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 …
PANJIM, OCT 14 Is this not a waste? The Corporation of the City of Panaji spends Rs 65 lakh on its Patto garbage treatment plant! While a large number of bills are still pending clearance on the anaerobic plant of the CCP at Patto, data has brought to light that …
K. Manikandan Adhoc arrangement: Vacant plots in southern suburbs of Chennai serve as makeshift dump yards in the absence of effective and sound solid waste management practices by most urban and rural local bodies. A scene at Medavakkam. TAMBARAM: The inability to implement source segregation, shortage of landfill sites and …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Environmentalist A N Yellappa Reddy on Monday said that urban local bodies should take up programmes for treatment of sewage water, and also take the necessary steps to ensure scientific disposal of garbage. Making a presentation at the one-day workshop on solid waste management, organised for …
R. Srikanth CHENNAI: The public hearing on waste dumping at Pallikaranai marshland, organised by the expert committee on solid waste management at Pallikaranai, on Sunday saw a good response from residents and environmentalists. Initiating the meeting, Sheela Rani Chunkath, convener of the expert committee, said the Corporation Commissioner had pointed …
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the most neglected aspects of India's environment and the recent Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management (MSWM). A …
India has had a very long history of recycling, which has continued to be practiced in an informal set up mostly by urban poor. From paper, old bottles, plastics, clothes to old machineries- all are seen as potential income source and have been reused and recycled to earn revenue. Ewaste …
Biomedical waste in India is a serious health and environmental hazard. Despite having a separate legislation for last ten years to handle this kind of waste, it is surprising to note that most medical facilities have failed to manage their waste in a safe and environmentally sound manner. The article …
This paper details some of the difficulties in financing a community-based waste management (CBWM) project for the collection of waste in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It presents a series of financing scenarios based on several potential logistical arrangements. The financial variables investigated include labour costs and honorariums, collection fees, charges for …
Rapid environmental impact assessment and environmental management plan for the proposed cement plant, captive power plant at village Padhiarka, Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
The regulatory body, DPCC, disclosed the status of 10 major hospitals in the city Applications for authorisation from Apollo, Ortho Nova and Hindu Rao under consideration DPCC issues public notices for proper management of bio-medical waste NEW DELHI: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has stated that the status of medical …
P. Oppili CHENNAI: The Experts Committee on Pallikaranai marsh constituted by the Madras High Court held a meeting on Friday. The committee is looking at options of waste reduction. As a pilot programme, an intensive zero waste management drive will be conducted in 1,500 households in Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar …
Solid waste management is proving to be a major problem for authorities in Kashmir. Total quantity of waste generated within the municipal area is reported to be about 467 tons a day. After assessing the total waste generation, the study assessment of actual quantity of solid waste reaching municipal landfill …
Taking the anti-dumping and garbage management campaign in Shimla to the public domain, the Government today involved Municipal Councillors and the Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation to tackle the problem at local level. In a first of its kind meeting organised by the Department of Environment, Science and Technology, senior …
At times when political leaders from Thane are fighting over garbage dumping by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at Mulund, all of them seem to have ignored the fact that their own city, Thane, does not have its own dumping ground since the last four years. Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) officials …
Have you ever thought that your everyday kitchen waste is damaging the environment? Delhiite Asit Nema has, writes SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY Functional! Foundation for Greentech Environmental Systems has designed bins that generate compost from kitchen waste In just one life, we live so many roles so naturally
