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The Goa government has announced that it is setting up a waste-to-energy plant in Panaji in partnership with the IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. The cabinet has granted approval to appoint IVL to execute the…
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Following Cyclone Tauktae earlier this week, heaps of garbage have been reported on the beaches of Mumbai. Some reports suggest that civic body workers removed garbage weighing 62,010 kg from a total of seven beaches…
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The Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) department has asked its all civic body chiefs to submit proposals for establishing garbage transfer stations in all the urban local bodies (ULBs). This is a…
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Gurugram generated over 1.7 lakh kg of Covid-related biomedical waste in April, which is the highest since the pandemic began last year. From May 1 to May 13, Gurugram has already generated 1.3 lakh kg of…
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The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has announced its decision to deploy automated solid waste collection systems at four locations in Hussainsagar Lake. This is expected to reduce the flow of suspended solid waste from…
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Mumbaikars are awaiting a response from the civic body regarding a second public hearing for the Deonar Waste to Energy Project. Within the span of a week, 300 citizens had written to the BMC regarding…
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The much-hyped Solid Waste Management plant at Bainguinim, Panaji will be further delayed as all three bidders have been disqualified after they failed to submit all required documents. Mr Levinson Martins, Managing Director – Goa…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s proposal to set up a 4-megawatt (4MW) waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Deonar dumping ground has triggered objection from citizens and experts. The Hindustan Times reports that the project is being…
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The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has said it will help Chandigarh dispose of excess COVID-19 waste biomedical waste (BMW), if the need arises. For instance, in the case of breakdown of the city’s lone…
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UK-based NGO WasteAid has launched its Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Guwahati to award €10,000 to two entrepreneurs with innovations that increase resource efficiency and reduce waste. The competition is part of a programme to…
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The Confederation of Indian Industry is inviting participation for the 2nd edition of 3R Awards. Held under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, the 3R Awards encourage, recognize and reward waste sector start-ups, industry and urban…
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ITC has announced that it is ready to move beyond plastic waste neutrality next fiscal. That is, the company will replace and recycle more plastic than it will use through its operations this year. ITC…
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The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to take remedial action against the three waste-to-energy plants in Ghazipur, Okhla and Narela-Bawana. The CPCB had…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has announced it will no longer collect unsegregated waste from residents. The civic body has announced a move to opt for 100% door-to-door segregated waste collection based on the…
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There have been over 200 COVID-related deaths in the Mumbai civic body since March last year, with most of the deceased belonging to the Solid Waste Management department. A total of 46 SWM department employees…
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Telangana is planning to set up biogas and biomanure plants in Karimnagar and Warangal soon. Each of the plants will reportedly process 10 tonnes of vegetables, fruit, and flower waste and will cost approximately Rs…
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The ongoing spurt in COVID-19 cases has led to a massive jump in medical waste generation, as per data shared by the Mumbai civic body (BMC). As per the data, the city has already generated…
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The National Green Tribunal has said that Delhi’s waste storage facilities or ‘Dhalaos’, need to be compliant with Solid Waste Management Rules. The order was passed while directing a committee to hold a meeting on…
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Maharashtra generated more than 10 lakh metric tonne (MT) of electronic waste but recycled or dismantled less than 1% of it in 2019-20. Meanwhile, 70% of the total 84 lakh MT of solid waste generated…
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Three new waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are in the pipeline in Hyderabad. New plants are to come up in Bibinagar, Yacharam and a 14.5 mw WtE plant at Dundigal. According to officials quoted in The Hans…
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IL&FS has sold its stake in environment business to EverEnviro Resource Management, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) managed by EverSource Capital. IL&FS, as the promoter of IL&FS Environmental…
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Less than ten days ago, BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta presented the city’s budget for 2021-22, in the absence of an elected Council. The budget outlay for this year is slightly lower than that in the…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure directions to 16 units involved in the manufacturing of plastic carry bags. DPCC is running a special drive against plastic waste in industrial areas and imposed…
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As Hyderabad moves towards its vision of turning bin-free, the Swacch Auto Tippers (SAT) engaged for door-to-door collection of garbage are struggling to meet the requirement, reports Hans India. A total of 3,500 SATs covering…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a penalty of Rs 40 lakh to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) after a massive fire at the Ghazipur landfill site recently. The Delhi Environment Minister…
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Starting today, the Pune Municipal Corporation ( PMC) will stop lifting wet trash from the premises of bulk waste generators not processing wet garbage at the source, reports The Times of India. According to the…
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Hyderabad bagged three awards in different categories at the 2021 International Exhibition and 6th Smart Cities India Expo held during March 24-26 in New Delhi. The awards were given by the India Trade Promotion Organisation,…
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The 28th Convergence India and the 6th Smart Cities India Expo 2021 was inaugurated at Pragati Maidan, Delhi on Wednesday. The three-day event is seeing 500 participating brands, 250 speakers and 50 conference sessions. Hosted by…
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Manipur’s new Waste to Energy (WtE) plant was inaugurated under MAHUD, Lamdeng. The project is expected to process 100 TPD waste. The plant was developed on a public-private partnership (PPP) mode under a tripartite agreement…
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Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thermax has signed a know-how transfer and license agreement with Steinmuller Babcock Environment GmbH (SBE), Germany for Waste to Energy technology, reports Business Standard. As…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) department will now be using the plasma technology to dispose of domestic hazardous waste such as used sanitary pads, diapers, cosmetics, wires, make-up kits, oil paints, perfume…
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Noida is planning to open a biomethanation plant with the support of Indian Oil at the Sector 145 dumping ground to treat around 1.8 lakh tonnes of legacy waste. Bio-remediation of the legacy waste is already…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to clear tonnes of second-grade compost by distributing it free of cost to local farmers. The BBMP is also distributing first-grade compost to the farmers at Rs…
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The Punjab government has approved Rs 475 crores for legacy waste clearance in 16 towns across the state. Comprehensive bioremediation projects will be included in Patiala, Khanna, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Hoshiarpur, among others. These…
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As part of its’ Advanced Waste Management System (AWMS) Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) has introduced QR code-enabled door-to-door garbage collection system for improving door-to-door waste collection monitoring system and to overcome the challenges such as…
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Waste segregation at the source is being implemented in just 32% wards in the national capital — 94 out of 294 wards — according to the 2020-2021 Delhi economic survey. While all 22 wards under…
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The National Green Tribunal has expressed displeasure over clearing of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill site in Gurgaon saying seriousness of the concerned authorities is lacking. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted…
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The Union environment ministry has proposed to implement a countrywide ban on manufacture, use, sale, import and handling of some of the single-use plastic products by 2022. The ministry has issued a draft notification on…
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $105 million project to support Kerala in strengthening its solid waste management systems and services. The project will be implemented in all 93 ULBs across all 14 districts in…
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The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) expects to complete construction of the additional waste treatment facility at Saligao by April-end after which, new machinery will be installed and tested for a three month period.…
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After facing resistance from residents of Rani Khera for a long time against setting up of a waste-to-energy plant in their area, North Delhi Municipal Corporation has finalised a plan to build the plant next…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) solid waste department has decided to organize a monthly collection program at 300 centres for e-waste and plastic waste. Recently, the PMC organized a one-day e-waste and plastic waste collection…
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BBMP has announced it will add 30 new dry waste collection centres (DWCCs) in different wards. While 129 wards have these centres up and running, the civic body plans to introduce this facility in the…
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E-waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams with an annual growth rate of 3-5%. New technology by IIT Delhi’s Chemical Engineering department has been developed as a sustainable solution to tackle the menace of…
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Uttarakhand Environment and Solid Waste Management minister Harak Singh Rawat said that biomedical waste is being disposed as per guidelines issued by the Centre on March 16, 2020. From March 2020 to February 15, 2021,…
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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared an action plan for processing of solid waste at Bhuasuni dumping yard in next three years. As per the recent assessment done by the civic body through KIIT…
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Following the directive of the district-level monitoring committee (DLMC), Kochi corporation is planning to install a global positioning system (GPS) in its waste transportation vehicles. DLMC, in its December 2020 meeting, had asked the corporation…
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Following a pubic campaign by Pune citizens, the Municipal Corporation has announced it will extend the waste collection of the self-employed waste collectors SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling), contract. Pune Mirror reports that the…
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Bengaluru’s New Thippasandara is seeing a strike by the wet waste collectors over non-payment of six months’ worth of dues from the civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Non-payment is a persistent issue in…
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A petition filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2015 has revealed that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has over 500 vehicles that have crossed their expiration date but continue to ply on the…
