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 …
India is now among the top 10 countries generating the highest amount of municipal solid waste due to growing urbanisation and high consumption, says a new report by Worldwatch Institute. The US leads in generating such waste at 621,000 tonnes a day (approximately). Globally, municipal solid waste is projected to …
KOLKATA, 25 JULY: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is planning to construct roads from recycled plastic, said KMDA CEO Vivek Bharadwaj at a session organised by the Indian Plastics Federation (IPF) on the construction of roads made from plastic at the Indian Chamber of Commerce today. “We will ensure …
Private agencies to be roped in The Vadakara Municipality is planning to team up with various private agencies in the region to take up a comprehensive source-level waste treatment scheme with the support of residents and industrial units. A special fund will be earmarked to support the scheme, which will …
At 10 in the morning, Roshan Kumar is negotiating one of the busiest hours of his daily work on platform No.16 at New Delhi railway station. The New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express has just chugged in and Roshan’s job is to ensure that sufficient number of waste pickers enter the train …
RK Transport is considering appealing over a £100,000 fine it was ordered to pay in a prosecution case brought about by the Environment Agency. Earlier this month the company was found guilty of illegally disposing of hazardous materials including asbestos at a waste transfer station in Launceston, Cornwall. While RK …
KOLKATA, 12 JULY: Officials of the environment department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are planning to visit the municipal markets in the city next week to check whether the ban on plastic carry bags are being implemented properly. On the eve of World Environment Day this year, a blanket ban …
Corporates and citizens come together to segregate and recycle waste Smoking mountains of garbage are the new normal for India’s urban sprawls, sticking out like dirty reminders of a consumption culture gone awry. But from amidst the stink, hope of a cleaner future is sprouting in the southern states. The …
The compost products are useful in increasing soil fertility and decrease dumped municipal solid waste. Composting is accepted because it is economically and environmentally a safe method. Fungi are used for proper recycling of wastes. During the process of composting many physical parameters like pH, moisture content, Ash, weight loss …
Companies involved in the development energy generation technologies need to proactively and responsibly address issues related to the environmental and socio-economic impact of these technologies. Managing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels after their useful life is a crucial part of responsible life-cycle management. This not only minimises the potential negative impact …
Read the final guidelines prepared by MoEF and CPCB for implementation of the provisions of the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. This also provides guidance on setting up collection mechanism, dismantling and recycling operations. The E-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 have been notified with primary objective to channelize …
Wales is now recovering 48% of its muncipal waste putting it firmly on track to reach its 2012-13 statutory recycling target of 52%. Official figures released by the Welsh Assembly show that during 2011-12, 48% of municipal waste was recycled or composted in the country, a 4% increase compared to …
Solid waste management (SWM) strategies offer huge potentials to contribute to climate change mitigation. To assess the potentials of SWM to contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and resource recovery, available technologies and strategies have to be analyzed. In this work, a SWM-GHG calculator was used to compare different potential …
The new e-waste rules notified by the government are an important step forward. However, loopholes which allow producers to evade their responsibility and the informal sector to evade environmental and health controls need to be addressed. It is also important to create mass awareness and make it easier for the …
Residents of Bharathi Park complain of unbearable stench The bags containing waste paper and plastics that the ITC has collected from the city’s residents are worth about Rs. 40 lakh. The company collected the waste, as part of its Wealth Out of Waste (WOW) project, in a bid to recycle …
PANJIM: It’s more than a month that the E-waste Management and Handling Rules, 2012 - notified by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Central Pollution Control (CPCB), Govt of India, has come into force, but till date barely 1% of e-waste manufacturers and users have woken up …
Pollution Control Board steps up drive on e-waste The next time you go to buy a laptop or a hard disk at one of those swanky showrooms, chances are that the salesperson would, besides telling you the features of the device, also give you detailed instructions on how to discard …
Recycling could be the new mantra for industries in the State as policy makers and experts stressed on the need to develop technologies to reuse waste to realise the ‘Vision 2023’ goal of sustainable industrial production in Tamil Nadu. Speaking at a day-long seminar on ‘Waste to Wealth – Entrepreneurial …
Even asthedigital revolution gains pace,theensuing by-product,continuesto get a shortshrift in thecountry. Itisexactly this messthatAtteroRecycling aimstoclean up. The five-year old Noida-based startup, founded by brothers Rohan and Nitin Gupta, handles almost 500 tonnes of e-waste every month. Attero has developed its own proprietory technology that extracts precious metals, including, copper, lead …
Traders in Tirunelveli district still use them: Collector Since the traders across the district are still using and selling the use-and-throw non-recyclable non-degradable plastic bags and cups despite the ban that came into effect on June 1 last, District Collector R. Selvaraj has warned that the district administration would take …
