Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
AHMEDABAD: Despite speaking big about e-waste disposal for the past three years, little has been done on that front by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. It was in 2013 that the AMC had proposed an ambitious project of e-waste (electronic waste) collection and recycling. So, for citizens, the new rules announced …
After fighting a losing battle with the growing tide of municipal waste, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified the new Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 with clear responsibilities assigned to various classes of consumers. For these rules to have any significant impact, however, the local bodies in charge …
The owners of all new buildings will have to provide separate coloured bins to collect dry waste. TAKING note of the flak it received from the state government, the High Court as well as citizens over the poor waste management system which led to the fire at the Deonar dumping …
Municipal bodies will be allowed to charge user fees and levy spot fines for littering and non-segregation The Environment Ministry has notified rules making it incumbent on a wide range of groups — hotels, residential colonies, bulk producers of consumer goods, ports, railway stations, airports and pilgrimage spots — to …
Welcoming the Centre's decision to notify construction and demolition management rules, a green body today said it was "urgently" needed as cities are choking on such waste which has serious environmental and public health consequences. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the next step should be to create …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016 in supersession of the e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. Announcing the notification of the rules, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that norms have been made more stringent …
The Government has notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, in suppression of the earlier Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011. The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that the minimum thickness of plastic carry bags has been increased from 40 microns …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Disposal of e-Waste, 15/03/2016. The reported generation of e-waste by State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees within their State / Union Territory at different period is given at Annexure. In the year 2013-14, it was reported that one lakh twenty one thousand three …
The discovery by scientists of a new bacteria that can eat plastic is timely because studies indicate that by 2025, there would be one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of finfish caught in the oceans. A report by McKinsey & Co and Ocean Conservancy in January names five …
Thane: The need to tackle the growing waste issue in the city has encouraged many housing societies, schools and even colleges to go the zero-waste way .Proper waste disposal has been an issue since quite sometime. Even though the civic officials have taken adequate steps to tackle this problem, it …
Nature has begun to fight back against the vast piles of filth dumped into its soils, rivers and oceans by evolving a plastic-eating bacteria – the first known to science. In a report published in the journal Science, a team of Japanese researchers described a species of bacteria that can …
Teaming up with the Young Indians of Confederation of Indian Industry, Erode Zone, the Olirum Erodu Foundation (OEF), an organisation working for transforming the face of the city, has collected 6,000 kg of electronic waste since June last year. Students of six schools were instrumental in collecting and depositing half-a-tonne …
E-waste – electrical and electronic waste – is one of today’s fastest growing waste streams. By managing it well, we can recover valuable raw materials and reusable parts, with significant associated emissions savings. But much of its potential is lost when improperly processed by informal and unregulated enterprises. This can …
E-waste – electrical and electronic waste – is one of today’s fastest growing waste streams. By managing it well, we can recover valuable raw materials and reusable parts, with significant associated emissions savings. But much of its potential is lost when improperly processed by informal and unregulated enterprises. This can …
Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) today told the National Green Tribunal that a joint inspection team comprising officers of CPCB and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has found illegal scrap recovery operations in the outskirts of national capital. The apex pollution monitoring body told the green panel that the Environment Ministry …
KOCHI: Waste management will soon be a matter of worry for households in Kochi. The City Corporation, which collects the garbage from neighbouring municipalities and recycles it at its Brahmapuram plant, is planning to close down the plant for other municipalities owing to the dilapidated condition of existing plant and …
More than 50 schools of the city were felicitated at a function organized by the Waste Warriors, a local voluntary group, for being part of Microsoft Create to inspire the environment education school programme at a function held at Welham Boys’ School here. The felicitation was the final event of …
Bengaluru: A day after 73 Indian cities were ranked on cleanliness, the packaging industry spoke about how irresponsibly cities dispose of their waste. Thinking heads at the Indian Institute of Packaging conclave held in Bengaluru on Tuesday reiterated that proper recycling of packaging wastes like glass, tin, aluminium, paper and …
The Government's Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has kick-started phase two of its collaborative, cross-industry plan to bring greater consistency to household waste and recycling collections in England. Working with Resources Minister Rory Stewart and representatives from local authorities, waste managers, producers and retailers, WRAP is now investigating a …
Gurgaon: Earlier, it was Huda that was up against the forest department, and now it is MCG that is under fire from environmentalists - both over construction waste.Management of construction and demolition (C&D;) waste is turning out to be a tough challenge for Gurgaon's civic bodies. Huda was issued a …
