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 …
An intriguing inverted glass pot housing plants that grow as the temperature within changes, in a 12-minute long video, seems to cry out loud in an attempt to draw attention to the rapidly degrading environment. Amidst Delhi topping the charts as the city with the most polluted air, Khoj residency …
Expressing concern over burning of tyres and plastics at Gokalpur scrap market here, the National Green Tribunal has directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee to find out the possibility of recycling the waste tyre materials, which are being discarded by the shop owners, for purposes of energy production. A bench, headed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Vs. U.O.I & Ors. dated 24/02/2015 regarding burning of tyres and plastics at Gokalpur scrap market, Delhi. NGT directed the "the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to find out the possibility of recycling …
It has been a fact that cities and towns are littered with garbage (MSW) and giving ugly look at many places in the city / town. Only important locations of a city or towns are maintained and leaving many other places chocking with uncollected waste. The collected waste is disposed …
A group of youngsters are running an e-waste awareness drive in the city by visiting schools and holding street plays at major hangouts. They claimed that Rajasthan has not a single dumping yard for e-waste which is causing problem in scientifically disposing this e-waste which has its ill effects on …
The United States is missing out on $11.4bn in potential recycling revenue, largely contributed to by only recycling 14% of plastic packaging. That's according to a new report - Waste and Opportunity 2015: Environmental Progress and Challenges in Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Packaging - published by As You Sow …
Business Minister Matthew Hancock has unveiled details of a £50m investment from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) into a new fund targeting small-scale recycling and waste management projects across the country. The new fund, Recycling and Waste LP (RAW), will be matched by at least another £50m from private …
In a message to residents who don't take composting seriously, the city of Seattle is placing red tags on the bins of anyone who fails to comply with a new law barring food scraps from being tossed in the garbage, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The highly visible warnings are …
Lamin Samateh, a senior officer at the National Environment Agency, Saturday presided over the launching of Nianitama Plastic-Free Group and Recycling in Gunjur, Kombo South. In his launching statement, Samateh said they are aware of Nianitama's efforts to eradicate plastic bags in Gunjur and environs. Samateh said the plastic bag …
For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year, …
More than 200,000 jobs could be created as the economy shifts to reusing materials traditionally discarded by businesses and households, according to a study by a leading green charity. Green Alliance said the jobs would be created by a new breed of companies that embrace recycling and servicing goods to …
Agra: Taking cognizance of the deteriorating condition of the environment around the Kuberpur garbage dumpsite, the Uttar Pradesh pollution control board has sent a notice to the Agra municipal corporation to restart the solid waste recycling plant in the area. On an average, 750 metric tonnes of garbage is collected …
The MCG, in collaboration with private firm IL&FS;, is finally set to establish a construction waste treatment plant in Chakkarpur. It hopes this will put an end to haphazard dumping of construction debris and associated waste in and around the city. According to MCG chief engineer R K Singhla, the …
A new waste treatment plant capable of turning flue gas treatment residues (FGT) into carbon-negative building products has been granted planning permission to be built in Bristol. The plant, managed by waste treatment firm Carbon8, uses patented technology to recycle FGT residues from Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities, converting it …
The powerful beverages industry offered to display anti-littering messages on its trucks and spend $3.5 million a year on NSW recycling programs in a bid to kybosh the government's plans for a cash-for-containers scheme. The unsuccessful offer, which the industry is scrambling now to improve, was deemed risky and inadequate …
MAYBE you replaced old electronics over the holidays or you’re just sweeping out the old and ushering in the New Year. Either way, you’ll need to do something with your old devices. For everyone’s sake, including Mother Nature’s, try to get rid of your old technology the right way. Recycling …
Central Pollution control board has given its consent for the installation of a zero liquid discharge plant at Jajmau to save the river Ganga from pollutants in discharge of tanneries. The CPCB, during a meeting held recently at New Delhi, rejected the protest of tannery owners and gave a green …
The BBMP finally stopped sending waste to the Mandur landfill on December 1. Two years after the City was in throes of garbage, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) started learning the basics of scientific disposal of waste in 2014. After repeatedly going back on the promises made to the …
Civic body acts against 258 illegal recycling units Concerned over the rampant burning of plastic waste, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited transportation, handling and disposal of such waste by unauthorised persons and its burning. “Plastic burning is being carried on rampantly, and plastic waste is being transported in illegal …
