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 …
New Delhi: Delhi is the highest municipal solid waste producer in the country followed by Mumbai, says a survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Delhi produces 6,800 tonnes of solid waste a day, while Mumbai generates 6,500 tonnes but in the absence of scientific …
Delhi is the largest municipal solid waste producer in the country, followed by Mumbai, says a survey by a business house. Delhi produces 6,800 tonnes of solid waste a day, while Mumbai generates 6,500 tonnes. In the absence of scientific management facilities, these cities are dumping the wastes in landfill …
It's an odd week for fuel sources. On the heels of a Mountain Dew powered engine, UK supermarket Tesco is getting flack for turning meat into energy-yah, you read that right. The food chain is burning 5,000 tons of inedible meat for fuel. The biomass processing is being handled by …
Ashutosh Kumar Pipe manufacturing major Jindal Saw, the flagship company of the Rs 40,000-crore OP Jindal group, is tapping opportunities in water as well as waste management as future areas of growth. While Jindal Water Infrastructure Ltd boasts of an order book of Rs 650 crore, Jindal Urban Infrastructure is …
First-ever state of-the-art wastage to energy power plant will be set up at Rachna industrial park on Lahore Sheikhupura Road. The park will have its own 5 to 25 megawatt power plant, which would produce energy from waste for the industries. This was stated by Mohsin Syed Regional Director of …
Power would be generated from 'bhusa (paddy/wheat chipping)' and corn stems in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh. A private company is setting up a 7.5 MW biogas power plant at Gudar village in Badwara tahsil in Katni district. Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board has already entered into an agreement to purchase …
Ahmedabad : Your drive down Pirana, on city's outskirts, makes you feel dizzy because of noxious industrial gases and stench from garbage dumps and sewage treatment plants. But now, you may say goodbye to your ordeal, thanks to a solid waste processing plant which is transforming municipal trash into pellets …
Hill station burns biogas that can meet the needs of 300 families matheran, a hill station 100 km from Mumbai, still relies on horses for transport and is off limits for motor vehicles. In March 2007, the town lived up to its green image by installing a garbage disposal plant …
kolkata: West Bengal may lose another project, this one worth Rs 600 crore, due to procedural problems and delays in clearing a project. US-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd, which was shortlisted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to implement a 54 mw power project from solid waste of Dhapa (where all …
Syed Ali Ahmed The Delhi government has decided to review an old project of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) relating to generation of power from garbage. The project was finalised when the Congress was in power in the MCD. Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said the department concerned would …
Tops and tails are becoming much more than garbage at Gills Onions, an onion processor in Oxnard, Calif. Today marks the unveiling of the company's onion-powered electrical system, a first-of-its-kind initiative to turn onion waste into energy. "This whole project is about eliminating our onion waste," explained Steven Gill, an …
Sonali Chowdhury : Waste, if efficiently treated, can be instrumental in helping the country meet its energy requirements and reducing greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Indian urban population currently produces 42 million tonnes of waste per annum
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: In a first of its kind initiative, Haryana has approved a 6 mw power plant to be set up in Barwala (district Panchkula), where power will be generated from poultry waste. As per the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (Hareda) Gurgaon-based Emergent Ventures, US-based Indus Terra Energy …
NEW DELHI: Delhi International Airport Limited, which is operating and developing Delhi airport, will soon generate electricity from solid waste. DIAL in collaboration with Selco International has won an international competitive bid to set up a municipal solid waste processing complex. The complex, which will be set up on a …
Industrial designer Virginia Gardiner has designed not just a new toilet, but a new closed-loop management system that will allow individuals to, basically, recycle their poop. Yeah, I just said that. But give her idea a few minutes of your attention, because it's really not as gnarly as it sounds. …
On August 20, 2009 during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak will receive the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize for his lifelong dedication to improve public health, advance social progress, and improve human rights in India and internationally. Dr. Pathak shares his reflections and visions on his ongoing …
Paper industry requires large amounts of energy in the form of heat. The energy requirement is met with captive and national grid power. Substantial portion of the energy requirement is met through the generation from the fossil fuels.The industry is also offering tremendous potential to save energy and such savings …
Transition from fossil fuel dominated energy to clean, carbon compliant sources demand its generation from alternative sources that could provide flexible and scalable solutions. This is the big challenge in view that the gas and coal fired installations continue to increase unabated notwithstanding the harsh realities of global warming and …
