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 …
The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai has come into the public spotlight with sorted garbage bins illustrated in Chinese, English and Japanese. Juexing, abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, called on Buddhist worshippers and tourists visiting the temple to engage in garbage sorting. "Garbage sorting is a good way to …
The towering heap of rubbish at the Pata-Rat landfill in western Romania has been condemned as an "environmental time bomb" but for many of its neighbours, this putrid mountain of refuse is a livelihood—one they want to protect from closure. Looming on the hills near Romania's fifth-biggest city Cluj-Napoca, the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunita Thakur, Pradhan, Bageshwari Mahila Mandal, Sudher Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 29/03/2019 regarding illegal dumping of garbage in village Sudher near Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) workshop, Dharamshala, affecting the public health. The Municipal Corporation Dharamshala and Himachal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dhiren Chhikara Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 27/03/2019 regarding air pollution being caused in Harijan Basti, Rajokri Pahadi, Delhi where garbage is being burnt by the DBC Warehouse. The NGT directs a Joint Committee of the Delhi Pollution …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Kumar Vs Delhi Pollution Control Committee & Others dated 26/03/2019 regarding operation of garbage godowns in Ward No. 60E Soniya Vihar, Shahdra, Delhi, without consent to operate causing noise and air pollution beyond the prescribed norms, affecting health of …
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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2019. The issue for consideration is the remedial measures against contamination of ground water on account of leachate discharge adversely affecting the inhabitants and failure to comply with solid waste management …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Luweero — The blame game on who is responsible for littering the streets of Bombo Town has attracted concern of several stakeholders, including the Luweero District leaders led by the Resident District Commissioner, Ms Phoebe Namulindwa. As the district leaders raise the red flag on a pending health risk if …
The world’s deepest ocean trenches are becoming “the ultimate sink” for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet. For the first time, scientists found microplastic ingestion by organisms in the Mariana trench and five other areas with …
Each recipient got a green bin for biodegradable waste and a white one for non-biodegradable and recyclable waste Mayor Firhad Hakim handed over colour-coded waste bins to residents of Chetla on Wednesday, marking the introduction of waste segregation at source in 20 wards in the city. Each recipient got a …
Each recipient got a green bin for biodegradable waste and a white one for non-biodegradable and recyclable waste Mayor Firhad Hakim handed over colour-coded waste bins to residents of Chetla on Wednesday, marking the introduction of waste segregation at source in 20 wards in the city. Each recipient got a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sajjan Sodani Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 21/02/2019 regarding encroachments on Kothari river near Bhilwara, Rajasthan and dumping of domestic, industrial and other waste, including bio-medical waste allegedly dumped by Keshav Hospital, Bhilwara. NGT had directed the Rajasthan …
DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA)-In time with the observance of Zero Waste Month this January, representatives of environmental groups here called for the decentralization of waste management systems at the barangay level and to practice proper waste segregation at source. In a Kapihan sa PIA forum held recently, Zero Waste …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurwinder Singh Boparai Vs State of Punjab dated 16/01/2019 regarding dumping and burning of garbage taking place at Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala, Punjab. The Municipal Council, Sultanpur Lodhi is not taking the requisite steps for compliance of the Solid Waste …
