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 …
"Top News" is a compilation of important environmental news topics selected by environmental experts from the Asia-Pacific region as well as by international organisations and research institutes from twenty countries in the region. This 2009 edition focuses on three topics of "Global Warming", "Biodiversity" and "Sustainable Consumption and Production", which …
The article presents the results of a research project aimed at (1) examining the feasibility of material flow analysis (MFA) on a regional and urban scale in France, (2) selecting the most appropriate method, (3) identifying the available data, and (4) calculating the material balance for a specific case. Using …
January 2006 saw the release of the European Union's revised strategy statement on waste and the incorporation of this debate into a more holistic approach, centered on life cycle issues for particular goods and services in society. Such an approach presages the likelihood of waste not being seen as an …
This report starts with a description of the methodology followed in the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) in Asia Project, including the overall project approach and some key concepts applied. It then describes the context of the two study areas, Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Kurunegala in Sri …
Disposal of plastics waste has drawn attention of environmentalist due to their nonbiodegradability and unaesthetic views since these are not disposed scientifically and possibilities to contaminate soil and sub-soil water because of leachates. Plastic packagings are extensively used in the Railways and Airport
Global warming and climate change have made adoption measures essential, more so in semi arid regions. Kolar district is typical of semi arid regions with a low Development Index in Karnataka State. Greenhouse gases emissions from various sectors are in tune of 2717 kilotons, however, with a significant potential in …
Lamenting poor municipal waste disposal facilities in most of the cities of the country, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. "Our cities are dirtiest cities of the world. If there is a Nobel Prize for …
SHILLONG: A Japanese company has proposed what it calls "green coal" project to recycle waste products in the State especially those being dumped at Marten in Mawlai Mawiong. A delegation of the Japanese company Creative Company Limited Ecology Recycle Port had a brief discussion with officials of the State Urban …
SHILLONG, Nov 20: The city will witness innovative practice in waste management by heralding a new technology as the process is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Creative Company Ltd and Eco-Recycle Port of Hiroshima, a Japan-based company that specialises in the treatment of solid waste and conversion …
This working paper is based on research carried out as commission work for the Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ). It presents the analysis of climate benefits through the 3Rs focusing on organic waste management. It shows separate treatment hierarchies for different kinds of organic waste and recommendations for selection of …
This working paper is based on research carried out as commission work for the Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ). It presents the analysis of climate benefits through the 3Rs focusing on organic waste management. It shows separate treatment hierarchies for different kinds of organic waste and recommendations for selection of …
Garbage clearance and IT appear to have little in common, but not anymore, with the city corporation deploying Global Positioning System to ensure effective and systematic solid waste management. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), faced a major challenge in terms of monitoring the movement of vehicles disposing solid waste, Commissioner …
Nov. 19: The local Congress activists had a verbal duel against each other over the solid waste management of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, which the mayor and others had allegedly decided to hand over to two multi-national companies. The leaders and the MLAs assembled at Greater Visakhapatnam City Congress …
This study by Chintan examines role of the informal recycling sector in climate change mitigation in developing countries, with focus on India. Shows that informal sector in Delhi reduces emissions by an estimated 962,133 TCO2e which is 3.6 times more effective in reducing emissions than formal waste management units. The …
MMRDA Delay Leads To Reservation For Metro Sukhada Tatke | TNN Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which had offered to create six sanitary landfills on the outskirts of the city for better waste management, failed to notify the state town planning department about two of the locations …
This study critically examines the role that the informal recycling sector plays in climate change mitigation in developing countries, with a particular focus on India. Emissions of some key greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide and methane, can be traced directly to municipal solid waste. Emissions result from virtually …
Pune The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has taken a big leap in garbage management in town by putting bin clearance online to enable citizens to keep track of waste disposal in their neighbourhood. The website updates status of garbage bins and containers every five minutes. The online system to monitor the …
Two of the city corporations in Karnataka have bagged the first and second positions in solid waste management at the national level. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr Shankar Bhat, Mangalore Mayor, said that the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has secured the second position in solid waste management in the …
IN ONE section of the university building where I teach, there is an enormous and motley collection of discarded computer-related items, stacked and piled in an unwieldy mess. This has been lying around for a while now, nearly a year, not only because of the prolonged bureaucratic procedures involved in …
Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which is working towards setting up a dedicated electronic waste processing unit in the metropolitan region, is now planning to include Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation in the project. According to MR Shah, principal advisor, solid waste management cell of the MMRDA, the MIDC, …
