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 …
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 …
A software company has developed a program that can help companies calculate the net costs and savings from recycling and waste reduction. The program allows users to feed in basic information and calculates, among other things, projected reductions in waste by volume or weight, avoided disposal cost, the net annual …
attitudes towards urban farming in Zimbabwe have been changing of late. Its potential to alleviate economic and environmental problems is being realised. Urban farming is the production of crops and the keeping of livestock on land that is administratively and legally zoned for urban uses. Although it has a relatively …
even as the fourth Conference of Parties ( cop iv ) is about to meet in Kuala Lumpur from October 6 to 10 to decide whether a ban on trade in recyclable wastes under the Basel Convention should be implemented, the Indian government knows that it cannot win. If it …
The British government has launched a project to recycle nearly 40 per cent of its old newspapers and magazines into high-quality news-print by the year 2000. The project will also help reduce the use of virgin pulp. Other environmental benefits include a new, highly efficient water and effluent treatment plant. …
BIOLOGICAL waste will now be recycled to feed fish. A joint project has been undertaken by the University of Queensland, Australia, and state and industry researchers to process waste to feed crayfish and silver perch. The project will reduce the adverse environmental impact of waste products from the intensive livestock …
TO COMBAT the menace of increasing garbage, the residents of Vasant Kunj in New Delhi decided to approach a cop. That is exactly what Sukhbir Tanwar is, a former policeperson who turns garbage into manure. "I want Delhi to be green," says the former sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police …
