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 …
in india, around 60,000 metric tonnes of lead from batteries are recycled illegally. Needless to say, they are done in smelting units situated in the backyards of residential areas. In 1994, the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) closed 110 such polluting backyard smelters in Delhi. Studies have revealed that their …
the us is facing a population explosion of a strange sort. The land of the birth of computers, is today choked with piles of its glorious invention. With no easy disposal method identified as yet, the mountain of obsolete personal computers ( pc s) is increasing everyday. As the life …
the wetlands of east Calcutta have become focus of environmentalists in the recent past when the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation proposed to build a water park by filling up a 50-year-old bheri (shallow fish pond) off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. The move is in complete violation of the West …
RECYCLING of plastic waste is crucial for efficient management of environment. Recognising this, Plastindia, an organisation of the plastic manufacturers in India has decided to fund the setting up of a Indian Centre for Plastic Environment (ICPE) in Hyderabad. The centre will develop new technologies for recycling plastic waste and …
better roads ahead: Delhi-based company, Tinna Oils and Chemicals Ltd has introduced a new bitumen modifier which improves the quality of roads and prolongs their lives by 2.5 times. According to Vijay Sekhri, managing director of the company, the new technique substantially improves the vital properties of bitumen and bituminous …
Thanks to the comprehensive use of wastewater and solid waste material, northwest China's Gansu Province yielded economic benefits worth over US $49 million. The province discharges 240 million cubic metre of waste industrial gases, 35,000 tonnes of wastewater and more than 16 million tonnes of solid waste material each year. …
To examine the possibility of recycling urban waste to provide cheap fuel to the poorer sections of urban population, the Supreme Court has ordered a solid waste management commission in Class I cities. The division bench comprising Justice B N Kirpal and Justice M Srinivasan passed the order recently while …
FOR Santram Dikshit, a paper technologist at the Jan Sewa Ashram, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) near Solan, Himachal Pradesh, even trash is a valued resource and a business opportunity. Today, his organisation is engaged in using discarded plastic bags for manufacturing carpets. About 1.5 kg of plastic is required for …
for the past four months, the government has been sitting on an expert panel recommendation to ban the use of recycled plastic bags. The National Plastic Waste Management Task Force, set up in 1996, had recommended a ban on the use of recycled plastic bags for unwrapped food products. The …
in the South Wales Vale of Tory, uk , the crumbling neglected landscaped garden's of the 18th century, Middleton estate is being transformed into the world's largest single span greenhouse. According to authorities, the elegant structure of steel and glass will be the centre for the new National Botanical Gardens …
Do not throw away those old telephone books and fruit juice packs, build your walls with them. Australia's national research centre, CSIRO, is backing a project to turn these "raw' ingredients into flat panels and mouldings that would normally be made of wood. CSIRO claims that the mix of paper …
one person's trash can become ano-ther's treasure. Two researchers in Tennessee, usa, have once again proved this universal truth. They have put together a serviceable supercomputer by combining several dozen old personal computers (pcs) containing the now-ancient Intel 486 processor - machines that the current generation of home computers would …
the book is a guide for organisations and individuals interested to make their offices "green'. The author, Lesley Millet, a sales and marketing professional, is an expert in environmental management. Office activities use energy and other resources, produce waste and add to carbon dioxide emissions. But they can contribute to …
with only a fortnight to go before the issue of importing toxic recyclable wastes is settled at Malaysia, the Supreme Court (sc) has restrained customs officials from auctioning imported wastes at the Tughlakabad inland container depot near Delhi and the Mumbai port. These wastes have been with the customs department …
The California-based Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the formation of a study group to examine the need for national action following a series of reports in a Seattle newspaper about crop loss and health problems arising from the use of fertilisers containing recycled industrial wastes and radionuclides. The Washington …
in the wake of growing environmental concern, vehicle manufacturers are now designing products that can be dismantled into reusable pieces. Auto-makers have already made efforts to design cars that could be easily stripped down. A joint-venture company of three big auto-makers
• In an attempt to document lead levels in the blood of the people living in Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the George Foundation and supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology is launching a project, "Lead …
Burning and recycling of waste is contaminating the environment with the lethal chemical dioxin, according to a three-year study conducted for Britain's Environment Agency by AEA Technology in Oxfordshire, UK. A 1991 European Union directive on waste management had led to the promotion of incinerators across Europe. But it overlooked …
Sorting of waste by robots may soon eliminate dumping sites in France. One of the companies that have developed such a system is Pellenc. The robot has a sensing system to separate various types of household packaging, including glass and plastic bottles, cardboard cartons and aluminium cans. Waste is tipped …
