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 …
The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) today finalised the contract to lift hotel garbage as well as the medical waste from the city. An organization called Unique Solid Waste Management from Taleigao was awarded the tender for Rs 1.30 lakh per month. Sources said that everyday two truck …
Pune An issue that really kept the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on its toes in 2009 was the solid waste management, which came under attack for the lack of proper collection and processing systems. But come 2010, and the civic body is all set to roll out an ambitious plan …
The municipal solid waste generation is increasing in urban areas. The incineration of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with high moisture content and low calorific value is not environmentally, techno-commercially viable option for energy recovery. The steep increase in energy costs and environmental impacts due to inadequate sanitary …
The first national executive meeting of the CII India Green Business Council was in the recesses of the Lonavala hills in Maharashtra. For the businessmen present here was an opportunity not only to reduce the pressure on the planet
The Industrial Policy of Delhi 2010-2021 that has come out after 1982 aims to promote non-polluting and clean industries with focus on hi-tech, knowledge-based and IT-based Industries. It also envisages operation and maintenance of existing industrial areas and development of new industrial areas on private partnership basis. The industrial policy …
This report summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating global climate change and its contribution to other development and environment challenges, as well as its current status, including the issues of cost, safety, waste management and nonproliferation. Nuclear power plants produce virtually no GHG emissions during their operation …
The IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report puts the contribution of the solid waste and wastewater management sector to global greenhouse gas emissions at 2.7%, which might at first sight appear to be comparatively low. According to the IPCC accounting rules this figure does not take into account the impacts of reducing, …
This report published by Exnora Green Pammal (EGP) and UNICEF illustrates examples of the implementation and impact of solid waste management innovations in five localities in Tamil Nadu. The solid waste management systems in these localities are widely regarded as successes that deserve replication. This document has been produced to …
Almost a week after the order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, a high powered committee constituted by the court to look into the reasons of fire at Shimla
PRASHANT PANDEY NEW DELHI Delhi seems to be lagging behind some of the other cities when it comes to solid waste management, providing effective storm water drainage system and adequate water supply Delhi is often touted as a "world-class city" but it seems to be lagging far behind some of …
Option Energy Private Limited, a company into bio-waste- based power production, is planning to set up an organic waste-based plant to produce power and Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), based on US technology, at Fatehabad soon. Abhey Sinha, Managing Director, and Mrinal Bharti and Rajiv Kumar, directors of the company, who …
Himachal High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to provide landfill site to the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) within four weeks near the location where the new bio-conversion plant was being set up. A Division bench comprising Acting chief Justice Ram Bhawan Misra and Rajeev Sharma observed that this …
Protecting the earth is not just everybody's business today but is also getting to be big business. Given that the world is still trying to crack how to green the planet at prices that don't burn a hole in the pocket, there is an immense opportunity for young Indian companies …
THE Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched in December 2005 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in keeping with its Common Minimum Programme. It was a form of reform that urban areas in the country desperately needed before they spiralled into haphazard and over-flowing cities. The …
The draft guidelines on green SEZs introduced by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Has elaborated on optimization of use of energy, power, water consumption, plantation in the project, ventilation, internal roads, waste management, site restoration and preservation, etc. All new & existing SEZs must implement these green guidelines and …
This ISWA White Paper says that waste sector offers a portfolio of proven, practical and cost effective technologies which can contribute to GHG mitigation. When adapted and deployed according to local traditions and needs, they can help secure significant global GHG emission savings. The waste industry occupies a unique position …
Incorporating the beneficial use of industrial by-products into the industrial ecology of an urban region as a substitute or supplement for natural aggregate can potentially reduce life cycle impacts. This article specifically looks at the utilization of industrial by-products (IBPs) (coal ash, foundry sand, and foundry slag) as aggregate for …
