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 …
This new publication examines complex connections between the global forest products industry and the global carbon cycle, with the objective of characterizing the carbon footprint of the sector. The analysis finds that the industry’s main sources of emissions are manufacturing and disposal of used products in landfills. See Also Report: …
The Bombay High Court at Goa today ordered the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) not to carry out a landfill site at Sada, while allowing them to go ahead with their garbage disposal process.The Division Bench comprising of Justice A S Oka and Justice F M Reis further directed MMC to …
TIMES NEWS NETWORKNew Delhi: With the three existing landfill sites having exhausted their capacity a while ago, MCD has finally got some relief in dealing with Delhi
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the action plan for Tarapur industrial areas.
The Technical Guidance Manual of Common Hazardous Waste Treatrnent Storage and Disposal Facilities sector describes types of EIA, process and pollution control technologies, operational aspects of EIA wiih model TOR of that sector, and waste minimization techniques, monitoring of environmental quality, post clearance monitoring protocol, related regulations, and procedure of …
Jamshedpur, July 19: The state industry department today sanctioned Rs 2.18 crore as first instalment for the ambitious Adityapur auto cluster project. The department issued a sanctioned letter to Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL) during a review meeting held at the office of industry secretary A.P. Singh in Ranchi. The …
There is 1.1 million tonnes of highly contaminated soil at the plant site, according to an estimate by the National Environment Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur. It needs to be treated and safely disposed of. The report said up to two metres of soil will need to be …
Students from over 1,200 municipal schools in Mumbai do not litter packets after finishing their favourite flavoured milk, which they receive under the school feeding programme. They neatly fold the cartons and drop them in a bin in the campus. A paper mill in Gujarat sends its truck every day …
LUCKNOW: The UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) is doing all it can to make the proposed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) plant at Kakori a reality. After the State Advisory Council met the senior members of UPJN on June 14, the implementing authority for the plant is busy preparing a fresh blueprint …
The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance. Known for the oldest mango tree of the variety
The Indian Air Force has strongly protested the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to set up a landfill facility to dump waste at a site in Bawana-Narela, citing bird strikes and environmental threat to its adjacent station. As the site is located only 3.5 km away from …
Although tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005, there are still concerns about the exposure of children through other sources. Graber et al. (p. 884) measured blood lead distributions among schoolchildren living near the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, using a stratified, cross-sectional design to obtain blood …
The state of Maine experimented with drugs last year. The state had already tested several methods?for collecting unused pharmaceuticals, with varying degrees of success. After tracking surprisingly high concentrations of pharmaceuticals in landfill leachate
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed shock at the inaction of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in addressing the absence of a boundary wall to prevent the flow of waste from a 70-acre landfill site next to the Ghazipur abattoir.
The civic authorities on Wednesday started demolishing encroachments on Bikramgarh Jheel, off South City, that has shrunk from 100 to 20 bighas following rampant landfill by a section of realtors.
KOCHI: The managers of non-degradable waste in the city are a relieved lot as the Refuse- Derived Fuel (RDF) plant at Brahmapuram is all set to open on April 16. Once the RDF plant becomes operational, the overall efficiency of the Brahmapuram solid-waste plant will increase considerably. This will help …
