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 …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued prosecution notices to the executive engineer and plant engineer for the Deonar dumping ground, even as residents living in its vicinity staged protests seeking its immediate closure. Dilip Khedkar, regional officer, MPCB, said the notices have been issued under the …
Kendrapada: Bilasini Nath, 50, a housewife from Dashipur village in Kendrapada district, has been making beautiful baskets, pen stands, cellphone stands, flowers, animals and other items using waste materials for the past two years. She collects used polythene, plastic covers for food packets, cigarette cases and other waste materials and …
Gurgaon: Putting the idea of recycling into action, a city-based student has founded his own social venture where he aims to recycle all the tyres which have served their time. The web platform, called Tyrelessly, was launched by Anubhav Wadhwa, his third venture at the age of 16. Wadhwa founded …
This report reviews the experience of Cebu City, one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines, based on the quick assessment and case study analysis and gives some policy recommendations for the local decision makers and city officials in Cebu City as well as other developing cities in developing …
Huge events cause huge amounts of waste, be it conventions, festivals or weddings. But most event managers tend to neglect the fact that waste management is as important as proper event management. “Waste is merely misplaced resource,” believes Jabir Karat, an enterprising young man from Kozhikode, who has been on …
Global car manufacturers General Motors has announced that all of its Vauxhall facilities across Europe are 100% landfill free, with the facilities either recycling, reusing or creating energy from daily waste operations. Vauxhall facilities in Luton and Ellesmore Port were the latest assemblies to officially send zero waste to landfill …
Hyderabad: If everything goes well, about 25 existing and recently-developed Industrial parks will be turned eco-friendly in the next couple of years apart from new industrial parks that would be developed in Telangana soon. Two industrial parks at Jadcherla and Aerospace park in Adibhatla will be developed as Green Industrial …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Kunjoonjamma Jose Vs Kerala Sate Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/12/2015 regarding emission and deposition of lead particles in air, water and soil alleged to have been effected by the M/s. Perfect Alloys. M/s. Perfect …
Sportswear giant Adidas has created the world's first sports shoe made entirely from reclaimed and recycled ocean waste, which now includes a 3D-printed midsole made from recycled polyester and fill net content. Adidas unveiled its latest prototype at the Parley Talks at COP21 in Paris, where the company serve as …
KOCHI: Following the inspection at Sabarimala, pollution control board (PCB) officials have decided to strengthen waste water collection network at the hill shrine. It was also decided to treat the waste water using available facilities as the leaking sewage treatment plant on the premises could not be fixed before the …
The Uttarakhand government will set up a waste to energy project with the help of BSR Green Energy, Hyderabad. This will ease part of the waste burden of 18 local bodies with the help of the green technology. So far, successive state governments have failed to put in place a …
NEW DELHI: Heeding to a plea that the implementation of e-waste Rules as envisaged under the law was not being done properly, the National Green Tribunal has directed state pollution control boards to submit complete information on e-waste generation, recycling and its disposal. "State pollution control boards (SPCBs) are under …
Waste problem is a problem of finding solutions - approaches and technologies - that can match our pockets and our regulatory and governance abilities India has a huge waste problem - from untreated sewage that is defiling rivers and waterbodies to growing quantities of chemical waste that is seeping into …
Soon, thousands of schoolchildren in the State will walk onto their campus carrying a bag filled with discarded plastic bottles and ditched electronic devices. In a unique initiative to weed out the menace of e-waste and plastic, the government is in the final stages of clearing a unique proposal involving …
To assess and quantify the plastics waste generation and to reutilize the energy content of the polymer in an ecological and acceptable way, a Study was carried out on “Assessment and Quantification of Plastics Waste Generation in Major Cities” in collaboration with CIPET. The scope of the work comprises of …
Pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the messy solid waste management in the capital, the fund-starved Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has zeroed in on the Rs 42 crore “waste to green energy” project at Bariyal out of the three proposals it has received from private players to …
The University Grants Commission (UGC) was on Wednesday granted two weeks by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to respond to a plea on indiscriminate use of paper during Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections and defacement of public property by unmindful pasting and use of pamphlets and campaign material. The …
THIRUVANANTHAURAM: The health wing of city corporation, in a clear move to distance itself from Clean Kerala Company, has engaged two private parties for collection of e-waste and plastic waste from the city. The decision has also nullified possibilities for realizing the proposed steps finalized during the last meeting held …
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa announced that South Africa will soon have a Paper and Packaging Industry Plan, which will bring a significant change in the current waste management regime. "Through this plan we hope that we can commence with separation at source from household levels. This …
A waste crisis is emerging in the Asia and Pacific region, fuelled by rising quantities of waste, on the one hand, and poor regulation and management, on the other. This crisis threatens to overwhelm the resources and capacity of local governments and communities alike. Within this crisis, however, is a …
