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 …
As part of environment awareness and conservation drive launched by UT department of environment and NGO Yuvsatta on World Earth Day, 50 girls of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, participated in 'Garbage Run' on Thursday. The activity focused on waste management and garbage generation. Kids met door-to-door waste collectors, rag-pickers, …
Zero Waste Scotland is recruiting more than 1,000 'zero waste volunteers' to support its mission to reduce food waste, boost recycling rates and promote re-use, repairing and sharing across the country. The Scottish Government-funded body is offering funding to organisations to help coordinate volunteer groups that will engage members of …
The rubbish heap of last season's televisions and computers is growing faster than ever, prompting calls for an increase to the intake targets of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. Local governments and the recycling industry have been left frustrated over irregular e-waste recycling services, as Australia's electronics continue …
Having identified that most of the puja waste dumped into the Yamuna is ‘green waste’, the capital’s premier land-owning agency is in the process of setting up a re-cycling plant along the river belt. The department also plans to put up wire mesh along the bridges on the river to …
2,000 panchayats to be covered in Phase I in State In the wake of the State Government announcing a phased implementation of solid waste management project in village panchayats in the State, the administration has selected 30 panchayats in the district to implement the project. The Government had proposed to …
(Reuters) - German sportswear firm Adidas is teaming up with a group trying to clean up the world's oceans with a plan to develop materials made from marine plastic waste that can be used in its products. As the result of its partnership with the Parley for the Oceans initiative, …
India is the fifth largest generator of e-waste in the world revealed this new report released by the United Nations University. India (1.7 Mt) along with Japan (2.2 Mt) and China (6.0 Mt) is amongst the top three Asian nations with the highest e-waste generation in absolute quantities. E-waste, or …
A recent directive from the Centre to ensure that construction and demolition waste is recycled hasn't shaken the civic body yet to crackdown on the massive dumping of this waste on river beds and nullahs. In a meeting with state environment and forest ministers in New Delhi recently, the central …
Gurgaon, a city in a perpetual building boom, is planning to build four construction waste recycling plants soon, one each in the four blocks of the district. “Keeping in mind the steps National Green Tribunal is taking to improve the quality of environment we are living in, the Municipal Corporation …
The National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on a plea alleging rampant violation of E-waste management rules notified in 2011. "We find that the reply of Director General of Foreign trade will be of great assistance to us particularly, as regards the …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the draft E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 for public comments . The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2015 shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centres, dealers, refurbishers, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015 for public comments . These rules shall apply to every waste generator, urban local body, Gram Panchayat, manufacturer and producer.
The innovation in science and technology coupled with the change in lifestyle of an individual has made an incredible change in the electronic industry show casing an assorted range of new products every day to the world. India too has been impacted by this digital revolution where consumption of electronics …
Solid and liquid waste management are becoming issues of great concern in rural India. The changes in consumption patterns including that of people living in rural areas have an impact on the quantity and kind of wastes generated. It is estimated that rural people in India are generating liquid waste …
While most people trash broken light bulbs in routine garbage, a recent study by an environmental research organisation, Toxic Links, has revealed that a large amount of mercury from the bulbs is polluting the atmosphere. The study explains that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have been widely accepted as an energy …
At least 30 kg of plastic can be found from the stomach of every cow or buffalo which dies in India, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar has said. A ‘plastic carry-bag free India’ campaign would be launched soon, he said while interacting with walkers at KBR Park here on Saturday …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/03/2015 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India, particularly where the population exceed …
Nestlé has today released its Creating Shared Value Report 2014, revealing it to have hit several key sustainability targets two years early. The global nutrition, health and wellness company has already achieved its target to reduce direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per tonne of product by 35% on 2005 baseline, …
Uniqueness of Indian waste means that technology is yet to be developed A large metropolis is a good place to study the magnitude of the problems of solid waste man agement in Indian cities. In Bengaluru, now often called the garbage city, lorries collect and carry solid waste far out …
