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 …
E-waste generated from the end-of-life electrical and electronic goods including computers and electronic gadgets in India is growing at 30 per cent annually, according to BK Soni, chief executive officer of Ecoreco, an e-waste recycling company based in Mumbai. He also said though 95 per cent of the e-waste was …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to implement compulsory segregation of waste in a phased manner. To start with, segregation will be made compulsory in 31 wards in core areas of the City from July 1. Addressing a gathering at the Karnataka High Court, BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana …
Six waste processing units to produce compressed gas The BBMP, which had earlier identified new landfill sites to dispose of waste, has dumped the project. Instead, it is now focusing on installing new waste-processing plants across the City. The Palike, in October 2012, had identified six new landfill sites for …
Delhi Created New Forests But Forgot Rest Of The 2009-12 Action Plan New Delhi: In 2009, Delhi became the first city in India to come out with a comprehensive plan for combating climate change. The ambitious proposal outlined actions to be taken under five heads that included air, water, noise, …
More than 30 five-star hotels in the Capital expressed their commitment to preserve the environment and have agreed to comply with the ‘Green Hotel Guidelines’. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Delhi Government’s Department of Environment and 32 five-star hotels on Monday. According to the MoU, the hotels …
The process of burning solid waste to convert it to energy at a recycling plant in South Delhi has made the air near the unit 25 times more polluted than the permissible limit, a surprise check of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant has revealed. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked Central …
GURGAON: The private concessionaire operating the solid waste management plant at Bandhwari has assured the city municipal corporation authorities that the plant's capacity will gradually increase, and by October this year, it will be able to handle over 900 metric tonnes of solid waste. At present, around 600 metric tonnes …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Ors. regarding plastic collection and burning in the area of Mundka and Nangloi villages of Delhi dated 20/05/2013. NGT directs the Police to ensure that no plastic is burnt in that area nor …
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) of Sri Lanka has planned to start a new waste recycling process from next month. Municipal Commissioner Badrani Jayawardana said that the CMC waste management division will collect waste as sorted and unsorted from June 01. Solid waste management is a burning issue in the …
Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is going to take up environmental issues and begin work for conservation of environment. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, CEE director Kartikeya V Sarabhai said that for conservation of environment, steps like recycling of plastic waste would be started in next three months. …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is going to form a committee to create an inventory of e-wastes following frequent failure to collect these wastes in the state. Two months ago, the OSPCB had authorized five collection centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to collect the waste but the job …
Mumbai: Most Mumbaikars are unwilling to segregate waste before disposal, according to a survey by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Despite the belief that waste segregation at source is the best way to handle solid waste and limit health hazards, 80% of those surveyed were not willing to do …
As if a pile of policies and laws on waste management were not enough, the government is drafting one more policy to deal with the garbage. “Though there are a good number of government bodies and laws — Solid Waste Management Board (1981), Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre …
Rs. 100-crore project to be completed by mid-2014; will produce power from solid waste generated in Tambaram and Pallavaram Preliminary civil works for a waste-to-energy power plant began at Venkatamangalam village on Monday. The non-incineration facility will produce power from solid waste generated in Tambaram and Pallavaram municipalities. A bhoomi …
PANJIM: The Goa Government has tabled the Goa Cess on Products and Substances Causing Pollution (Green Cess) Bill, 2013 to levy cess till 2 per cent of the sale value on products and substances causing pollution. The bill defines these products as: “those which upon their handling, consumption, utilization, combustion, …
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on Wednesday. Products should be made to become "designer minerals" at the end of their lifetimes so they can more simply …
If you have e-waste in your neighbourhood and do not know how to dispose it without causing any damage to the environment, just log in to www.ewaste.in. Recently, members of the Green Brigade club in Anna University pitched in to raise awareness of the website and the benefits of recycling …
Vellore Collector P. Sankar commissioned a plastic crushing centre established at a cost of Rs. 8 lakh under the Environmental Protection and Renewable Energy Development Fund Scheme for 2011-12 as part of the solid waste management (SWM) project of the Sholinghur Town Panchayat on the Tiruttani Road in Sholinghur on …
Progress on solid waste management in Sri Lanka is not satisfactory and measures are needed for an effective management of solid waste, the Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Wimal Rubasinghe says. The Chairman noted that except for a few, most local government bodies bury the locale's solid waste …
Plastic waste generation is no longer a problem confined to metro cities. Even tier two cities like Indore and Bhopal are generating mounds of plastic in industrial, residential and even slum areas. This is a rather common sight in Indore. As a result, the city has achieved the distinction of …
