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 …
Aims at providing basic facilities for waste disposal at household level With the decentralised waste management project to be launched in the city soon, a mass convention was organised by the city Corporation here on Thursday to seek the support of the public, and to create awareness among the people …
A social impact assessment of the impact of two waste-to-energy plants on wastepickers in Delhi. The study shows a definite livelihood loss and likelihood of increased number of child wastepickers.
Vodafone Essar India, is supporting an awareness campaign with Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai and Youth Exnora to support a unique initiative “Say NO to plastic and Say YES to paper bags'. According to Mr Suresh Kumar, COO, Tamil Nadu, Vodafone Essar Ltd., the campaign is aimed at highlighting the importance of …
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has prepared this discussion paper on “Collection and recycling of waste paper in India”, with the objective of developing a suitable policy framework to define the obligations of producers and users, to sensitize the citizens to improve the segregation, collection and reuse of …
In four months since the launch of SOLT-Save One Lakh Trees and educate poor children programme, aimed at promoting recycling of paper waste, ITC has said that they have achieved a major milestone of saving 25,000 trees. “Part of Wealth from Waste (WOW) initiative, ITC in association with Ramky Group …
In an effort to prevent e-waste being broken down by rudimentary hazardous methods by people in the informal sector, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked local bodies, including the Chennai Corporation, to set up e-waste collection centres. TNPCB Member Secretary K.Karthikeyan said that only five per cent …
The diversified business group, ITC Ltd, through its Papers and Speciality Papers Division (PSPD), has roped in some of the major corporate entities, including Infosys, Google, Mahindra Satyam and Dr. Reddy's into the WOW (wealth from waste) initiative. The group has also dovetailed the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity of …
As the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) could not find a place for the construction of a new Solid Landfill Site (SLF) to dump the city’s garbage, the civic body has decided on remediation of waste deposited at three SLFs — Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla — so that space can …
The country's largest recycling initiative, which aims to expand support for recycled newspapers, magazines, books, and notebooks, is gaining momentum. The Grand Banyan Project, which hopes to reach one million children, focuses on recycling paper waste generated by corporations, households, and schools. Late last month, school children for the first …
Always on the cutting edge, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, has set his company on a course towards further sustainability. Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to fly commercial routes on a waste-based, synthetic gas fuel rather than typical jet fuel. The reconstituted fuel will produce half the …
India may be willing to block any consensus among the international community to ratify a ban on import and export of hazardous waste as sought by the Basel Convention on the control of cross-country movements of hazardous wastes and disposal — a treaty of which India is a signatory along …
When two Nagpur-based researchers made a casual visit to a paper recycle mill in 2009, never did they imagine that the visit will turn into a unique innovation and a full-fledged project. The researchers and their team are currently working on the design and development of the lightweight brick that …
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pak South Asia Markets launched a project in Dhaka yesterday in an effort to create awareness among students about waste management and recycling. The duo launched the project SEARCH at a ceremony at the Lake Shore Hotel in the city. The programme …
Chandigarh's reputation is taking a smelly beating. A lot of stink is being raised – environmentally and politically – over the city's experiment with a solid waste processing plant set up by a leading private company to deal with the city's garbage. The stink from the garbage processing plant, being …
To prevent pollution caused due to excessive use of polythene and plastic, people have been asked to hand over their plastic and polythene to waste collectors and recyclers and they can obtain cash for that waste, Central Environment Authority(CEA), National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project Director, Bandula Sarath Kumara …
This study aims at examining the current practice of recycling e-waste in the informal sectors of Bangladesh and identifying the problems towards development of a system of hazard-free e-waste recycling in the country. It is based on both primary and secondary data sources. The sample comprised of owners and workers …
in conservation of environment as well as leads to sturdier roads, is catching up in the northern region after a successful initiative by the Himachal Pradesh government. Waste plastic material, including carry bags, are sorted, cleaned and shredded and then mixed with bitumen to be used in road construction. Experiments …
Government policy which allows local council discretion over recycling methods for household waste is facing a legal challenge by an industry-backed campaign group. Local authorities are split between those that ask residents to separate out recyclable materials such as glass, metals and paper for kerbside collection and those that allow …
A whopping 26,000 kg of nirmalya (floral offerings) was diverted from the rivers of Pune by green activists — led by the SWaCH (solid waste collection and handling) cooperative and social enterprise eCoexist — during Ganesh idol immersions this year. A press statement issued by SWaCH on Monday stated that …
Taking the eco-drive a step further, DNA will soon be distributing 5,000 paper bags to its readers to create awareness and promote eco-initiatives in people’s daily lives. DNA is taking this initiative in partnership with Green Yatra, an NGO that works for creating and promoting environment awareness. “We are into …
