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 …
Environment secretary Judi Wakhungu has announced a looming ban on use of plastic bottles to curb environmental pollution. The move will now require water bottlers and manufacturers of soft drinks and juices to find alternative packaging material. Prof Wakhungu two months ago gazetted a blanket ban on use of plastic …
The Waste Transfer Station will help the transfer of the about 3000 tonnes of waste generated daily. Zoomlion Company Limited and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Thursday, commissioned the Zoompak Achimota Waste Transfer Station to assist the transfer of the about 3000 tonnes of waste daily generated in the …
One of the world’s most remote places, an uninhabited coral atoll, is also one of its most polluted. Henderson Island, a tiny landmass in the eastern South Pacific, has been found by marine scientists to have the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world, with 99.8% of …
Questions have been raised about methodology adopted in Swachh Survekshan Report 2017. Instead of encouraging sustainable practices like segregation at source and recycle and reuse, the survey seems to have rewarded cities that are focussing on collection of unsegregated waste and transporting it to landfills.
Urban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an …
The state capital has fared poor with 269th rank in Swachh Bharat Ranking 2017, scoring only 43% marks in overall score of 2000. Despite being capital of UP it ranked 10th in the state, much below other cities like Varanasi, Aligarh, Jhansi, Kanpur and Saharanpur etc. Major setback for the …
PANJIM: In a first step towards making Goa garbage free by 2020, the recently constituted Goa State Waste Management Corporation (GSWMC) has decided to collect accurate data about garbage generation and segregation across the State. It has also decided that on a pilot basis, the Corporation will collect, segregate and …
The banned practice of garbage burning continues unabated in the city. Strangely, the Municipal Corporation chooses to ignore the banned practice. Worse still, the MC employees, it is learnt, are openly flouting the ban. Instead of disposing the garbage in eco-friendly way, they pile it up along with dried leaves …
RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan authorities have seized more than 420 tonnes of plastic bags in the year since the entry into force of a law prohibiting their use, the government said Wednesday. With the legislation dubbed "zero mika", or zero plastic in Arabic, Morocco became one of the first countries …
Waste management company EnviroServ have been barred from dumping at their Shongweni landfill site by the Durban High Court. The ruling comes after civic body Upper Highway Air‚ which has campaigned to have the dump shut down over a malodour in the area‚ brought the application before the court. They …
Director of Waste Management at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Anthony Mensah, speaking on Eezy FM’s Morning Edition in Accra disclosed that the city of Accra generates 3,000 metric tonnes of waste daily. He said: “in terms of quantities of waste generated, it is huge; AMA’s jurisdiction generates waste in …
The Kenya Bureau of Standards will cancel licences for companies manufacturing plastic bags ahead of the ban on September 1. Managing director Charles Ongwae said the Ministry of Environment had given deadlines that will be implemented to the letter. “The National Environment Management Authority will be implementing the legal notice, …
DURBAN - A legal battle rages on between waste management company EnviroServ and the civil group Upper Highway Air (UHA) over the operations at the controversial Shongweni landfill site. UHA will be back at the Durban High Court on Wednesday, seeking an interdict prohibiting the receiving, treating and disposing of …
Colombo - The death toll from the collapse of a massive garbage mound near Sri Lanka's capital rose to 22 on Sunday, and activists said at least 20 more people could still be buried underneath the debris. Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, who is heading the rescue efforts, said authorities were …
Any visitor to Rongai - better known as ‘Diaspora’ - or even driving on Magadi Road at night cannot miss the waft of a foul smell. You would be forgiven to think that the place is home to a mega sewer treatment plant. Seasonal rivers of filth here flow undisturbed …
A major crackdown by the City of Cape Town has litterers on notice. Six months since the start of the Integrated Waste Management By-law‚ authorities have already collected more than R1-million rand in fines and impounded close to 70 cars. “We can see a small improvement in the aesthetics of …
There was an urgent need to create such a database for Mumbai as there was no guide to 'Household Waste Management' available to help citizens take an informed decision on the best-fit solution for them. With Mumbai effectively managing 9000 metric tonnes of garbage that it generates daily, an environmental …
Furious residents of rural Moyeni village outside Libode are demanding the immediate closure of a municipal dumpsite‚ claiming their cattle were dying in large numbers from swallowing discarded plastic bags and medical needles. Nestled on a portion of a vast tract of grazing land between their village and the town …
"The Department of Environmental Affairs has‚ today 04 April 2017‚ suspended acceptance‚ treatment and disposal of waste at the EnviroServ Waste Management (PTY) Ltd Shongweni Landfill Site in eThekwini‚ KwaZulu-Natal‚ in terms of section 56 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act‚ 2008‚" the department said in a statement. David …
The rising number of uncontrolled dumpsites has hurt the construction of airports, with Nakuru being one of the hardest hit counties, Nema has said. The Giotto dumpsite and the high number of marabou stocks from Lake Nakuru have hindered projects. Nema director general Geoffrey Wahungu said a detailed bird study …
