiative by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and UNDP India which provides a compilation of Simple Solutions to address climate change for India which could be utilized by people from all walks of life. It will help every concerned citizen in the country to understand …
A new waste treatment plant capable of turning flue gas treatment residues (FGT) into carbon-negative building products has been granted planning permission to be built in Bristol. The plant, managed by waste treatment firm Carbon8, uses patented technology to recycle FGT residues from Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities, converting it …
Punjab being a major agricultural state of India produces main crops such as paddy, wheat, pulses, barley, cotton, maize, arhar, mustard, rapeseed, sesamum, sugarcane and ground nut. Presently about half of the crop residue is being utilized for local needs like food for animals, home fuel and thatching materials. Remaining …
Increasing the cost of fuels, growing concern of global warming and increasing demand of electrical energy, a compact, less polluting and efficient gas turbine power plant with regenerator and a suitable Waste Heat Recovery Steam Generator (WHRSG) presents a very attractive concept. Developments in metallurgical sciences, protective coatings and cooling …
It's been a year since a delegation of 25 officials from the German government's nodal agency, Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), visited the civic body's compost plant for a pilot project involving the conversion of waste to energy, but the project is yet to kick start. The project, which will …
New Delhi: In a bid to integrate and offer better working conditions to kabadiwalas and ragpickers in the national capital, civic body officials are working on a scheme to bring them under a formal organised system. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation along with its East Delhi counterpart is going to …
KOLHAPUR: The civic body has cancelled its plan to set up the proposed 180-tonne waste-to-energy plant and is instead planning to start the unit in two phases - first, by setting up a facility to treat 100 tonnes of garbage and in the second start treating the remaining 80 tonnes, …
