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 …
A section of residents of Chromepet has appealed to the State government to shut down or shift a unit that recycles plastic containers carrying hazardous waste. The group that gathered under the banner of the ‘Struggle Committee of Chamber’s Colony’ claimed the plant was a health hazard to the few …
The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) and Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association have come together for an environmental cause. Fostering this uneasy truce - given that they have legally engaged each other in the high court - is the Plastic Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2011, which puts the onus …
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce has formulated a ‘Draft Policy on Units in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) carrying on recycling of plastic scarp or waste’.
Utilisation of Municipal Solid Waste is important to curb the ever rising demand of scarce land for its disposal. Changing life style patterns, particularly in urban areas, has led to increase in generation of MSW. Municipal solid waste from Indian cities estimated to have 40% - 60% organic matter, which …
Campaigns to promote pro-environmental behaviour usually emphasize self-interested reasons for engaging with a self-transcendent cause such as protecting the environment. However, psychological evidence suggests that this approach may fail to stimulate other, different, environmental behaviours. Research shows that communicating self-transcending motives for car-sharing increases recycling rates, whereas presenting self-interested reasons …
PANJIM: The Environment Minister, Alina Saldanha, Thursday said that the government will put its infrastructure in place before moving ahead with its plan of banning use of plastic bags in Goa. “There is already legislation, which prescribes fines and imprisonment for offenders and we will implement this in a phased …
Growing mounds of electronic scrap can mean profits or scandals. Poor countries have long been a popular destination for the rich world’s toxic trash. In 1987 an Italian importer sparked international outrage by dumping 8,000 leaky barrels in the Nigerian village of Koko. On January 9th Nigeria fined importers $1m …
Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC), in collaboration with the High Level Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation (HLCIDBC), will be launching a pilot project to keep the Pashupatinath temple heritage area clean. Five municipalities of Kathmandu Valley, HLCIDBC and Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) are jointly working …
Plastic, other waste set ablaze at Merces MERCES: Miscreants set afire plastic and other waste stored in the collection centre near Shantaban-Merces in the wee hours of Sunday. A rickshaw which was used in transporting the collected plastic waste was also gutted in the fire as it was parked inside …
This new report by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology draws attention to the multiple benefits & threats of human nutrient use. It highlights how nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers are estimated to feed half the human population alive today, and how they will remain critical in the future. This report …
Team of unknown persons is conducting unauthorised raids A group of persons, which claims to be working under the direction of a Standing Committee of Chennai Corporation Council, has emerged as an obstacle to the campaign against the trade of illegal plastic bags. These persons, claiming to represent the Standing …
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has obtained clearances for a 40 MW power plant with municipal solid waste generated in the city. The corporation expects to use the 3,100 tonnes of municipal solid waste it generates every day as fuel for the power plant, GHMC Special Commissioner Navin Mittal said …
London Mayor Boris Johnson has called on the nation's capital to recycle this Christmas and save £3.5m in the process. Over the festive season it is estimated that London will generate an extra 29,000 tonnes of household rubbish, mainly from glass bottles, tin foil, Christmas trees and wrapping paper. This …
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit the status report on illegal dumping of debris and waste in Subramanyapura Lake in Uttarahalli of Bangalore South. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on the garbage crisis in the City on December 13, the …
Hospicio bio-medical waste management once again came under scanner after waste stacked in plastic bags was found dumped within the hospital premises on Sunday. The hospital management has been resorting to the deep burial method to dispose of the bio-medical waste generated in this government district hospital. However, waste including …
PONDA: Environment Minister Alina Saldanha has urged people to act responsibly to solve the growing garbage problem in the State. She was addressing a function at the Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandal’s (GVM) plastic-free campaign at Ponda on Thursday. As part of the drive, students from the GVM’s schools were asked to …
Today, there are at least three basic facts about the waste that we see all around us in Indian cities and towns. One, gone are the days when garbage was considered a “waste” in terms of the huge spending that local bodies had to make to collect and dispose it …
Ecosystem is affected by uneducated, unplanned and ineffective waste management. The cycle of garbage generation and recycling is effective to make the cities environment more pollution free, clean, green and habitable for healthy living. In an effort to understand the dynamics of waste management and scope in Delhi & NCR …
Reverse supply chains that characterize reuse and recycling remains the primary focus of large businesses in a globalized economy. This article critically examines the environmental and social benefits of reuse that would result through systematic interventions in the existing WEEE trade chain in India. There exists an increasing body of …
This paper by ILO explores the volume, sources and flow of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers & the environment. It also focuses on the regulatory frameworks. Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in …
