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 …
Plastics SA has called on the government to take steps immediately to ring-fence the plastic bag levy so it can all be used for recycling. Nearly R2bn has been raised since the supermarket plastic bag levy was introduced 15 years ago but only half of it has gone to recycling. …
Simondium residents picket over uncollected refuse, clean water and threat of eviction A group of mostly women farm dwellers dumped piles of rubbish at the gates of Dawn Mountains wine farm in Simondium on Wednesday. They are demanding better living conditions for families living in dilapidated farm worker houses, where …
NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board recently slapped a Rs 1 lakh fine on Delhi University for poor waste management. While DU is trying to get its act together, a look at other university campuses in Delhi, notably JNU, IIT and Jamia, suggests these are doing well managing waste. That’s …
The average South African generates about 1 tonne of waste a year and, according to the National Waste Information Baseline 2011, will throw about 900 times their adult body weight of waste in their lifetime. Considering our tendency to litter, it paints a grim picture of what the landscape could …
Nairobi Metropolitan Service Improvement Project (NaMSIP) has obtained an environmental licence to build Mitumbiri Sanitary Landfill in the county, the High Court heard. Environment and Land Court Judge Grace Kemei was told that Nema had submitted a permit for the Sh1 billion solid waste management project, to be established in …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to resolve disputes at the administrative level while disposing of a plea by the civic body seeking land to manage garbage at Ghazipur landfill site. The green court said the issue of availability or suitability of the …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday expressed concern over the unsatisfactory implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The green court said it was extremely dissatisfied with the solid waste management in the city and the AAP government cannot just lie back and shun its responsibilities. A …
A marine drone called the WasteShark is busy cleaning up plastic waste off the coast of Devon in the United Kingdom, according to the Independent. The “shark,” an electric vehicle that traverses waterways, can autonomously gather up to 132 pounds of plastic waste at a time. If it’s deployed five …
Sweeping waste under the carpet is a myopic waste management approach—sustained efforts are required, and it is this that the survekshan should rank in the future. Billed as the world’s largest cleanliness survey, Swachh Survekshan 2019 was recently released by the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA). Indore was …
The National Green Tribunal Monday expressed concern over the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in the national capital, saying the situation was highly unsatisfactory. The green panel said it was extremely dissatisfied with the solid waste management in the city and the AAP government cannot just lie …
The efforts of various non-governmental organisations for getting the garbage dump near ancient Bhadarkali Mandir of Jagraon shifted yielded fruit when the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Jagraon Municipal Council to shift it to some other place as soon as possible. Following the directions from the High Court, …
PANCHKULA: Acknowledging that garbage segregation is crucial for Panchkula, the civic body here plans to train its residents. Presently, not a lot of people are serious about this key issue. Interestingly, in some parts of the city where residents take this practice seriously, the collectors hardly care. "The residents of …
Although summer is yet to set in, city's largest landfill site at Deonar has experienced its first fire incident of this summer on Thursday. This is just the beginning, fire episodes at the garbage yard may become frequent in the days to come as the days get warmer. Yet, the …
The campaign is aimed towards seeking the truth about the current journey of PET bottles from rack to recycle. Business school MDI Gurgaon, in collaboration with Volunteer4India (platform for people to participate in CSR and other activities for social causes), has initiated a 45-day pilot project to strengthen the PET …
TRICHY: Even as 90% of the garbage bins positioned in the city have been taken off already, the city corporation plans to remove the remaining bins too and in the process become the first city in the state to become bin-free. The civic body will take the decisive move from …
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff part of the team Members of the Regional Monitoring Committee (South) of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and officials from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took stock of waste collection practices in Katpadi, Vellore district. A team of officials led by member of Regional Monitoring …
A major fire broke out in February 2015, which was put out by firemen after a 10-day battle. Since then, every year, between January and March, several fires have been reported at the landfill site. A minor fire broke out on Thursday at the Deonar dumping ground, the city’s largest …
As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya they hope will provide a model for other developing countries. However, the voluntary scheme lacks legal backing, leaving a few companies to pick up the bill for …
Each and every health center, nursing home, hospital, pathological centers and any other medical facility generating biomedical waste in Jharkhand now has to comply with the disposal norms. The Central Pollution Control Board guidelines on this are all set to coming into force and would be implemented through QR code …
Directs State’s Chief Secretary to submit fresh action plan, compliance report The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday pulled up the Himachal Pradesh government for not filing satisfactory documents pertaining to compliance of solid waste management guidelines. The Tribunal directed the government to file a compliance reports within six months. …
