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The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Council has approved a monthly user fee of Rs 800 to be charged from each household for managing waste. Daily collection of waste from households will be resumed in the city and…
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The Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has launched a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) at Bhawania Pokhri, Belupur. The facility has been started in Public Private Partnership mode with Tetra Pak, GIZ and TERI as part of…
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Vijayawada is optimistic about its chances in the Swacch Survekshan 2020 after strict enforcement of a ban on single-use plastic has started yielding results. The plastic waste generated in the city has now come down…
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The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) is amending its building rules to regulate the disposal of demolition waste. The Telegraph reports that home owners will have to take the CMC’s permission before demolishing houses and notify…
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A disagreement between two opposing political parties threatens to delay the proposed 150 TPD waste management plant at Harsul, Aurangabad. At a standing committee meeting held at the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Shiv Sena members…
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A major fire at the organic waste management facility in Panaji on Monday has caused severe damage to the facility. Estimated losses of over Rs 50 lakh include damages to machines worth Rs 24 lakh,…
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In order to control garbage dumping in open spaces, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is planning to put a check on bulk waste generators by making it compulsory for them to convert their waste into compost.…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has fined the JP Nagar branch of Manipal Hospitals Rs 1 lakh for violating waste management rules. The News Minute reports that the hospital staff was found handing over…
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Uttar Pradesh’s first construction and demolition (C&D) waste management plant is finally functional in Noida’s Sector 80. The Times of India reports that the main machinery for the plant is yet to be imported while…
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The Kuberpur landfill in Agra will start operations today. The plant, developed with an investment of Rs 11.27 crore, has the capacity to convert 300 metric tonnes per day (TPD) of waste into compost. According…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is facing a severe garbage collection problem with no space left to dump waste at the Mittaganahalli quarry landfill. The crisis came to a head on Wednesday when mounds of…
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Jindal ITF Urban Infrastructure Limited (JUIL) is one of India’s biggest companies offering solid waste management services that cover the entire cycle of waste collection, disposal, treatment and Waste-to-Energy (WtE) generation. Jindal Ecopolis is credited…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to set up biomethanation and composting units in all wards to make them zero wet waste discharge areas. Segregated garbage from households and commercial establishments in each…
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the government plans to construct centralized Waste to Energy (WtE) plants in six districts of the state. The projects will be undertaken in Kollam, Thrissur, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram,…
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The Punjab government has decided to build a 7MW waste to energy plant at Simgauli in Mohali district. The plant, spread over an area of 50 acres, will be designed to generate electricity of 600…
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Coonoor’s Ottupattarai waste management park is successfully managing the town’s plastic waste. Over 8,000 kg plastic waste from Ottupattarai was transported to Hyderabad for tertiary recycling. Unusable plastics will be broken into oil, gas and…
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The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) faces a penalty of Rs 14.4 crore if it fails to revive the Shivri solid waste treatment plant within two weeks. The Times of India reports that a show cause…
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A new waste segregation centre has been inaugurated in Bandurakh, Jammu. State Times reports that the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), which presently implements door-to-door garbage collection in 53 wards, has launched a pilot project to…
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In 2019, Srinagar generated nearly 5000 metric tons of solid waste of which 70 per cent remained unsegregated while 30 percent was fully segregated via mechanical segregator. Rising Kashmir quotes Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Commissioner,…
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The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has revised its guidelines for buffer zones around garbage disposal facilities. The guidelines make it mandatory for maintaining a buffer zone around any residential, schools, religious places, cemetery…
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The seven-layer capping at Jawaharnagar dump yard, one of the biggest initiatives in the country in municipal solid waste management, has been completed, reports Telangana Today. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) had taken up…
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The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has built a bio-gas generation plant in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with Mahindra & Mahindra in Thukivakam. At the plant, waste is being converted to methane-rich biogas and…
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Noida civic authorities have fined four housing societies in sector 75 of Noida for violating Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules 2016. The authority has generated Rs 4.5 lakhs as fine from these complexes, reports Millennium…
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City authorities across India are gearing up for the Swachh Survekshan survey to be held from January 04 to January 31. Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and…
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Sustainable waste management calls for an integrated approach involving all stakeholders working towards waste minimization, efficient recycling, treatment, and disposal. To address existing gaps in the knowledge and practise of effective solid waste management (SWM),…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GMC) has issued work orders to Spanish firm Urbaser SA and its Indian partner Sumeet Facilities Limited to carry out garbage removal operations in seven zones. The New Indian Express reports…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might have finally found bidders for the Rs 600 crore Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant to be constructed at the Deonar dumping ground. The BMC first started the bidding process for the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down an appeal challenging the environmental clearance given to the Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Gurugram. The NGT has refused to interfere with the Environment Ministry’s clearance for…
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With an aim to dispose municipal solid waste in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, a new waste facility has been installed in the city. News agency ANI reports that the eco-friendly project titled ‘Kill Waste,…
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Andhra Pradesh’s first Waste-to-Energy plant in Guntur is nearing completion. Explains Mr M V Chary, President – Projects, Jindal Urban Waste Management (Guntur) Limited, which is implementing the project, “Around 90 per cent work on the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has submitted an application in the Bombay High Court seeking extension for the closure of the Deonar dumping ground. The civic body has made little progress in setting up a waste…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has come up with a master plan to improve solid waste management (SWM) practices in the city. The master plan has been prepared on the basis of SWM Rules 2016…
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Dairies in Pune have expressed their willingness to set up plants to recycle plastic pouches if the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) makes land available to them. The Indian Express reports that discussions on the issue…
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The Kerala government has approved two new Waste-to-Energy plants (WtE) plants in the state. One plant will be set-up at Kanjikode (Palakkad) and another in Kannur. Each project is expected to cost between Rs 120…
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Each year, more than half of the estimated 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste generated in India is thrown at various dumpsites. At this rate, India will require a landfill area of 8,800 hectares…
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The Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation has stopped dumping garbage at the environmentally sensitive Mollar Bheri ground and will dispose of its waste at the Dhapa facility. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has granted it…
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A survey report prepared for formulating the solid waste management policy for the state, says that currently North Goa generates 467 tonne of waste per day while South Goa generates 299 tonne of waste every…
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The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has directed its sanitation wing to stop dumping waste at the Ajith Singh Nagar dumpsite immediately and prepare an action plan for the upcoming public park at the site. Last…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to convert its first biogas plant at Deeptisrinagar transfer station, Chandanagar circle, into an electric power generating plant. Tenders have been floated to enable the plant to…
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The Chennai Corporation has finalized a proposal to bio-remediate Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpyard at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore. The New Indian Express reports that the proposal is likely to be reviewed by the…
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North Goa authorities have started the process of preparing their district environment plan (DEP) as directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in September. The DEP will contribute to the finalisation of the state environment…
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The West Bengal government has revealed details of its plan for bio-mining at Dhapa, which will help reduce the 35-metre tall mound of garbage accumulated at the decades-old site. The recovered waste will be sent…
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In an effort to manage plastic waste and discourage the use of single-use plastic, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched an initiative called ‘Eco Hub on Wheels – One stop destination for Reducing,…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has launched a website that facilitates waste-trading. Chennai residents can now buy and sell reusable and recycled products online. The website www.madraswasteexchange.com, has a variety of products made from dry…
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A special General House session of the Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has passed a resolution to take over the door-to-door garbage collection work in the city under its own administrative control. This follows a…
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Following protests by locals, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee has decided to revoke its plan to set up a garbage processing and disposal facility in Bavdhan. The PMC Committee approved a local corporator’s demand…
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The Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) has decided to make separate compartments for dry, wet and biomedical waste in its garbage collection vans as part of its effort to segregate waste at the collection point. Separate…
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The Kerala Pollution Control Board (PCB) has made public its disapproval of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) solid waste management efforts. The PCB has issued a press release on its website highlighting the failure of…
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Goa’s second solid waste management plant will be set up across 81,000 square metre of land at Cacora in South Goa. Until recently, the site served as a dumpsite. The waste at the site has…
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The Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh’s State-level Expert Committee for Protection of Environment Mr T Chatterjee has said there is a need to set up more waste-to-energy plants. Mr Chatterjee expressed his views during a visit…
