Aafrin Kidwai
The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) has identified 17.81 acres of land for establishing a garbage processing or waste to energy plant, under phase II of a Rs 274 crore project. The Telegraph Online reports that…
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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the toolkit for Swachh Survekshan 2021, the sixth edition of the annual cleanliness survey for urban India conducted by MoHUA. Minister of State (Independent Charge)…
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The UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report has found that the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year, up 21 per cent in just five years. The new report also predicts…
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The Goa Cabinet has approved the enhancement of treatment capacity of Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao to 250 TPD, a 20 per cent increase, at an approved project cost of Rs 103.87 crores.…
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), NTPC and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of waste-to-energy facilities at SDMC’s landfill site in Okhla. As per the…
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Residents groups in Kalyaninagar area of Pune have set up a Resource Recycling Centre (RRC) with the help of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) at the civic playground located in the area. The centre will segregate…
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EverSource Capital looks all set to take over IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services Limited (IEISL) and its subsidiaries. EverSource Capital manages Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), established with anchor investment from India’s National Investment and…
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With biomedical waste (BMW) generated by the city rising by 100% in three months, the BMC is scrambling to upgrade the disposal facility at Deonar dumping ground. From 11,344 kg of bio-medical waste generated on…
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The Central Railway’s (CR) cleaning department has revealed that Mumbaikars dumped over 2000 truckloads additional garbage on local train tracks compared to the corresponding period last year. Between March 23 to June 23 this year,…
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The Kerala government has announced a nine-month time-frame to bidders interested in bio-mining about one lakh cubic metre of legacy waste lying at Brahmapuram. The tender document issued by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation…
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The ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has upgraded the rating for Pune, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, Ballarpur and Gwalior from one-star to three-stars in a central government’s ranking for garbage-free cities (GFC). The…
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PTC India Financial Services (PFS) has announced that its board of directors has cleared a plan to disburse loans of Rs 485 crore to borrowers for solid waste management, among other projects. The decision was…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate has issued its much-awaited Guideline Document on Uniform Framework for Extended Producers Responsibility under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. As per the document, the “primary responsibility for collection…
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The Solid Waste Management Department of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has proposed bioremediation of about four lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste, at the open landfill in Makarpura, at a cost of Rs…
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Chhattisgarh’s largest solid waste management plant was launched earlier today in the state capital, Raipur. With a capacity of 700 tons of waste per day, the treatment plant has been set up in Sakri, a…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced it will extend it’s Waste to Energy program beyond March 31, 2020. The program will continue without any changes in its scope, nature or coverage. In…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has sent a letter to Kochi corporation authorities asking them to lease out around 22 acres of land at Brahmapuram for setting up a Waste to Energy (WtE)…
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Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. (REEL) is one of India’s largest full-service waste management companies. In the last 25 years, REEL has expanded its operations to include all types of waste – hazardous, municipal, bio-medical, construction,…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has drawn up a zone-wise schedule for the collection of bio-medical waste by its appointed agency, Biotic. Henceforth, the agency’s workers will collect waste from the patient’s homes on designated…
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Jaypee Group has moved court against the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s (MC) takeover of the Dadumajra garbage processing plant, and sought restoration of the possession. Taking note of the plea, the HC has put the civic…
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Noida’s much-hyped waste segregation project launched last July has failed to make much headway, partly due to the Covid-19 outbreak – but also due to its own efficiencies. Almost a year ago, when the project…
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At a webinar organized by the Smart Cities India 2020 Expo and Green Dream Foundation on June 16, Mr. V.K. Jindal, Joint Secretary & Mission Director – Swachh Bharat Mission elaborated on the measures being taken to…
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Following the Centre’s policy announcement to boost the use of bio-fuels earlier this year, funding difficulties for waste-to-energy projects reportedly continue. Banks have maintained a cautious and guarded approach over funding these power projects, especially…
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Gurugram will soon begin diverting its waste from Bandhwari to Farrukhnagar landfill. Vinay Pratap Singh, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) announced that 1,100 TPD waste produced by the city will be dumped and processed…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has canceled its proposed waste to energy and waste to bio-CNG projects. It will, however, continue with compost, material recovery facility (MRF), and reuse of construction and demolition waste projects.…
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The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has begun covering the dump and lifting the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) stacked at Sonsoddo. Over the weekend, seven machines started baling waste, which will be sent to the cement…
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The contributions of India’s vibrant civil society organizations to urban and rural waste ecosystem are well-documented. With waste collection mainly relegated to informal waste-pickers, ragpickers, and kabadiwalas, the role of these organizations in promoting the…
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Following the COVID pandemic and lockdown, the cost of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste (BMW) in Ahmedabad has shot up to Rs 50 per kg from Rs 24 per kg, reports The Times of…
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The waste processing unit in Padegaon, near Aurangabad, with a capacity to treat 150 TPD of waste has started full-fledged operations. Civil construction work at Padegaon is nearly complete and certain waste processing operations have…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced it will implement bye-laws on solid waste management (SWM), which entail asking home-owners to pay money to hand over garbage to conservancy workers. “The bye-laws on solid waste management have been notified.…
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The Kerala government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a 25-acre sanitary landfill within KINFRA’s new petrochemicals park at Ambalamugal near Kochi. The landfill is intended for the proper disposal of solid…
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Recykal, a digital technology company focussing on waste management, announced a partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) for Project Prithvi, a joint initiative for developing sustainable plastic…
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The Kerala State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given a poor rating to a large number of local bodies within the state for their solid waste management efforts.…
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Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has launched three advisories on the occasion of World Environment Day. The first advisory is on Material Recovery Facilities for Municipal Solid Waste, the second is…
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A deadline of December 2020 has been fixed for the commercial operation of the waste-to-energy (WtE) power project by the JIFT Urban Infrastructure Limited at Kapuluppada under the limits of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation…
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Andhra Pradesh has launched an online waste management platform to handle liquid waste, hazardous, and non-hazardous solid waste and air pollutants. The Andhra Pradesh Environment Management Corporation (APEMC), which will handle the platform (which is…
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It was a lively exchange of ideas on solid waste and waste-water management during an eSummit organized by Smart Cities India Expo 2020 and Green Dream Foundation, on June 4. The first track on Solid…
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New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth magazine have released their annual publication State of India’s Environment in Figures 2020 which reveals India’s dismal track record with solid waste management. Below…
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The Uttar Pradesh government has announced it will promote the setting up of biofuel plants for augmenting the state’s green energy resources. UP Chief Minister Adityanath has instructed officials to revisit the UP Biofuel Policy 2018 for effecting suitable…
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The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has directed UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) and Ecogreen Energy Lucknow Pvt Ltd to come up with a firm agreement for the amended power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 13.5 MW municipal…
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The country is moving in a direction in which “Clean India” is not far away, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra has said. Addressing a webinar on “COVID 19: Challenges and Opportunities…
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Data available with IMAGE (Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-friendly) reveals that Covid biomedical waste in Palakkad waste treatment plant has increased from a mere 698 kg on March 19 to 4,715kg on May 31. In…
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State-owned power giant NTPC on Monday said it has incorporated a joint venture firm NTPC EDMC Waste Solutions for developing and operating waste to energy project. “The NTPC Ltd has incorporated a Joint Venture Company with East Delhi Municipal…
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The Kerala government has exempted barcoded plastic bags used for collecting biomedical waste from the plastic ban imposed in the state from Jan 1, 2020. The Times of India reports that the order issued by…
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Following an extended lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, waste collection in various streams considered ‘non-essential’ has taken a hit. Only Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Biomedical Waste (BMW) are being collected and treated by…
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The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has actively been involved in improving the solid waste management system in Panaji since January 2019. It has been collaborating with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced waste management authorities to re-think their strategy. In order to facilitate the process, the UN-HABITAT has released a report titled ‘Strategy Guidance: Solid Waste Management Response to COVID-19’. While you…
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Chandigarh’s lone construction and demolition (C&D) waste treatment plant has resumed operations in the Industrial Area Phase I on a single work-shift basis. However, there is no fresh material to recycle since all construction is…
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Waste clearance in Kolkata is severely impacted following Cyclone Amphan last Wednesday. Huge trees felled by the cyclone blocked a lot of roads in the city making it impossible for vehicles to pass by. The…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in coordination with Telangana State Pollution Control Board is planning to install one more dust bin in addition to the wet and dry waste bins. The additional bin is…
