Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Report by the Erode city municipal corporation submitted to the National Green Tribunal on the matter of dried Cauvery river filled up with waste water. Sewage of 33.75 MLD is generated from Erode city municipal corporation limit. The corporation has installed a sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 50.55 …
The gender gap in Kampala in the Waste Management and Plastics Recycling sectors represents a major issue to be resolved if the country is to achieve and improve the efficiency of the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) projects and therefore enhance the achievement of Uganda's Sustainable Development Goals. This …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the application filed by Air Marshal Anil Chopra on environmental and waste management issues in the Armed Forces, cantonments and military stations. The Ministry of Defence in its report of May 24, 2021 informed the court that in compliance of the NGT order, …
Second report by Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani led Monitoring Committee on solid waste management implementation in Tamil Nadu relating to Udamandalam and Gudalur dated 24/05/2021. The matter related to disposal of solid waste in Theetukkal village of Udagamandalam Municipality and waste dumped at Kuruthukuly, Chalukkudi of Padanthurai village in Gudalur, …
Justice P. Jyothimani, Chairperson, State Monitoring Committee of the National Green Tribunal filed the second report on solid waste management implementation in Tamil Nadu relating to disposal of solid waste in Theetukkal village of Udagamandalam municipality and waste dumped at Kuruthukuly, Chalukkudi of Padanthurai village in Gudalur, Udagamandalam district. The …
A review by the European Court of Auditors has found that EU member States collect and recover more discarded electrical and electronic equipment than most of the world. The review addresses actions and challenges related to: implementation of existing e-waste treatment requirements; mismanagement of e-waste; illegal shipments and other criminal …
Status report filed by the Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu in compliance with the directions of the National Green Tribunal in Original Application No. 606/2018 and connected matters (Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016). Waste pickers operating organizations have been integrated into the SWM system by engaging them through …
This guidance highlights the key issues, benchmarks, and standards in four main areas of environmental management in mining—water, biodiversity, waste management, and emergency preparedness and response—and governments' role in ensuring that each is managed in support of sustainable development.
4th quarterly report for year 2020-2021 by the government of Telangana in Original Application No. 606 of 2018 in the matter of compliance of MSW Management Rules, 2016. Around 39% (4053 TPD) of waste generated is segregated at source and transported in Telangana and this is the status for the …
This practice note looks at the WRI India approach of developing a powerful value accelerator platform to scale innovative solutions for gaps in service delivery in collaboration with the quadruple helix stakeholders of government, private sector, academia and citizens. This note assesses the existing innovation ecosystem and the potential for …
A necessary extension of the concept of Resource Recovery and Reuse with an even higher priority is the prevention and reduction of waste. One concern, in particular, is food waste, which constitutes the largest share of human waste. Target 12.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to …
A new report produced by the UN Secretariats of the Basel, Minamata, Rotterdam, & Stockholm conventions maps the interlinkages between hazardous chemicals, wastes and climate change, which combine to impact on efforts to conserve and restore nature. This report presents a comprehensive technical review of the literature on climate change …
This study represents the first attempt of the World Bank to examine SWM issues in unique and ecologically-fragile mountain areas. This infographic presents a synopsis of the findings from fie knowledge products, including individual country studies on India, Nepal, and Pakistan, a technical guidance report, and a collection of good …
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow violence” to the Tunisian context, it examines three case studies of municipal solid waste management and the role of environmental activism across these cases. The …
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow violence” to the Tunisian context, it examines three case studies of municipal solid waste management and the role of environmental activism across these cases. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Confederation of Trans Hindan RWA’s Ghaziabad Vs U. P. State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/04/2021. The issue for consideration is non-compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, in not collecting garbage from Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Vaishali which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kulwinder Singh Sandhu & Others Vs Ram Murti & Others dated 15/04/2021. The original matter related to unscientific carcass disposal at village Ladhowal, district Ludhiana, Punjab. The matter was then considered in the light of the report submitted by the …
Reply by Roads & Buildings Department, Telangana in the matter of Anumula Revanth Reddy Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2021. The matter related to allegations of flouting of environmental norms while demolishing the old secretariat building, Telangana. The State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) had issued Environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Poonam Yadav Vs M.C. Farrukhnagar & Others dated 07/04/2021. Grievance in this application is against setting up of a landfill site on grazing land, without any Environmental Clearance (EC), at Farrukhnagar, district Gurugram, Haryana, in violation of the siting criteria. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/04/2021. The issue for consideration is the remedial action, as per statutory rules, for the legacy waste dumped at Bandhwari landfill site, near Gurgaon. The waste dumped is from …
