Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Enforcement and monitoring are the key to safety Having tsfds and guidelines in place does not mean the waste has been taken care of. As the beil accident showed, cpcb
India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough?India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough? A fire at Ankleshwar forced India to rethink how it handles hazardous waste. Drums carrying dangerous industrial sludge flew amid leaping flames and …
The coastal panchayats though generate garbage in large quantities, in fact, on par with cities, none have acquired a site for garbage treatment and disposal. Many of them are still at the stage of obtaining administrative approvals while others have not even progressed beyond sending proposals to the Goa State …
This study presents decolorization of textile azo dye, Orange II, by white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Orange II (85%) was removed in 7 days (optimum decolorization on 5th day at 28-30
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, notified the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules on July 28, 1989 under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, which was further amended in the year 2000 and 2003 and recently The Hazardous Wastes(Management,Handling and Transboundry Movement) Rules,2008 were …
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 28 The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is proposing to move the High Court to pre-empt moves being made to take back land handed over to it at Bainguinim for its solid waste management and treatment plant. The Mayor Tony Rodrigues said,
NEW DELHI The MCD is com ing up with four construction and demolition waste recycling plants in the would help in alleviating the problem of disposal of waste generated by construction activity throughout the year. The first project, to come up at Burari in north Delhi, will be a pilot …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan DDA to allocate land for the project later this month NEW DELHI: An year-long wait to get land allocated for a centralised bio-medical waste plant in Okhla here might come to an end soon. The Directorate of Health Services is hopeful that the Delhi Development Authority will …
Window composting technology is known to have strong odour emission feature as a result of which the plants based on Ms technology often experience resistance from the community where they are set up. In order to improve acceptance of die plants among die host communities, it is desirable to mitigate …
BGPPL Unit: Kamalapuram is one of the best unit in South India for manufacturings Dissolving Grade pulp with annual capacity of 98000 TPA, supplying to textile industries. This unit is located in Kamalapuram of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh. This unit has latest state of the art of equipments and entire …
The present work deals with the removal of chromium (VI) ion by the activated charcoal derived from the dry leaves of Azadirachta indica. The effect of removal of Cr(VI) ion on concentration, dosage, pH, contact time, the presence of surfactant and temperature have been studied.
This is a compilation of important environmental news topics selected by experts from the Asia-Pacific region. The 2008 edition brings 114 articles from three international organisations and 21 countries. A number of news reports were contributed regarding global warming as the most urgent issue facing the world today. Also various …
The 14 Bangalore hospitals which were ordered to close down by the Lok Adalat have filed an impleading application, seeking time to establish liquid bio-medical waste treatment plants in their premises. The Principal Secretary (Health) and others who appeared before the Lok Adalat bench, sought modification of the December 4, …
Providing a ray of hope to the residents of Gurgaon, Haryana Government has promised to build a modern solid waste-treatment plant at Bandhwari village, along the Gurgaon-Faridabad road. Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA),Gurgaon, has already acquired 30.51 acre land for the plant, planned to be built at a cost of …
For the first time ever, segregation and composting of daily waste commenced at the Sonsodo dumping yard on Thursday with technical expertise from Goa Foundation, with Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat promising all help and co-operation to the Civic body to tide over the situation. A dozen-odd labourers were seen engaged …
KOCHI: The committee appointed to monitor the functioning of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant decided to submit a report on the defects of the plant to the state government and the Ombudsman for the Local-Self Government Institutions. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the committee presided …
A cheap way to clean up radioactive waste a common ingredient of sunscreens, when mixed with another ingredient of soaps, can clean up wastewater containing radioactive material. Upon heating, titanium dioxide and caustic soda form a ceramic. This, a group of Australian and Chinese researchers found, could absorb radioactive material. …
OLD GOA, NOV 12 Moves by the City of Corporation of Panjim (CCP) to ask the State government to go ahead with the land acquisition process at Bainguinim for the proposed garbage treatment plant have prompted angry reactions from St Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes. While opposing the proposed garbage treatment …
