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 …
Sri Lankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, staying true to its Green Vision, ""To be a Planet Friendly Airline accomplishing sustainable and advantageous business development," has initiated many programmes to conserve environment by reducing the carbon footprint. Its latest green initiative, the first in-house model biogas plant, situated …
The National Green Tribunal today warned Jindal Urban Infrastructure Ltd (JUIL), a company of Jindal Saw Group Ltd, to ensure its waste disposal plant in Okhla here complies with NGT's directions or faces closure. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave the direction while declining the plea …
Of the 800 tonnes waste the civic body manages everyday, around five per cent is plastics With a renewed vigour the Coimbatore Corporation will soon launch a drive against the use of plastic bags less than 40-micron thickness. The Corporation will table a subject in this regard before the Council …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) waste-to-green energy project from processing garbage in Hadapsar has run into trouble. Mumbai-based Rochem Separations Systems (India) Pvt Ltd, which was operating the plant on a build-operate-transfer basis to process 700-tonne dry waste and generate 10 MW electricity every day, has failed to run …
The Corporation has enlisted the services of a Madurai-based firm to generate electricity from recycled waste collected from the Ramaiyanpatti garbage dump. The company proposes to generate 2 MW of electricity every hour, which will be sold to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation. AAPL Infra Private Limited, Madurai, …
In its effort to find a solution to the problem of waste accumulating at the Vellalore dump yard, the Coimbatore Corporation has planned to establish a waste-to-energy plant. According to Commissioner G. Latha, the civic body was in the very initial stages of the project in that it was readying …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city. It is, however, not clear what the BMC plans to do with the power that is generated. Additional municipal commissioner Mohan Adtani …
Lucknow: After getting a positive response from Akhilesh Yadav gover nment, the US-based company, Renewable Energy Alternatives (REA), has begun its search for land to set up the waste-to-energy project in the state. The big project is proposed to come up over an area of around 10 acres. The company …
The city's waste-to-power dream will soon become a reality, with BWSSB all set to harness energy from one of the 10 sewage treatment plants (STPs) proposed in chief minister Siddaramaiah's budget. Narayana, BWSSB chief engineer (Cauvery project), said the STP set to come up in Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) valley (along Old …
Rs.350-crore facility will be capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste daily Finally, the government has zeroed in on the technology to be adopted at the proposed solid waste treatment plant in Brahmapuram. Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali told The Hindu on Monday that the new facility would adopt …
: Adding a new dimension to the case related to pollution caused by the Okhla waste-to-energy plant, the National Green Tribunal on Friday has directed the UP government to verify claims of that emissions from the Delhi plant are adversely affecting environment and wildlife of Okhla Bird Sanctuary in Noida. …
Experts Suggest Implementation Of The Project Through Clean Kerala Co At a time when the cash-strapped city corporation is struggling to identify suitable projects to avail funds from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission (JNNURM), experts have suggested the setting up of a model solid waste treatment unit at Brahmapuram. …
A new renewable energy technology that can dissuade farmers from burning stubble in the open was launched in the fields of Khwaspura village by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, here today. The project titled Energy Harvest takes agricultural waste left over from the harvest such as rice and …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to harness energy from waste biomass - mainly leaves collected from various streets and plants. Though the AMC at the moment prepares compost out of vegetative waste it collects from the city, senior officials suggested developing a special anaerobic plant to generate methane …
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Turkish companies should consider launching power generation projects from solid waste in five big cities of Punjab and submit final recommendations regarding practicable projects. Talking to a delegation from a Turk power generation company in Model Town, the chief minister said …
The Waste Busters have the won the 10th Annual Environment Excellence Award 2013 from National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) for their project, “Waste-to-Energy through Gasification.” A panel of jury and the governing body of NFEH unanimously declared the organisation’s vision and its implementation impressive and rated its project, …
BMC will invite an expression of interest (EoI) from companies for setting up five waste-to-energy plants in the city. The initiative is part of the corporation’s attempt to ease pressure off the city’s two landfills at Deonar and Mulund, which have exceeded capacity as the appointed contractors refuse to process …
A Spanish resort town with sprawling golf courses and tree-lined beaches has added another green site to its attractions: the world's first plant to convert sewage into clean energy. The facility in Chiclana de la Frontera on the southwest tip of Spain uses wastewater and sunlight to produce algae-based biofuel …
UK cities pay to send rubbish to Norwegian incinerators, but green campaigners warn of dangers For a country blessed with bountiful oil supplies, it may appear incongruous. But Norway is importing as much rubbish as it can get its hands on, in an effort to generate more energy by burning …
Coimbatore Corporation is going to replicate a Singapore power project that utilises domestic waste to generate electricity. Mayor S.M. Velusamy told journalists here on Thursday that half the 800 tonnes of waste generated every day in the city was disposed of through landfills at Vellalore, and the rest could be …
