Aafrin Kidwai
Over 550 truckloads of construction waste has been removed from Pune’s Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary during the last two weeks. It will take another 4-5 days to get the entire property free from the…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report which quantifies the additional COVID-19 healthcare waste generated from 2019 onwards. It outlines present healthcare waste management systems and their flaws, as well as developing…
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Madhya Pradesh’s second e-waste recycling plant is being launched in Gwalior by Prometheus. The plant has reportedly received approval from the Pollution Control Board for handling hazardous and e-waste. The plant will reportedly manually segregate,…
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Eco-Green Energy Pvt Ltd, hired by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation for door-to-door waste collection, will now have to submit daily status reports to the office of city mayor. The company has also been asked to…
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S22 timelines were recently extended by the Central government due to the pandemic situation. As per guidelines, documentation under SS22 was to be earlier done by January 15, but the deadline has now been extended…
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A group of IIT Delhi researchers have designed a decision-making framework integrated with mathematical model to help hospitals identify medical waste disposal firms that can dispose hazardous and infectious healthcare waste in a sustainable manner.…
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IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has partnered with Saahas Zero Waste on a pilot programme to transform, through three waste management micro-entrepreneurs, the informal waste sector in India. The result of the programme will be that informal…
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In order to facilitate ease of doing business and reducing regulatory compliance burden for waste businesses, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has launched an online facility for companies to share their annual return of…
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The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in partnership with Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has launched the Swachhata Start-Up Challenge to provide an…
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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has imposed a fine of Rs 2.41 crore on 929 vehicles over the last four years for illegal dumping of construction or demolition (C&D) waste on the Yamuna floodplains. According…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is awaiting a decision from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) regarding the dumping of inert civic waste in the capital’s abandoned Bhatti mines. The WII will conduct a…
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India has released a baseline analysis of the socio-economic situation of Safai Sathis or waste pickers. The analysis is one of the first large-scale assessments conducted in India, covering 9,300…
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Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed a 3D printer that uses construction waste to print furniture. The concrete printer, jointly developed by IIT-Guwahati and Deltasys E-Forming, is capable of printing components up to 1 m long, 1 m…
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Chandigarh has stepped up efforts to mechanize its upcoming Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste plant following the finalization of the Union Territory’s (UT) new C&D management policy. The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation recently cleared public objections…
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France-based CNIM Group recently announced it was facing financial and operational problems in its Environment and Energy business. A few international projects were also reportedly affected as a result of this development. Today, CNIM Martin…
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Indore’s new bio-CNG plant, touted as one of Asia’s largest such facilities, is ready. It is expected to start operations within the next 15-20 days. The plant will produce 18,000 kg of bio-CNG from 550 tonnes of liquid…
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft guidelines for the use of recycled plastics as food packaging. The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2022 pertain to the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to monitor solid waste management by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation. It has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the AMC for the alleged disposal…
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Starting January 2023, smaller poultry farms in India which have over 5,000 birds at a single location will need an approval to establish and operate under the Water Act of 1974 and the Air Act of 1981…
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Various civic bodies across the country are seeing positive results for their plastic and electronic waste collection drives from households and industrial areas. Now, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has finalised a private contractor…
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The three municipal corporations of Delhi have spent over ₹11,750 crore on sanitation and cleaning services in the Capital over the last five years. In an official reply to a question in the Delhi Assembly, South…
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The ground breaking ceremony for Ahmedabad’s second Waste to Energy (WTE) plant will be held today. Being built by JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited (JUIL), a part of the New Delhi-based OP Jindal Group, this 15MW…
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The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has started installing smart waste bins in the city. These bins will have Artificial Intelligence-based sensors to alert the authorities once they reach their full capacity. Around 50…
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Preparations are underway for the Clean India Expo, which will be organized by the Exhibitions India Group from March 23 to 25 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The expo was conceptualised to promote the initiatives…
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Almost 90 international brands, including Coca Cola and PepsiCo, have called for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in plastic production. Kerala-based GreenWorms and Tomra are some of the waste management…
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The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has initiated an on-the-spot challan system for anyone caught dumping waste illegally. GNIDA has tied up with HDFC Bank and fines will be levied on-the-spot through Point of…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is exploring technologies to be used for the upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, near Dadumajra. The MC is also open to moving the plant to a…
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Three new solid waste treatment plants are being set up in Jammu and Kashmir – located in three major towns: Doda, Bhaderwah and Thathri. The district administration at Doda has announced that it will manage…
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Antony Waste Handling Cell has shared that its total operating revenue, including tipping revenue from collection and transportation, mechanical power sweeping and waste processing for Q3 FY22 grew about 22% Y-o-Y (year-on-year), while remaining stable…
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Hyderabad-based waste management firm Recykal has raised a funding of $22 million from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure. This is the second institutional fundraise by the company after a $4 million round in 2020. Existing investors…
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The Coimbatore City Corporation has announced its decision to collect user fees for door-to-door waste collection starting October 2022. The civic body had started collecting user fees in 2017, but put it on hold after…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is setting up an engineered sanitary landfill site on a 47.5 acre piece of land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority at Tehkhand. Work is currently underway at the site.…
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Attero Recycling, India’s largest electronic waste recycling firm, has said it plans to invest Rs 300 crore in ramping up its lithium-ion battery recycling capacity to 11,000 metric tonnes per annum by October 2022 from its current capacity of 1,000…
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The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) to set up compressed bio gas (CBG) plants and integrated CBG-CNG fuel stations. Each CBG plant will…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) has issued draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for waste tyres. Released on December 31, 2021, the EPR Rules require registration of producers and recyclers…
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Mumbai’s first Waste To Energy (WTE) plant at Deonar has received Environment Clearance (EC) from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Now, the BMC has approached Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)…
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The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids to set up an 8 MW grid-connected waste-to-energy project on Build-Own-Operate (B-O-O) basis in Kanpur. The scope of work includes setting up of WTE Plant,…
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ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) has collaborated with the Invest India to launch the ‘ITC Sustainability Innovation Challenge’, to support innovative start-up ideas on sustainable packaging and smart waste management solutions. ITC PSPD,…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified two more sites for landfills and is awaiting approval from the government to commission them, reports The Times of India. The proposed landfills are reportedly quarries at…
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The Guwahati High Court has issued a notice to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising concern over the dismal handling of solid waste by the govt, particularly in the Itanagar and…
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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin biomining waste at the Bhuasuni dump yard from next month. Two firms, Jagruti and Jan Adhar Sevabhavi Sanstha, will carry out bio-mining at the dumpyard in the form…
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The Ludhiana civic body is ready with its integrated command and control centre (ICCC) under the Smart City mission. It is expected to be inaugurated soon. Under the Smart City mission, there is a provision…
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A joint committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) carried out an inspection of the Adyar river in Chennai’s western suburbs only to find that dumping of municipal solid waste continues unabated along the banks…
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The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has hired private consultants to improve its performance in 2022. In the 2021 Swachh Survekshan list, NDMC ranked 45 among the 48 local bodies. The next SS survey is…
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The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on South Goa’s Rural Development Agency (RDA) and a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) for…
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An agreement has been signed by the the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to procure 20 tonnes of plastic waste daily from the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and use it to generate 400…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon is preparing to speed up the clearing and processing of four lakh tonnes of waste from the Bandhwari landfill site. The officials said that MCG has floated two tenders so…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench has summoned Kerala state officials to Chennai for discussions on the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant on January 6, 2022. According to a communication received from NGT, senior officials from…
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In its efforts to decentralise waste management, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has identified seven sites to set up small biomethanation plants with capacity to churn 2-10 MT of kitchen waste to electricity. While…
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Telangana’s Municipal Administration & Urban Department (MAUD) will set up solid waste processing and treatment facility for 76 ULBs. MAUD will establish agencies for remediation and reclamation of existing dumpsites through biomining. MSW processing and…
