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The tender document for construction of a 250 tonne per day (TPD) solid waste treatment plant (SWTP) at Bainguinim is expected soon, suggest media reports. In June, the government had decided to keep the tender…
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The Manali Municipal Council has started treating mounds of legacy waste accumulated at the Rangari landfill. With tourism in slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MC is concentrating on the disposal of dumped trash.…
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Over 130 employees, a majority of whom are class 4 employees, of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have succumbed to COVID-19. A total of 2,588 employees have contracted the virus, of which nearly 1,300 (50.23…
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The municipal corporation (MC) has issued a warning to officials of A2Z Group, the private company which has been tasked with handling solid waste management in the city, to improve their working. In a meeting…
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To monitor the disposal of solid waste and address grievances of the residents, the Noida Authority has launched an integrated control room for complaints about garbage collection and disposal. Ms Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, NOIDA, inaugurated the ‘Integrated Control &…
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Following technical assessments that highlighted how the waste processing plant at Dadumajra was operating at only 10% capacity, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is working on a two-pronged strategy to meet the solid waste processing…
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Facing difficulties in timely collection of municipal solid waste, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has hired a private contractor for door-to-door collection of segregated waste, removal of waste and silt from roadsides, and transportationof processed…
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The Greater Noida Authority has drawn up a plan to deal with waste generated across 43 residential sectors in the city. Having carried out a survey of the households, the Authority has now begun looking…
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Erode-based Zigma Environ Solutions Pvt Ltd is one of India’s first and largest integrated landfill mining companies. Established in March 2015 by B Dharmaraj, Ku. Tha Ilangovan, K. P Mutharasu and Nagesh Prabhu. C, Zigma…
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Upcoming housing projects with a built-up area of at least 200,000sq ft have to mandatorily create space for a waste compactor station on the plot, the Calcutta Municipal Corporation has decided. The corporation took the…
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The NGT has expressed its disapproval at the allegedly complacent attitude of authorities in dealing with waste management in Uttar Pradesh’s Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Vaishali areas. The issue for consideration was non-compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules,…
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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has decided to initiate prosecution proceedings against the Kochi Corporation secretary for the unscientific handling of waste at the Brahmapuram plant. Besides facing legal action, the civic body will…
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The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) has dropped its plan to set up a municipal solid waste plant which was proposed more than a decade back but failed to take off. Instead, the civic body has…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued its order to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and the SDM, Mayapuri regarding allegations of failure to manage waste bin (Dhalao) at Mayapuri Industrial Area Phase-II, New…
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Cement industries have once again refused to take processed waste from the city’s wet waste processing units. As a result, the BBMP has asked the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the Chief Secretary to…
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With a 104 percent increase in Covid-19 and associated biomedical waste generated in Mumbai over the past three months, the city’s waste incineration unit has run out of storage space at their one-acre plant in Deonar. Private…
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has laid the foundation stone for one of Asia’s largest biomethanation plants at the Devguradia disposal site. To be built at a cost of ₹150cr under PPP mode,…
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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has extended the validity of the generic tariff Rs 7.08 / kWh for waste to energy (WTE) projects in the state. (Read the Order document here). The validity of…
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that a tender will be floated within 10 days for the construction of 250 tonne per day (TPD) solid waste treatment plant at Bainguinim. The Rs-200 crore plant…
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Goa’s Solid Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo, during a visit to the Sonsoddo plant, has proposed a plan for eight small modular garbage treatment plants at the site amidst tonnes of untreated garbage. He assured to…
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The UNEP, in partnership with the International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), and IGES Center Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) has released a new report, titled Waste Management during the COVID 19 Pandemic: From…
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The Mysuru district administration and zilla panchayat are planning to set up multiple waste processing units on the city’s outskirts. The ZP has received Rs 2.1 crore under Swachh Bharat mission to set up such…
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The monitoring committee of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to impose bank guarantees on the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) for failing to implement proper solid waste management measures…
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Uttar Pradesh is prepared to handle the waste as per the guidelines and has adequate capacity for incineration of Covid waste even if the waste generation increases by three times, UPPCB member secretary Ashish Tiwari…
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The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notice to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for non-compliance regarding solid waste at the landfill site. PMC has been warned against dumping fresh garbage at the…
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MoHUA Minister Mr Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of Swacch Survekshan 2020 on August 20. Here are the results: Winning cities for Swacch Survekshan (Population more than one lakh): #1 – Indore (Madhya Pradesh),…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a proposal to give a monthly amount of Rs 20 per home to Swach (Solid waste collection and handling) employees who handle door-to-door garbage collection in slums. As…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to install yellow waste bins across the city for proper disposal of COVID waste. The civic body has hired a private agency for the collection of bio-medical waste from…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce the results of Swachh Survekshan 2020, tomorrow (August 20) at 11 am. This is the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of the country. A total of 129 awards…
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A Covid Care Centre (CCC) in Mysuru has set up compost pits (pic) to recycle food waste at the centre. The CCC at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) near the Mandakalli airport is run by…
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The wildlife department has written to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), warning against spillage of leachate from the Bandhwari landfill into the surrounding Aravalli forests. The department’s notice to the MCG, reports the Hindustan…
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Madhya Pradesh has announced the commencement of its integrated waste management project – Sagar Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) project – to facilitate novel waste management methods using high-end technological solutions. The State has also announced…
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The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) has identified a 21-acre government plot at Govindpur for establishing a waste-to-energy plant. The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant and dumping yard is expected to produce 6MW of electricity per day. The…
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Known as one of India’s finest experts on Solid Waste Management, Prof Brajesh Dubey, IIT Kharagpur, believes that the country’s waste management system can benefit immensely from homegrown technologies developed by Indian entrepreneurs. In an…
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Confederation of India Industry (CII) in association with Technology Development Board, GoI, and supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, GoI, is organizing a focused International Conference on Waste to Worth on a…
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Three people were injured after a portion of the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi collapsed following heavy rain on Thursday. A spokesperson of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, which manages the landfill, said three ragpickers who were…
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The Uttarakhand government has announced plans to set up six new plants to generate electricity from solid waste. Madan Kaushik, minister for urban development in the state has asked officials to make a detailed plan…
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The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council has decided to reduce the solid waste management user fee. For properties up to 500 sq ft built-up area, the user fee of Rs 50 per month has been…
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A recent study by Bengaluru-based Saahas Zero Waste and Bangalore Apartments’ Federation finds that a majority of the waste collected from South Bengaluru homes is of little value to recyclers. The study was carried out…
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The latest newsletter of the Swacch Bharat Mission (Urban) titled “Swachhata Sandesh” (May-June 2020) was recently released on the SBM-U’s website. In this edition, the focus is on innovative measures taken by states and cities…
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West Bengal stares at a Covid-19 biomedical waste crisis as the six treatment and disposal facilities have almost reached their threshold capacity following a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state. The two agencies that…
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Scientists from at least four Indian institutions are coming together to recycle the deluge of single-use plastics thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, Central Mechanical…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has received Rs 43 crore from the Centre under the urban development fund (UDF) scheme for the current financial year, part of which will be used for SWM projects. Rs…
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Barely six months after announcing that it would adopt the Indore model of waste collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to revert to its old system of collecting wet and dry waste…
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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has taken up a number of projects for disposal of solid waste generated at railway terminals, as per a statement released by NFR spokesperson Subhanan Chanda said on Sunday. A…
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A new study on the solid waste composition and various solid waste treatment technologies in the rural areas of India and other countries has found that the solid waste generated in rural areas comprisemore than…
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a week-long garbage-free India campaign in the run up to Independence Day, called Gandagi Mukt Bharat. This week-long campaign for swachhata in the run-up to Independence Day will…
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A new report released by the The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ suggests that there is “an evidence-based, comprehensive, integrated, and economically attractivepathway to greatly reduce plastic pollution entering into the oceans.” “Breaking the Plastic…
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Heaps of garbage along NOIDA’s roads and drains are drawing the ire of local residents and activists, who complain that Noida Authorities have failed to take action despite repeated complaints. Admittedly, scenes of garbage piled…
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Inform. Educate. Communicate. Three critical activities that contribute to the success or failure of any solid waste management initiative. Delhi-based Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) has been actively involved in conducting public awareness programs through…
