Garbage

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Sindh Govt to initiate 672MW power project

The Sindh government is starting a project to produce six hundred seventy-two megawatts electricity daily from two thousand tons garbage of Karachi city. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source, feasibility report of the project has been prepared and it will be completed within thirty months. The project is …

Month long sanitation campaign launched

Karachi—The district administration of Karachi Central on Thursday launched an extensive month long sanitation campaign to prevent any possible outbreak of diseases and also to ensure provision for a healthy impression of all residential, business and commercial areas in the district. Deputy Commissioner of Karachi Central, Dr. Syed Saif ur …

NGT bars dumping of garbage along Cooum in Nolambur

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench has restrained the Chennai Corporation from dumping garbage on the banks of the Cooum river in Nolambur. The Bench, comprising its judicial member Justice M. Chockalingam and expert member R. Nagendran, passed the order based on a petition from V. Prabhakaran, of Nolambur. …

Nigeria: Covenant University Plans to Recycle Waste Into Wealth

COVENANT University, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun, has embarked on a wealth initiative to recycle refuse into useful products, Dr David Olukanni, Chairman, Waste to Wealth Initiative of the school has said. Olukanni, a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, announced the plan at the inauguration of the Waste to …

State master plan for solid waste disposal

The state urban local bodies department has sought inputs from 78 state municipal bodies, including MCG, to prepare a state-level master plan for an integrated solid waste management system, to be reviewed and approved by the National Green Tribunal. Officials say most existing solid waste treatment plants do not meet …

Clean-up volunteers tackle largely plastic pollution on Melbourne's beaches

Nicko Lunardi, from Newport, is wearing a black T-shirt with two skulls on it. He is 27 years old, an electrician, and a drummer in two punk bands. He's also the leader of a small group of volunteer beach cleaners in Melbourne's west. It's Sunday morning and a dozen people …

Garbage collection up by 20 per cent after October 2

Malba , silt from drains is also being removed Snapshots of politicians and officers posing with brooms after October 2 appears to be paying off, with garbage collection by the municipal corporations going up by about 20 per cent in the past week. Swachh Bharat Mission With the launch of …

Cooperative for garbage management in tourist city of Sauraha

A cooperative has been established in Sauraha, for management of garbage of the tourist city in Chitwan district. The Sustainable Garbage Management and Environment Protection Cooperative, was established under the chairmanship of local entrepreneur Rajendra Kharel with Rs. 25,000 per share and compulsorily involving all entrepreneurs. Process of garbage management …

Pauri civic body fails to comply with garbage disposal order

Despite the order of National Green Tribunal regarding the disposal of garbage and waste products as per MSW Act, the Municipal Council Pauri has failed to comply with the order and consequently, garbage and waste products are still being seen scattered in the different parts of the district headquarters Pauri. …

Cooperative for garbage management in tourist city of Sauraha

Ratnanagar, Chitwan, Oct. 7: A cooperative has been established in Sauraha, for management of garbage of the tourist city in Chitwan district. The Sustainable Garbage Management and Environment Protection Cooperative, was established under the chairmanship of local entrepreneur Rajendra Kharel with Rs. 25,000 per share and compulsorily involving all entrepreneurs. …

Government to build toilets in 700 slum clusters

The city administration is set to provide toilet facilities in as many as 700 slum clusters in the city as a party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachchh Bharat” campaign. The initiative will be undertaken and executed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) in all the jhuggi jhopri …

Waste disposal is a mess

Though the state government had launched the Swachh AP programme in Vijayawada with much fanfare, the fact remains that there is no dumping yard to keep the city clean. The civic administration has been hunting for a suitable site to dump the about 600 tonnes of garbage generated by the …

Garbage dumps in Anantnag district pose epidemic threat

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” was launched across the country on Thursday, in Anantnag district, the post-flood garbage has been swelling, with the authorities expressing helplessness. The floodwaters have brought with it huge amounts of filth and garbage. The municipal body here cleared the garbage from …

Massive sanitation drive to begin from October 2

The Chhattisgarh Government is going to organise a series of programmes for creating awareness among the people regarding the importance of cleanliness. The programmes would start with sanitation pledge to be taken in the entire State on October 2–the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi. Public Health Engineering …

4 drinking water schemes for Pauri sanctioned: Mandrawal

Adviser to Chief Minister Harish Rawat and MLA from Pauri constituency, Sunder Lal Mandrawal said that the Chief Minister has sanctioned four drinking water pumping schemes for Pauri constituency while monitoring the Pauri constituency development work. Chief Minister sanctioned Kola-Patal scheme, Chinwari-Dada scheme, Sabdarkhal- Kadekhal scheme and Ghurdore- Bilkedar scheme, …

Agenda to appoint NEERI for city’s waste management plan deferred

The proposal to appoint the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to prepare a municipal waste management plan for the city was deferred once again by the MC House after former Mayor Subhash Chawla pointed out anomalies in the existing garbage processing system. Chawla said that the Memorandum of Understanding …

Udham Singh Nagar to get advanced plastic waste treatment plant

HALDWANI: Udham Singh Nagar administration plans to install an advanced garbage treatment plant in Rudrapur in collaboration with a Delhi-based private firm. The plant will primarily treat plastic wastes to generate electricity, diesel and biodegradable coal tar. Plastic wastes including polythene will be segregated from organic wastes. While polythene will …

Garbage heaps pile up, cause health scare

Haridwar, September 29: Residents of the pilgrim city fear an outbreak of diseases, if corrective measures are not taken. Heaps of garbage, plastic material and filth can be seen on almost all major roads, colonies and intersections of the Haridwar city. Though the Municipal Corporation made tall claims of keeping …

Residents for using latest technology for waste collection

ISLAMABAD: Citizens have urged the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to make proper arrangements for disposal of waste as roads and streets especially in front of different markets are presenting an ugly look. Capital city with a population of about 1.67 million is known for its cleanliness and greenery but with …

Govt. launches drive to clean up the Capital

People littering will be fined, vehicles wrongly parked will be impounded and strict action against defacement of property by unauthorised hoardings will be part of the special cleanliness drive that will kick off on Thursday in the Capital. Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday also directed the civic bodies to augment …

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