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The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has starting strictly implementing Solid Waste Management Rules in 2016. Penalties have been imposed on various residential, industrial, commercial and institutional bulk waste generators for violations. Supertech Ecovillage…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued notices for closure to 1,278 recyclers operating without valid registration under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. Similar notices have been sent to 551 plastic manufacturing units as well. The…
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The Odisha State government has roped in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for strengthening waste management systems in the state. The Directorate of Municipal Administration and Directorate of Technical Education and Training (DTET) has signed an…
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Starting next month, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will transport refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Bandhwari landfill to the waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Sonipat. This is being done to clear space for setting up…
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Almost a month after the ceremonial launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Urban 2.0 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 1, 2021, the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Mr Hardeep Singh Puri launched its…
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Following an application filed by the Resident Welfare Associations in Ghaziabad on the failure of the statutory authorities to manage the waste, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to deposit interim compensation of Rs. 1 crore…
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Ramky Enviro has inaugurated a new biogas plant at the Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste (HiMSW) site. The project is focused on conversion of landfill gas into compressed biogas as an automotive fuel. The plant converts…
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A year into its existing contract with Amritsar Municipal Corporation, Averda has announced another contract with the city for waste management, recycling and treatment in the majority of Amritsar. The waste management company has been…
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Having spent more than a year clearing legacy waste using its own equipment, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has decided to speed-up the process by hiring a private contractor for the same. EDMC Commissioner…
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The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation has said it collected Rs 11.53 lakh from citizens between October 10 to 23 for dumping garbage and Rs 11.12 lakh for throwing construction waste, reports DT Next. According to…
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WasteAid, a UK-based international NGO, has announced two winners of its Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Guwahati. Local entrepreneurs from Shree Guru Plastic and Inside Out each won €10,000 and six months of business mentoring…
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Visakhapatnam’s new Waste-to-Energy Processing Plant was formally inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on October 23. Trial runs of the plant began earlier this month, on October 2, 2021. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal…
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with the Office of the PSA, GoI is organizing its annual Conference on Waste-to-Worth from 16-17 November 2021. This year’s theme is ‘Moving towards a Circular Economy through…
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After removing hundreds of bins from vegetable markets, major chowks and congested areas, the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has had a rethink. It now plants to retain 200 bins at these locations. KMC authorities claim…
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The Ghaziabad municipal corporation has issued notices to 968 bulk waste generators for allegedly failing to comply with solid waste disposal norms. These include 436 residential societies and high-rises, and 532 establishments, like banquet halls…
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The standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a case of recovery from Ecoman Enviro Solutions Pvt Limited after its ten thermal composting plants failed to function in the last ten years.…
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The Ghaziabad municipal corporation will soon be initiating the concept of ‘zero waste wards’ which will include 10 residential wards on a pilot basis. Officials of the corporation said that waste generated from the wards…
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On the occasion of International E-Waste Day 2021, leading experts and producer responsibility organisations (PROs) are calling on households, businesses and governments to get behind efforts to get more dead or unused plug-in or battery-operated…
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The Union cabinet has approved the continuation of Swachh Bharat Mission (urban) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for five years till 2025-26. The financial outlay for Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) till 2025-26 is an…
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Niti Aayog has suggested that urban local bodies (ULBs) could provide land to set up material recovery facilities (MRFs) to be used by various industries to set up infrastructure for efficient plastic waste management. In its…
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The Madras High Court has allowed the setting up of micro-compost centres (MCC) in parks and playgrounds across Coimbatore. The civic body had proposed to decentralize waste collection and disposal by constructing MCCs at 69…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has written to the state government seeking a special grant of Rs 250 crore for Mahadevapura and Byatarayanapura where the Palike plans to send the city’s mixed waste. In…
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South Delhi’s Tehkhand Waste to Energy plant will become operational by August next year, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials. The boilers being imported from China are expected to arrive later this year,…
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The Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation has launched 100 new battery-powered waste collection vehicles and two automated road sweeping trucks to improve its solid waste management efforts in the city. The vehicles were purchased at a cost…
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A team constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) visited the Jhuriwala dumping site in Chandigarh for unscientific waste dumping after the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) pointed out alleged violations by the city’s civic corporation.…
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Robotics startup Ishitva Robotic Systems (IRS) has raised over $1 million as part of its Pre-Series A round, led by Inflection Point Ventures. The funds raised will be deployed to grow sales and expand Ishitva’s…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has sanctioned the setting up of a waste treatment plant to process used sanitary napkins and diapers at Uruli. The plant will have the capacity to treat 8 metric tonnes…
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $150 million program to support the Government of Tamil Nadu to transform Chennai into a world-class city that is more green, livable, competitive, and resilient…
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Three municipalities of New Delhi – North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations – have set targets to treat the waste piled up in their landfills. From bio-mining of legacy waste to setting up of…
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Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0. The goal of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0’ is to make the cities garbage-free, he said. The…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to curtail the size of its upcoming engineered landfill at Tehkhand near Okhla, to 24 acres, instead of the 27.34 acres planned earlier. An area of 7.34…
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The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has fined EcoGreen Energy Pvt Ltd for breach of contract and failure to operate the Shivri solid waste treatment plant at full capacity. A Rs 2.2 crore fine has been…
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Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to establish waste to energy plant in Delhi to convert Municipal Solid Waste into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) for use…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch the Clean Andhra Pradesh (CLAP)-Jagananna Swachha Sankalpam on October 2. The CM will flag off 2,600 garbage collecting vehicles at Benz Circle in Vijayawada…
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Mumbai-based Policy Advocacy Research Centre (PARC) recently released a report titled “WARSA”, an acronym for Waste As Resource by changing Stakeholders’ Approach. WARSA is an initiative introducing a system thinking approach in the solid waste…
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East Delhi is taking measures to beef up its waste collection system. Starting January 1, east Delhi residents will have to pay a fine if they do not segregate their household waste. A penalty of…
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Following a petition by local residents claiming violations in dumping of waste at the Jawaharnagar dumpsite by waste management firm Ramky Enviro Engineers, the National Green Tribunal has asked the Telangana State Pollution Control Board…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation is reportedly exploring the use of inert material, produced during biomining of legacy waste at the Okhla landfill site, in the construction of roads and highways. The usage and durability…
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Mangaluru Corporation is planning to purchase several new waste collection and transportation vehicles by early next year. The decision is expected to help those living in less accessible narrow lanes where waste collection is hard.…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), HDFC Bank and the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) are setting up a material recovery facility (MRF) to manage up to 300 metric tonnes of dry waste in the city every month.…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a thermocol recycling initiative in association with the Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) collective of waste-pickers and KK Nag Private Limited. Through this, Pune hopes to have…
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Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2021 is being launched today under the Swachh Bharat Mission Phase- 2. As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Swachh Survekshan Grameen aims to support acceleration of ODF plus interventions and results…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is implementing a pilot project for 100% segregation at source in the suburb of Andheri West. Self-help groups will be involved in sorting and reusing of dry waste,…
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The Kochi corporation is planning to introduce a moveable windrow compost system for treating solid waste at Brahmapuram. A group of councillors is reportedly planning to visit a similar unit in Hyderabad to study the…
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Following the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Cabinet’s approval to the Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste (Management, Operation and Sanitation) Rules last week, it will soon be compulsory for households to segregate waste at source. Urban local bodies…
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Nearly 50 out of over 550 healthcare facilities in Gurugram have been sent show-cause notices for not obtaining required authoritization to handle biomedical waste (BMW) from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB). These include…
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Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner Mr Gangandeep Singh Bedi inspected the Kodungaiyur dumping yard and other waste processing facilities in the city earlier this week. During his visit to the dumping yard, Bedi inspected the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun issuing notices to housing societies and other bulk waste generators which are not segregating and treating waste at the source. During the lockdown, segregation had taken a back…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation has said that daily garbage collection in the city has increased by 20% during 2020-21 due to the Covid pandemic. NMC officials said they would collect around 502 tonnes of garbage…
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Various segments of population including environmentalists, doctors and village residents near Bandhwari have voiced their opposition to the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Bandhwari landfill. During a public hearing held by the Haryana State…
