Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
BENGALURU: Garbage disposal is a bugbear that has dogged the entire city and while the piles of rubbish on roadsides have often garnered focus, one issue that has slipped under the radar is collection of waste from schools. This issue was raised at the Times of India's Bengaluru Forward event …
The Ghana anti-water resources and environment pollution group, Drink Safe Water Advocacy has found in the search, cleanest town in the country to be Obomeng in the Kwahu South district and worthily conferred it's status today. Executive Coordinator for DSWAG, Mr. Krobea Asante Tofepa Ntomentwene and his research team having …
THE United States (US) government, through the Millennium Challenge Account Zambia, has released US$3 million for solid waste management in the country. Minister of Local Government Vincent Mwale said Government is indebted to the US government for the gesture. Mr Mwale said this yesterday during a national epidemic preparedness prevention …
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 …
The government has drafted a new Bill to improve waste management ahead of a United Nations Environment Assembly meeting that begins in Nairobi today. Environment CS Judi Wakhungu said the government is determined to end environmental degradation. Speaking at an event to usher in the UNEA meeting in Nairobi, Wakhungu …
The open burning of waste in Lebanon poses serious health risks, Human Rights Watch warned in a report released on Friday, blaming decades-old, across the board government failure. The New York-based watchdog said the crisis, which escalated in 2015 when waste management largely collapsed across Lebanon, was a particular threat …
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. …
VASCO: The seven panchayats around Dabolim International Airport will get Rs 7 lakh every year for cleanliness around the airport, as a step towards controlling the garbage menace in the area, panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho said, while speaking during the inauguration of Quelossim panchayat on Sunday evening. The village panchayats …
Panaji: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday asked women self-help groups to explore the possibility of taking up door to door garbage collection and segregation in villages. Parrikar said the government would meet and formulate a scheme under which self-help groups will be incentivised for collecting wet and dry waste. …
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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Varun Seth & Others Vs Police Commissioner, Delhi Police & Others dated 05/10/2017 regarding use of loudspeakers and public address system on Jantar Mantar road causing adverse health effect on the residents and children. The applicants (permanent residents of Jantar …
What will the city do about its growing mountains of waste? Last fortnight, two people died in Delhi because the garbage mountain of the city collapsed on them. The waste dump, called landfill for want of a better word, is more than 50 metres high. It is one of the …
A ban on plastic carrier bags has come into force in Kenya, which means that from Monday anyone found selling, manufacturing or carrying them could face fines of up to $38,000 or prison sentences of up to four years. The government says the ban will help protect the environment. But …
At least eight people have died and dozens more injured in Guinea when a rubbish dump on the outskirts of the capital, Conakry, collapsed after heavy rain. Five bodies, including those of two children, were taken to a morgue in Conakry following Tuesday's incident, according to senior police official Boubacar …
Delhi's citizens are exasperated at the lack of enforcement that has led to poor air quality, garbage heaps, traffic mess and other civic problems. This was obvious from their restless reactions at Dilli ki Soch, the annual meeting of residents welfare associations, organised by United Residents Joint Action (URJA) on …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dwaipayan Sengupta Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change & Others dated 10/07/2017 regarding encroachment and filling up of a waterbody commonly known as Nayanjuli which extends from Ultadanga to Lake Town crossing on the …
GURUGRAM: The state government on Thursday asked the MCG to create a special cell for monitoring garbage burning and management of construction and demolition (C&D;) waste in the city. "MCG should create a cell for monitoring garbage burning and C&D; waste management activities. Big construction sites can be sealed under …
With the garbage-collection system collapsing in the city in view of the Bhagtanwala dump row, heaps of waste are mounting at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, posing a serious health threat to the patients. Even as lifting of garbage from the hospital premises was irregular earlier also, the present crisis has …
Towards ensuring a hygienic environment for residents, the Lagos State Government has identified about 3,000 spots to drive its new Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI). The State's Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Samuel Adejare, who disclosed this shortly after the launch of Visionscape facility in Ogudu, said operators are to move …
