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 …
Panaji: The increasing ubiquity of technology, and the toxicity of the waste it generates, may make for a perilious future for Goa. The actual toxic content in many commonly-used products may be very little, but in a state with a notoriously poor waste management system and heavy rainfall, environmentalists have …
United Nations environment chief Erik Solheim has said spouting "doom and gloom" while talking about climate change will not work and stressed that there was a need to present it in a "simpler" language that explains to people what it really means for them in their daily lives. He also …
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel on Monday directed the housing urban affairs ministry to talk to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on how soon the mount of garbage piled up at Ghazipur can be utilised for building roads. The panel has asked the ministry to submit its response. The …
Despite the government establishing systems for collection and transportation of the increasing waste, which is mainly driven by rising urbanisation in Kigali and secondary cities, recycling companies said lack of waste sorting at source is hampering their work. A Kigali City assessment showed an average of 300 tonnes of waste …
The state is all set to have its first “waste to power” project by March this year at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting under the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Punjab …
A residential society in Patiala has managed to keep the surroundings clean and dispose of the household waste in an environment-friendly way. With the roll out of the Swachh Survekshan-2018, people of Maharaja Yadvindra Enclave have played their part in the country’s transformation. A society comprising 190 houses, situated on …
This paper reveals the magnitude of heavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater in and around an unauthorized e-waste recycling site in Delhi. Though unsafe and unorganized and with the e-waste handling now legally banned in Delhi, the informal sector is still actively involved in dismantling, extracting and disposing of …
Environmentally-conscious housing societies in Thane have to look no further for cost-effective waste management. On Saturday, a waste management summit in the city will teach Thanekars how to turn their waste into wealth without spending huge sums of money on resources and equipment. "There is a misconception that recycling/waste management …
CHENNAI: Earrings made of peepal leaves, a terrarium that nestles in a light bulb, a table fashioned from a tyre - visitors are bound to stop by Jagadish C's stall at Craft Bazaar 2018. The Bengaluru-based craftsman's creativity is reflected in all the products on display. "Tell me your year …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Disposal of e-Waste, 22/12/2017. There are 178 dismantling/recycling units with a capacity of 441085.6 metric tonnes per annum. The State-wise details of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country is given at annexure-1.
Kai, a three-year-old green sea turtle, was released back into the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean off Kenya's coast this month. She had been hospitalised after her guts were blocked with white plastic bags she swallowed, mistaking them for jellyfish, and tiny plastic pieces entangled in the sea grass …
Nairobi's new governor, Mike Sonko, has promised to rid Nairobi of its mountains of trash. The city, which is home to an estimated 3.9 million people, generates between 3,000 and 3,200 tons of solid waste daily. But only half is collected. And only about 25% of waste generated reaches the …
Monrovia - Green City has certificated 100 urban youth from 10 slum communities in Montserrado County in waste management and recycling. The project, which was launched in the Buzzi Quarter Community in Monrovia, is aimed at creating a clean and healthy environment and at the same time help to providing …
The health care risk waste treatment facility expected to open next year in the capital city is environmentally safe. The facility, which consists of a fuel pump, autoclave and incinerator, came about as a result of the municipality identifying gaps in how health care risk waste is generally managed in …
Monrovia - In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth-based social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia, has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The project is aimed at bringing together 10 slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents …
Monrovia - In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth-based social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia, has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The project is aimed at bringing together 10 slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents …
The report addresses DUST (environmental pollutant generated during handling of construction material and C&D; wastes) abatement measures during handling of construction material and C&D; wastes on-site and off-site.
In an effort to ensure clean environment, income and sustainability, Green Cities Incorporated, a youth base social enterprise operating in the solid waste sector of Liberia has launched the urban recycling project in Monrovia. The urban recycling project is bringing together ten slum communities in Monrovia, training community residents on …
We often talk about corporate or office waste in the sense of using less paper, less electricity, being more sustainable with our computer use, or switching to greener office products. But I had never truly considered the issue of corporate furniture waste until this press release landed in my inbox. …
Now that China has shut its borders to international recycling imports, it could be time for countries to take responsibility for their own trash, said experts at a recent waste management event in Singapore last week. Dr Chindarat Taylor, vice president of the Solid Waste Association of Thailand, said that …
