There are a total 21 municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration based waste to energy (WtE) plants operational in 10 states/UTs , stated the report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), April 15, 2025. 26 states/UTs have reported that no municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration-based waste to energy plants …
Hospitals no longer present a pic ture of neglect with a distasteful lingering aroma of disinfectant. Some of these modern institutions of succor are indistinguishable, in every way, from the glitzy structures that abound in the city. However, time has stood still in the area of waste manage ment and …
The European Commission (EC) has launched a debate on the future of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a move which could initiate the process to restrict its production, use and disposal. A paper published by the EC on the environmental risks posed by PVC says harmful chemicals can be released into the …
After keeping it in the storehouse for 22 years, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province government is shipping 50 tonnes of obsolete pesticide to the United Kingdom for incineration. The countries have agreed to do so under the guardianship of the German programme, GTZ, and the Provincial Environmental Protection Agency. The …
Burning household waste in containers may produce higher levels of dioxins and furans than those emitted by municipal waste incinerators catering to thousands of people. A report to this effect was carried in the February issue of Environmental Science and Technology . The two cause immune dysfunction, cancer, developmental abnormalities …
burning of household waste in one's backyard barrel may release more dioxins, furans and other chlorine-containing pollutants into the atmosphere than tonnes of trash burned by a municipal waste incinerator serving tens of thousands of homes. Furthermore, recycling could only make matters worse. Higher concentration of pollutants containing chlorine were …
"terrorism of hospital waste on humankind' was how Justice N Venkatachala described the state of untreated infectious hospital waste in India at a workshop on "Hospital Waste Management: Law and Reality' organised by the Society for Environmental Laws and Management in New Delhi on September 6. Delep Goswami of the …
uk's future Energy, a green energy accreditation scheme, is designed to give consumers the choice to buy electricity derived from environmentally-friendly sources. But Friends of the Earth ( f o e ), a non-governmental organisation ( ngo ), has accused the government of watering down the labelling system by including …
technological advances in the modern era have revolutionised the concept of hospitals. But, sadly, in most Indian hospitals there is no proper system of waste management
a government advisory panel has suggested that the Japanese government should drop the maximum tolerable daily intake of dioxin to four picograms per kilogram of body weight. For the first time, polychlorinated biphenyl's ( pcb s), toxic substances similar to dioxin, will also fall under the new standard. The recommendations …
health Care Without Harm, a us -based coalition of environmental groups accused the World Bank of "environmental racism' for backing projects that fund dioxin-producing medical waste incinerators in 20 countries around the world. The coalition published the report that claimed the bank funded projects in Africa, the Americas and Asia …
If you take a train into Manila or New Delhi on a sunny day you will notice that a greyish smog envelopes the city. It is the really fine particulate matter that you end up inhaling and this gets lodged in your lungs. It can eventually kill you. Unlike Delhi, …
a civic group in Japan, which filed a lawsuit against the Takarazuka municipal government in Hyogo province, demanding that it suspend operation of a garbage incinerator, tentatively agreed to the local government's proposed reductions in dioxin emissions from the plant. During mediation at the Kobe District Court, the Takarazuka government …
japan's health and welfare ministry will publish the names of privately operated incinerator facilities that exceed legal cancer-inducing dioxin emission limits, said ministry sources. It has also decided to release data on dioxin emissions at all government incinerating facilities, the sources said. The decision was taken in response to growing …
the conventional notion that vehicles are the main cause of atmospheric lead pollution may be wrong, according to new evidence gathered by us researchers. A recent study shows that the primary source of lead pollution in New York City is actually incinerated waste rather than leaded gasoline. The findings may …
the municipal government of Saitama, Japan, has asked an association of waste facilities to temporarily shut down incinerators after residents called for a boycott of vegetables, which were reportedly contaminated with dioxin. Officials said they will ask more than 100 industrial waste facilities in Saitama to cease operations until March …
in an attempt to stop operation of hazardous waste plant in Izmit, Turkey, Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance of the plant recently. The incinerator had been operating despite a closure order from the nation's ministry of environment. Kocaeli Environmental Protection Association ( kepa ), a local environmental group, also took …
The Delhi High Court has ordered a ban on burning and dumping of garbage in public parks and open sites. The court has also ordered the government to hand over 100 acres for new landfill sites for garbage and 50 acres for hazardous waste disposal. The court also directed the …
THE European Commission (EC) has come up with proposals to cut the emissions of dangerous gases from waste plants. The plan would cost about us $660 million per year. Emissions from waste incineration plants affect human reproduction and impair mental ability. This plan, EC officials say, will curb pollution. But …
