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A 13-person team of administrative officers from the Swachh Bharat Mission visited Indore to learn about the city’s Solid Waste Management system. The team also included representatives from Aligarh, Jhansi, Vrindavan, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Farrukhabad, Kushinagar,…
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Gurugram officials have agreed that starting February 1, 2023, no additional waste will be dumped at the Bandhwari landfill. The decision was made during a high-level discussion with representatives from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram…
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A five-year analysis of plastic pollution by the organization ‘Break Free from Plastic’ has found that food packaging, household products, and other packaging material accounted for the most plastic waste generated in India. The 2022 Brand…
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The Directorate of Uttar Pradesh urban bodies has distributed funds worth Rs 720 crores to the state’s “seven million-plus” cities. Ghaziabad has received a grant from the Fifteenth Finance Commission (FFC) for the fiscal year…
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With the theme of ‘Moving Towards a Circular Economy Through Innovative 3R approaches’, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the 7th edition of its Conference on Waste to Worth on November 30, 2022 at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi in partnership with the Office…
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The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has said that it will issue closure notices to 1800 healthcare facilities in the state for failing to adhere to biomedical waste (BMW) disposal rules. The BSPCB said…
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Coca-Cola India has partnered with Zepto to launch its ‘return and recycle’ initiative for PET bottles. As per the company, the initiative seeks to establish an organised process for collecting PET bottles with 100% traceability,…
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Bioremediation has begun at the Tajpur Road dump site in Ludhiana, which will help clear five lakh tonnes of legacy waste. The project will cost Rs 27.17 crore and is being executed under the Ludhiana…
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The NGT, July 25, 2022, had asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) “to collate information on legacy and active dump sites in cities having a population of more than one million and in the…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning two additional Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities at Pyaranagar in Jinnaram and Dundigal, both in Medak. The 14.5-megawatt Dundigal WTE plant will handle about 1,000 TPD of garbage. Waste Management…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has notified the National Bioenergy Programme on November 2, 2022. MNRE has continued the National Bioenergy Programme for the period from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Programme has been recommended…
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A methane cloud can be seen near a Mumbai waste facility in a recent high-resolution satellite image that was captured recently. The image is the second in a series of unique observations from emissions monitoring…
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The third virtual roundtable of ‘No Time To Waste’, a series organized by SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, saw top government officials and ULBs in the southern states share their views on the…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022, which will come into effect on April 2023. The Rules were first published in May 2022. These rules…
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The municipal council of Palwal, Haryana has to pay Rs 421.6 lakh as environmental compensation, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Panchkula, has submitted to NGT. The matter related to the remediation process of bio-mining as…
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), jointly with the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), Government of India is organizing the 7th edition of the International Conference on Waste-to-Worth on 30 November 2022 at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi, with the…
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Tiruchi Mayor Mr M Anbazhagan is taking steps to completely outsource solid waste management. By enlisting self-help group members, more than 50% of the waste collection and disposal tasks had already been contracted out. The remaining work would also be outsourced, reports The Hindu.
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One of the biggest e-waste recovery companies, Attero India, will invest nearly Rs 600 crore to build a new plant in Telangana. According to the state’s IT Minister Mr KT Rama Rao, the projected facility…
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In 2020, the waste sector—municipal solid waste and wastewater—accounted for almost 20 percent of all human-related methane emissions—the third largest source globally, after enteric fermentation, and oil and gas. Of the various landfill gases (LFG), ammonia,…
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Kerala’s local self-government (LSG) department has launched an effort to treat legacy waste across the state for more than ten years. Nearly 54 legacy trash dumps spread across the state are now being cleaned up…
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The 100 TPD Cacora solid waste management facility in Goa will be inaugurated in November, Chief Minister Mr Pramod Sawant has said. The Goa Waste Management Corporation’s Board of Directors has also approved the design…
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Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) is all set to generate revenue from carbon credits by selling carbon offsets to buyers in the international market. “GWMC will now initiate trading in carbon credits for the waste…
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The second session of ‘No Time To Waste’, a series of virtual roundtables organized by SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, saw top government officials and ULBs in the northern states of Jammu and…
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Plastic scrap recycler and waste collection company The Shakti Plastic Industries and LyondellBasell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to build and operate a fully-automated, mechanical recycling plant in India. …
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Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Anurag Thakur has said that 8.4 million kg of plastic waste has been collected across India since the start of the Swachh Bharat 2.0 programme. Thakur also…
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration was criticized by the Supreme Court for the improper dumping and disposal of solid waste, stating that it could not risk the lives of the populace. “Is it how you…
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Chennai-based CNIM MARTIN Private Limited (CMPL) has announced the finalization of its takeover by Paprec Group, via its holding company Paprec Energies International, of the 51% of its shares that were held by CNIM Environment…
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Plastics have a high calorific value, with polymer energy varying from 62 to 108 MJ/kg (including feedstock energy) which is much greater than paper, wood, glass, or metals (with exception of aluminum). Read on to learn…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has launched its portal for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the purpose of e-waste registration. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) of producers is regulated through EPR Authorisation from the CPCB.…
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The Karnataka government has been ordered to deposit Rs The Karnataka government has been ordered to deposit Rs 2,900 crores as compensation for the state’s inability to implement solid and liquid waste management standards by…
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Starting October 20, the Gurugram Municipal Corporation will conduct random inspections to identify residents who hand over mixed waste to sanitation workers. A fine of Rs 500 will be imposed on the spot. Despite repeated…
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India is now officially the world’s third-biggest e-waste generator with 85-90% of it managed by 3,400 to 5000 informal recycling units. The existing recycling process predominantly involves the extraction of valuable materials after shredding the…
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The quantity of legacy waste disposed of at three landfill sites in the capital has decreased by 26.1 lakh MT over the past four months (June to September), representing a 462% increase over the previous…
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In a report provided to the National Green Tribunal, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the tribunal that the disposal of new waste will cease at the Bhalswa landfill site once the proposed Waste…
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SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, is organizing a series of regional virtual roundtables with key public and private sector leaders to discuss some of the biggest challenges – and solutions to India’s waste…
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The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) is expected to begin the process of disposing of approximately 25 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste accumulated at its main dump site on the Tajpur road after facing…
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The Bhubaneshwar civic body, which has been facing complaints of inadequate solid waste management in residential areas has decided to give residents and Swacch Saathis in each ward, the ability to certify waste collection in…
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Kozhikode Corporation hopes to overcome one of its biggest challenges, waste segregation at source, with the launch of a new waste collection system on Monday. With AZHAK, the Corporation hopes to inform and inspire the…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning the segregation of electronic waste (e-waste) at the source and special arrangements will be made for the same in the garbage vans. Nashik municipal commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar on…
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Mr Saurabh Shah, Managing Director, Landbell GreenForest Solutions, an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Services and waste advisory organization based in Mumbai, has been a leading voice at various platforms on India’s rapidly growing waste sector.…
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The Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been warned by the National Green Tribunal that if deficiencies in the management of solid and liquid waste are not fixed within six months, a fine…
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IIM Indore and the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) have signed an MoU for a Centre of Excellence (CoE) at IIM Indore, which will provide leadership training for managing sanitation and waste…
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Barely 20 months after starting operations, Clean Kerala Company Ltd. (CKCL), a project to eliminate waste generation by incorporating eco-friendly practices, has reported a profit of Rs. 5 crores. The company, which is jointly owned…
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As part of its Azadi@75 Swacch Survekshan Toolkit, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has reiterated a few interventions which the ULBs can implement to promote waste segregation at the source. These include:…
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Union Minister of Earth Sciences Mr Jitendra Singh has launched a special campaign focussing on cleanliness, including disposal of scrap and reducing pendency in government departments. Singh began the campaign by disposing of e-waste at…
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A committee has been established by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to investigate a complaint that industrial units in the Uttar Pradesh town of Muzaffarnagar’s Bhopa Thana are dumping coal ash and hazardous waste along…
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President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the awardees of the cleanest States and cities at the award ceremony of Azadi@75 Swachh Survekshan 2022, hosted as part of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 by Ministry of Housing & Urban…
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Telangana has been fined Rs 3,825 crore by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as environmental reparation for continuing to fail to treat municipal solid and liquid waste in Hyderabad and other urban local bodies in…
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The two-day Swachh Shehar Samvad and Tech Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the 29th and 30th of September 2022, as part of the fortnight long Swachh Amrit Mahotsav, concluded last…
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The 9th edition of IFAT India by Messe Muenchen India concluded on Friday at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. IFAT India is one of the country’s leading trade fairs for water, sewage, solid waste, and recycling…
