Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Vs Subhash C Pandey & Others dated 07/04/2025. The affidavit of compliance was filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation regarding implementation of the suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The SC granted time to the …
New Delhi: Smoke clouds similar to the recent one at the Deonar landfill that choked Mumbai for days have been slow-poisoning Delhiites for years. Small fires are ablaze nearly all the time in the Delhi landfills and may put the city at the risk of a major fire disaster, said …
Unilever has today (9 February) revealed that more than 600 of its sites across 70 countries have achieved zero waste to landfill status, after the company identified alternate routes for non-hazardous waste streams in its operations. The consumer goods firm – recognised as one of the most sustainable businesses on …
Students have been suffering from ailments caused by the heavy smog and the poor air quality index. A week after the fire at Deonar dumping ground, schools across eastern suburbs have continued to witness low attendance. Students have been suffering from ailments caused by the heavy smog and the poor …
Lebanon's government is so dysfunctional, Beirut stinks. And now it's getting dangerous. Six months ago, the authorities shut the main landfill site for garbage from the capital, without providing an alternative. Since then, rubbish collection has halted and festering trash has piled up in the city streets, causing what researchers …
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for a Policy on Promotion of City Compost. Under the policy, a provision has been made for Market development assistance of Rs. 1500 per tonne of city compost for scaling up production and consumption of …
The civic authorities constructed a waste-to-energy plant at the site to dispose waste and check pollution, but the plant is far from being operational. The over-saturated Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi is one of the biggest contributors to the alarming level of air pollution in the region. While the …
Businesses in the hospitality sector which had previously signed up to lower key footprints and cut food waste have seen carbon emissions fall by 3.6% for 2014 as they close into the 5% reduction target for 2015. Companies including Sodexo, Brakes and Compass previously signed up to the Hospitality and …
Global car manufacturers General Motors has announced that all of its Vauxhall facilities across Europe are 100% landfill free, with the facilities either recycling, reusing or creating energy from daily waste operations. Vauxhall facilities in Luton and Ellesmore Port were the latest assemblies to officially send zero waste to landfill …
Increasing the durability and expanding the lifespan of items of clothing by nine extra months could reduce carbon, waste and water footprints by 20-30% each and cut resource costs by £5bn, a new report from WRAP has found. The organisation's Sustainable Clothing report, developed with the help of companies signed …
Heaps of garbage are being cleared by BBMP workers at the KR Market on Tuesday. KPN Members of Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) on Tuesday said that the landfills and incineration plants in the City were unscientific with multiple side effects. Speaking on the sidelines of a discussion on …
The Bengaluru Urban district administration has identified 79 abandoned quarries, covering an area of 184 acres on the outskirts of the City, to serve as landfills for the piling City garbage which has no takers. Once filled up, these pits which often lead to accidents, may be used to house …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of R. D. Anand Vs. Chandigarh Union Territory Administration & Others dated 04/11/2015 regarding municipal solid waste management in the city of Chandigarh. The city of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula being excluded, generates 370 metric tons of municipal solid waste. There …
The Uttarakhand government will set up a waste to energy project with the help of BSR Green Energy, Hyderabad. This will ease part of the waste burden of 18 local bodies with the help of the green technology. So far, successive state governments have failed to put in place a …
The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of plastic waste disposal on soil and ground water quality of Lucknow dumpsite. The following two dumpsite locations of Lucknow city: a) Ghaila, Hardoi Road and b) Dudauli, Sitapur Road have been under taken for the sampling and study. Samples …
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University has launched its annual flagship research report State of Cities (SoC) 2015 titled ‘Solid Waste Management in Dhaka City--Towards Decentralised Governance’. The study has captured constraints in addressing the city's solid waste problem. The City Corporations' budget, for instance, is inadequate. …
BENGALURU: At the wedding of Titan CEO Bhaskar Bhat's daughter on October 25, over 2,000 bottles of mineral water were used. No sooner the event was over, the empty bottles were packed off to a dry waste collection centre. Good-old steel tumblers replacing plastic cups, separate bins for dry and …
The western region bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to submit short-term and long-term action plans for disposal of nearly 1,600 metric tonne of garbage generated daily in the city. These plans will be discussed at a joint meeting called by …
The tribunal had emphasised on adherence to conditions laid down by the authorization and compliance of the municipal solid waste rules of 2000. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesaday directed the district collectorate to submit the status of new landfill sites for disposal of garbage by the Pune Municipal …
GURGAON: The state government has expedited the process to restart the Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant, which has been lying defunct for almost two years and is now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of garbage. The decision was taken at a meeting held on Monday, where additional chief …
