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 …
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) plans to solve the problem of waste management by utilising it for the generation of energy. Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman of the State Pollution Control Board , said in his view waste had to be treated as a raw material resource for energy in …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to eight municipal corporations and 159 municipalities for not following guidelines on solid waste disposal. The corporations given notices are Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Gandhinagar. It has threatened to take strict action under the Environment Protection Act 1986 …
A solid waste management (SWM) policy is likely to be unveiled by the government next week. A comprehensive policy on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) has been prepared based on the outcome of the consultative international workshop and a series of discussions held with various stakeholders including academicians and experts …
Leachate flowing with rain water contaminates Mavallipura's lifeline Good rains after two years of drought are always a welcome proposition, but not for the residents of Mavallipura as the showers have only brought miseries to them. Reason: Highly toxic leachate continue to flow from the mountains of garbage from the …
If everything goes as planned, Nepal will have its largest landfill site in three years. Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre today said developing the site at Bancharedanda of Nuwakot district will cost around Rs 1.86 billion. “Efforts are on to complete the project in three years,” said Sumitra Amatya, …
Rome : The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. Every year about a third of all food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted, along …
The owners of a planned landfill site for hazardous material could change their plan to store safer material. A planning application was turned down last November for rubbish to be left at Stowey Quarry in Somerset. At a planning inquiry, an inspector has said he would be willing to allow …
The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at least 20 to 25 years, with riders that it should be away from habitation clusters, forest …
Thousands of trees might have faced the infrastructural axe in the City, reducing afforestation to a mere eco-slogan. But there is a neat little twist in this one-way trail of green destruction. Turning the tide with a defiant, dedicated tree-planting drive, aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has transformed huge …
In an emergency meeting on Saturday at the Lord Vinayaka temple in Bondbag-Bethora, villagers unanimously resolved to oppose the waste treatment plant proposed by the state government at the Ponda municipal council (PMC) site in the Bondbag area. Villagers who have been opposing the plant since 2008 - when the …
This Notice of the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, made under section 7 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008, provides norms and standards which determine the requirements for the disposal of waste to landfill as contemplated in regulation 8(1) of the Waste Classification and Management Regulations 2013. …
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has published national norms and standards for the assessment of waste for landfill disposal under section 7(1)(c) of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008. The National Norms and Standards for the Assessment of Waste for Landfill Disposal prescribes the manner …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the authorities of all the states to explore possibility of introducing use of bio-degradable plastic bags instead of polythene bags of any thickness. "We consider it appropriate to direct the authorities concerned in all the states to explore the possibility of introducing use …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city. It is, however, not clear what the BMC plans to do with the power that is generated. Additional municipal commissioner Mohan Adtani …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs Commissioner Municipal Corporation Bhopal & Others dated 08/08/2013 regarding collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal waste.
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a showcause notice to the BMC and sought explanation on why action should not be taken against it for a series of violations and rampant reclamation, which have added to destruction of mangroves in Kanjurmarg. The ministry also ordered a status …
Work To Begin Around Yr-End Lucknow: Organised waste collection and management may not be a distant dream for Lucknow any more, with UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) sanctioning the much needed authorisation letter to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation-appointed operator to run the city’s municipal solid waste treatment plant in Shivri …
The Government of Korea has agreed to provide financial assistance of Rs.7.5 billion (US$ 60 million) to establish a Vocational Training Centre and a solid waste disposal facility having considered their relative importance and expected long term benefits, the Finance Ministry said. The Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of the …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to use separate vehicles to collect disposable and non-disposal waste from the streets. “We are preparing to pick disposable and non-disposable wastes separately from the streets,” said Rabin Man Shrestha, chief of the Environment Management Division at the KMC. “We will prepare …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of People for Transparency through kamal anand Vs State of Punjab & Ors regarding municipal waste management in Punjab dated 23/07/2013.
