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 …
Minister for Forest and Environment Ramanath Rai has said it has come to the notice of the government that water and air pollution levels are steadily increasing in Bangalore. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is collecting samples of 55 lakes to assess the water quality, Rai said in …
This policy framework is intended as a guide to assist states in developing their own policies for solid and liquid waste management in rural areas. As such, it does not prescribe what should be in the State’s policy. It raises the issues and challenges that may need to be addressed …
Pune: The latest gadgets and gizmos always create a buzz on college campuses, but for once the conversation will be all about what happens to the models long discarded. Wastepickers collective Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) plans to launch an awareness drive about e-waste in colleges next month. “The …
Shimla, November 24: The state government has decided to formulate a comprehensive policy to facilitate conversion of various non-biodegradable wastes into energy to give push to recycling. So far, the focus had been on reduction of non-biodegradable waste through steps such as imposition of ban on polythene carry bags and …
Red mud slurry is obtained after alumina processing and is rich in iron, titanium, caustic soda. It can be used in various ways including production of building construction material. Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) has commissioned a red mud powder plant at its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi district. The plant is …
Bangalore generated over 37,000 metric tonne (MT) of electronic waste in 2012 and stands third in the country after Mumbai and Navi Mumbai generating 61,500 MT followed by NCR (National Capital Region) generating 43,000 MT of e-waste, says a Assocham study. Addressing a seminar on E-Waste, Department of Forest, Ecology …
BHUBANESWAR: The housing and urban development (H&UD;) department has formed a task force to implement the use of plastic waste for road construction. The task force comprises officials of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the works department. The job of …
Country impounds huge shipment and claims British companies are using it as dumping ground for toxic old appliances One of the UK's largest recycling companies has imported thousands of banned second-hand fridges into Ghana, according to the west African country's energy regulator. Thousands of fridges discarded by British households have …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is planning to revive its three-year-old project for setting up an electronic-waste (e-waste) disposal facility. There is an urgent need to set up this facility as e-waste generated by the city is piling up faster due to electronic devices getting obsolete sooner following rapid …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday granted the State government ‘consent to establish’ solid waste treatment plants at Calangute/Saligao in North Goa and at Cacora in South Goa. The consent to establish waste treatment plant under Air Act, Water Act and the Hazardous Waste Rules has been granted. …
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) plans to solve the problem of waste management by utilising it for the generation of energy. Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman of the State Pollution Control Board , said in his view waste had to be treated as a raw material resource for energy in …
The Guidelines for National Waste Management Strategies: Moving from Challenges to Opportunities seeks to provide strategic guidance to countries whose waste management systems are disorganized, haphazard or under-resourced or are in need of a review of their current strategies. Open dumping - the most prevalent waste disposal method in many …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has granted authorization to the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) for an integrated municipal solid waste management facility (IMSWMF) at Bainguinim, setting in motion the state government's long-pending plan to start a garbage treatment plant. The GSPCB after examining the proposal …
Niravu Vengeri’ implements project in school, city ward Amidst numerous cleaning drives initiated by NGOs, government agencies, greens, and private firms on Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday, the city also showcased a zero-budget waste management model successfully experimented by a progressive residential forum (‘Niravu Vengeri’) here for the past several years. …
The threat of electronic waste (e-waste) destroying the ecological health is looming large over India. E-waste from old computers is set to jump 400 per cent within the next five years, while it is expected to increase seven times from 2007 levels within the next five years. Mr Anand Kumar, …
The organised sector handles only 10 per cent of e-waste. The rest is handled by the unorganised sector that employs unscientific methods. Bangalore surely basked in the global glory of its “IT hub” tag for years. Thanks to the huge IT revenues it generated and the big ticket firms that …
Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors. A recent international study by scientists of Ehime University, Japan in association with local experts, revealed that there are many informal backyards and scrap …
The State government will issue directions to urban local bodies (ULBs) across the State to procure units to process fresh and accumulated municipal solid waste as part of its Rs 100-crore solid waste management programme. The urban development department (UDD) and the Municipal Administration department have already prepared a blueprint …
With seven months left to meet a deadline to achieve 100% house-to-house garbage collection, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has reached a little over the half-way mark. The civic body has managed house-to-house waste collection from only 57% households in the city. Civic officials said house-to-house services started in nearly …
In an emergency meeting on Saturday at the Lord Vinayaka temple in Bondbag-Bethora, villagers unanimously resolved to oppose the waste treatment plant proposed by the state government at the Ponda municipal council (PMC) site in the Bondbag area. Villagers who have been opposing the plant since 2008 - when the …
