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 …
The next iPhone is coming out in a few months’ time. Before the end of the year, televisions with till now unheard of technology and laptops thinner and lighter than anything in the market will be released. Parallel to that, some of the devices being used now are slowing down …
Apple released its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report, posting the new information on its updated Environmental Initiatives website. The report, which covers fiscal 2013, highlights the progress Apple has made towards its environmental goals, which include reducing climate change by using renewable energy sources, using greener materials, and conserving "precious resources."
The European Commission has today (2 July) unveiled a revamped package of waste and recycling targets to accelerate Europe's transition to a circular economy. The 'Circular Economy Package' requires member states to recycle 70% of municipal waste and 80% of packaging waste by 2030. A zero-waste-to-landfill policy for plastics, paper, …
Every year plastic waste costs marine ecosystems $13 billion in damages, says a report released recently by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The estimated 10-20 million tonnes of plastic waste that finds its way into oceans, smothers coral reefs, routinely entangles marine wildlife, and more insidiously, degrades into ‘microplastics’ …
Most reputed electronic and electrical equipment companies—both Indian and multinational have failed grossly in fulfilling their responsibilities under extended producer responsibility (EPR) as defined under the e-waste management rules 2011, according to a report released by Toxics Link, an environmental NGO recently. The report titled "Time to Reboot" names and …
Councils will have to recycle 70% of household waste by the end of the next decade, under proposals unveiled on Wednesday by the European commission. This would require a significant increase in the proportion of UK waste diverted from landfill. At least 80% of packaging waste will also have to …
Pune has give an army of mostly Dalit ('untouchable') women the sole rights to collect and recycle the city's mountains of trash Massive solid waste accumulation has become an environmental, health and aesthetic hazard for India's cities. Urban India generates 188,500 tonnes of trash a day. In the absence of …
For Dwarka residents, sanitation has been a pending concern. Efforts and false starts notwithstanding, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been unable to streamline the waste management system in the sub-city. But now the civic agency will implement its first 'zero waste' project here. The waste generated in Dwarka will be …
Inventor Martin Myerscough and the Green Your Cup, which has a thin film liner which separates easily from the paper 'Cardboard' bottle creator produces cup design aimed at cutting 25,000 tones of landfill waste a year. The world's first fully recyclable paper cup will soon make its debut on the …
Cities worldwide generated more than 1.3 billion tons of solid waste in 2010. As drivers of economic activity and recipients of millions of rural migrants every year, cities expect to see this number to grow to 2.2 billion tons annually by 2025 –the equivalent weight of the Great Pyramid of …
More than 70,000 metric tonnes of e-waste is generated in the Millennium City annually, but just 10 per cent of it is disposed in a safe manner. A group of environmentally conscious citizens in Nirvana Country, a residential township in Sector 50 with over 1,000 households, here has now taken …
Thirty industrial units in Narela Zone of the national capital have been sealed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for allegedly illegally storing and recycling plastic, the civic body said today. The action was taken with help from the local police in pursuance of an order of the National …
Continuous dumping of garbage in landfills will turn them into toxic emission site. Toxic gases tend to envelope vast area via speeding winds, and changing landfill sites is no solution, scientists warned. Organic waste, when dumped unscientifically, decomposes owing to the presence of anaerobic bacteria. Decomposition over a long time …
They are doing little to safeguard the environment against dumping of e-waste Reputed electronic and electrical equipment companies in the country are doing little to safeguard the environment against the irresponsible dumping of e-waste, says ‘Time to Reboot’ a study by non-government organisation Toxics Link. It added that these companies …
Khartoum state witnessed the launch of its first trash recycling complex in Karrari dump site on Tuesday. The recycling plant was inaugurated by Presidential Assistant, Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour and Khartoum State Governor, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Khidir. Ghandour expressed hope that the complex will bring an end to the spread of …
The Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 excluded phosphogypsum from hazardous waste category under Schedule-I and stipulates that the management of phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid fertiliser plants shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of Central Pollution Control …
E-waste management is one of the most critical waste issues affecting our environment. Globally around 50 million tons of e-waste is generated annually. In India, the current estimate projects 2.7 million tons of e-waste generation annually. The concerns arising out of such waste generation is not of volumes alone but …
Wales is moving ever-closer to adopting a resource-efficient circular economy with businesses in the commercial, construction and demolition sectors all recycling more than ever. According to the Welsh Government's recent Industrial and Commercial Waste Survey, retailers across the country recycled or composted an estimated 68% of waste in 2012 - …
Land Securities has achieved a 16% reduction in like-for-like carbon emissions since 2011 - despite a 7% increase in emissions from its London portfolio - keeping the property firm on track to meet its overall target of a 15% overall reduction by 2020. According to the company's 2014 Corporate Responsibility …
While the banned polythene is still merrily finding its way into the district and ending up in heaps of garbage, clogging drains or littering forest floors, polystyrene, commonly called thermocol, has started adding to the woes of environmentalists. Polystyrene, which is another cheap petrochemical, is a synthetic polymer made from …
