Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Report submitted to the National Green Tribunal by Pallavapuram Municipality, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on the matter of sewage dumped into Putheri lake in Pallavapuram. The report said that the pumping/lifting station has been upgraded and the provision of a generator would ensure that the lifting station would function even during …
The gender gap in Kampala in the Waste Management and Plastics Recycling sectors represents a major issue to be resolved if the country is to achieve and improve the efficiency of the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) projects and therefore enhance the achievement of Uganda's Sustainable Development Goals. This …
This publication showcases 100 projects and programs tackling climate change and its impacts on people and the environment in cities across Asia and the Pacific. The climate actions are drawn from multiple sectors—renewable energy, carbon finance, transport, land use, information and communication technology, climate action plans, building energy efficiency, solid …
Status report filed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Original Application No 99 of 2021 (SZ) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the News item published in The Times of India Newspaper, Chennai Edition of April 5, 2021, under the caption …
Joint Committee report in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the news item in Deccan Chronicle newspaper, March 16, 2021 "Garbage piles on roads, foul smell as GHMC removes bins under new initiative" Vs The Principal Secretary of Telangana & Others. The newspaper report …
Second report by Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani led Monitoring Committee on solid waste management implementation in Tamil Nadu relating to Udamandalam and Gudalur dated 24/05/2021. The matter related to disposal of solid waste in Theetukkal village of Udagamandalam Municipality and waste dumped at Kuruthukuly, Chalukkudi of Padanthurai village in Gudalur, …
Justice P. Jyothimani, Chairperson, State Monitoring Committee of the National Green Tribunal filed the second report on solid waste management implementation in Tamil Nadu relating to disposal of solid waste in Theetukkal village of Udagamandalam municipality and waste dumped at Kuruthukuly, Chalukkudi of Padanthurai village in Gudalur, Udagamandalam district. The …
A review by the European Court of Auditors has found that EU member States collect and recover more discarded electrical and electronic equipment than most of the world. The review addresses actions and challenges related to: implementation of existing e-waste treatment requirements; mismanagement of e-waste; illegal shipments and other criminal …
Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals. Among the global businesses responsible for 55% of the world’s plastic packaging waste are both state-owned and multinational corporations, including …
Status report filed by the Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu in compliance with the directions of the National Green Tribunal in Original Application No. 606/2018 and connected matters (Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016). Waste pickers operating organizations have been integrated into the SWM system by engaging them through …
4th quarterly report for year 2020-2021 by the government of Telangana in Original Application No. 606 of 2018 in the matter of compliance of MSW Management Rules, 2016. Around 39% (4053 TPD) of waste generated is segregated at source and transported in Telangana and this is the status for the …
This study represents the first attempt of the World Bank to examine SWM issues in unique and ecologically-fragile mountain areas. This infographic presents a synopsis of the findings from fie knowledge products, including individual country studies on India, Nepal, and Pakistan, a technical guidance report, and a collection of good …
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow violence” to the Tunisian context, it examines three case studies of municipal solid waste management and the role of environmental activism across these cases. The …
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow violence” to the Tunisian context, it examines three case studies of municipal solid waste management and the role of environmental activism across these cases. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 16/04/2021. The matter related to conservation and management of East Kolkata Wetland area - to stop all prohibitory activities within the East Kolkata Wetland area; to restore all converted land …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Confederation of Trans Hindan RWA’s Ghaziabad Vs U. P. State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/04/2021. The issue for consideration is non-compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, in not collecting garbage from Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Vaishali which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Poonam Yadav Vs M.C. Farrukhnagar & Others dated 07/04/2021. Grievance in this application is against setting up of a landfill site on grazing land, without any Environmental Clearance (EC), at Farrukhnagar, district Gurugram, Haryana, in violation of the siting criteria. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/04/2021. The issue for consideration is the remedial action, as per statutory rules, for the legacy waste dumped at Bandhwari landfill site, near Gurgaon. The waste dumped is from …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Pune Municipal Corporation Vs Sus Road Baner Vikas Manch & Others dated 05/04/2021. The matter related to shifting of the wet garbage processing plant on Sus Road in Baner, Pune, Maharashtra. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 27, …
Report of Joint Committee in the matter of Original Application No. 70 of 2021 (SZ) as per the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order February 17, 2021. The matter related to waste management in Thirukazhukundrdam town panchayat, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. The on-site sanitation infrastructure presently available at the household levels …
