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Exactly one month after the demolition of the Supertech twin towers, the Noida authority met with Edifice Engineering to discuss the ongoing debris removal work. It instructed Edifice Engineering to remove the debris by November…
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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a bio-energy policy in an effort to draw large investments and boost the state’s agricultural income. The goal of the policy is to encourage and support the state’s production…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has fined the Haryana government Rs 100 cr for unremediated legacy waste in Gurugram. According to a recent order, it took one year for the authorities to hand over 10…
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What is legacy waste? Legacy waste typically refers to aged municipal solid waste in landfills or dumpsites. In India, there is no agreement on the minimum age of waste to be considered legacy waste and…
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The Najafgarh zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has organized a two-day cleanliness drive to dispose of non-hazardous construction waste. The drive will conclude on Sunday. The civic body has organized the pilot…
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Punjab’s New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora has emphasized the need to make optimum use of municipal solid waste to generate green energy and biofuel. The minister declared that his government is committed…
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The NAPT and SBM 2.0 have launched Swachh Toycathon to explore solutions for use of waste in the creation or manufacturing of toys. The competition will be open to individuals and groups to bring innovation…
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CNIM MARTIN Private Ltd. has signed a contract with turnkey solution provider Uttam Energy for the supply of the main components of the WTE plant to be built in Deonar, Mumbai, India for Municipal Corporation…
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On June 5, World Environment Day, 4,000 towns will receive new bins for segregated waste, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is renewing his push for Swachh Bharat. For liquid and dry waste, there…
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A new study released by Pratham confirms that most Indian villages do not have any waste management infrastructure. Public waste bins were observed in only 36 percent of the 700 villages across 15 states that…
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The Haryana government will soon implement a policy to reduce crop residue burning incidents and guarantee proper management of paddy straw. A draft policy titled Haryana Ex-Situ Management of Paddy Straw Policy – 2022 was…
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To set up the new integrated municipal solid waste processing facility plant at Daddumajra, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will pay the successful bidder or company an initial amount of Rs 300 crore or 30% of…
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Around 176 legacy waste dump sites have been identified in the 196 ULBs across Rajasthan. Rs 370 crore will be required for the remediation work. The timeframe for clearing all dumpsites in the state has…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a Rs 120 crore fine for environmental violations in Gorakhpur district, including improper solid waste management and sewage discharge into rivers. The…
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The Rajasthan government has been ordered to pay Rs 3,000 crore as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The state authorities were held responsible by…
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The CSE has released three new publications: Legacy Waste Management and Dumpsite Remediation, Preparing City Solid Waste Action Plan for Bio-degradable Waste, and Preparing City Solid Waste Action Plan for Non-Biodegradable Waste. The CSE toolkit on legacy waste management…
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Justice Arun Mishra, Chairperson of India’s National Human Rights Commission, expressed concern about developed countries dumping e-waste into the borders of developing countries. He emphasized the importance of ending this practice in order to universally…
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In the run-up to the first anniversary of SBM 2.0 on October 2, 2022, the government is planning a series of events including a youth-focused event for waste-collection. The Indian Swachhata League is an inter-city…
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After years of delay, the municipal corporation of Bhatinda has decided to complete the biomining of the Mansa Road dumpsite by December 2023. The local authorities have begun the bidding process. Tenders for the same…
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A plastic recycling campaign launched by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences on July 5 culminates on September 17, with high-profile events helmed by the respective chief ministers in various states across the country. Earth…
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A CBG plant is being set up in Thaluapur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. This will reportedly be the first plant in the state in which CBG will be made from the mixture of cow dung, grass,…
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The Mumbai civic body has sent 9,400 plaster of Paris (POP) Ganpati idols that were left on the seashore after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for recycling. This is the first time that the civic organization…
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be chairing a meeting after his government was ordered to pay Rs 12,000 crore as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste by the National Green…
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Ghaziabad civic agencies have been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to pay up to Rs 200 crore in damages for failing to adhere to solid waste management standards throughout the city. It has…
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The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is planning to install underground bins in various locations across the city. Each day, around 506 metric tonnes of waste are collected in all wards of Srinagar city. The department…
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West Bengal’s Environment Minister Manas Bhunia has announced that the state government will establish a nodal committee in each district to monitor pollution control measures and waste management efforts. Members of the panel would also…
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Following a public hearing on August 16, a proposal to increase the Okhla Waste to Energy (WtE) plant’s capacity from 23 MW to 40 MW was rejected. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) said the plan…
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Waste from construction projects and debris across Nagpur will be recycled. These materials are now being gathered by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). For this project, NMC has hired Re Sustainability (formerly known as Ramky…
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The West Bengal government has been fined Rs 3,500 crore by the National Green Tribunal for a large disparity in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment. The green panel stated that the state government…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MCC) processed 6,000kg of domestic sanitary waste in August. Starting August 3, MCC vans gathered sanitary garbage separately and treated it in Chandigarh’s Industrial Area Phase-I by scientific incineration. From the…
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The Pune Civic Corporation (PMC) has started a trial programme to collect electronic waste from Pune citizens, including old phone bills, TVs, PCs, and other devices. The PMC, Adaar Poonawala Clean City Initiative, and Purnam…
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SMS Envoclean has been given a notice by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to modernize its Deonar biomedical waste treatment facility in order to stop environmental pollution. In the event of non-compliance, the MPCB…
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Earlier this week, close to 30,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste was generated within 10 seconds of the demolition of Supertech twin towers in Noida. Hyderabad-based Re Sustainability has been given the responsibility to…
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Demolition experts will be chalking out a plan after discussion with resident associations in the vicinity of the demolished Noida twin towers regarding the disposal of debris from the site. Experts said that it may…
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Two years after they were built, the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation issued tenders to run 22 micro composting centers (MCC) with the assistance of commercial partners. A competent agency will be picked to administer and maintain…
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An impasse over the disposal of waste into a designated dumpyard has resulted in a buildup of waste in communities, leaving several areas of Bhubaneswar reeking of garbage. For the past two weeks, residents of…
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According to Union Minister Jitendra Singh, businesses in India are finding new opportunities through “waste to wealth,” the Ministry of Science and Technology reported on Saturday. In a statement released by the ministry, Singh spoke…
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The Lucknow Nagar Nigam is all set to give a new look to its garbage collection vehicles. This was after Divisional Commissioner Roshan Jacob took note of the civic body’s unkept vehicles during a municipal…
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India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 to ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries. The new rules will replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules,…
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FMCG direct selling company, Amway India, has managed 100% of post-consumer plastic waste based on its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) collection and recycled 100% of pre-consumer plastic waste produced at the Amway manufacturing facility. Through…
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HPCL has started its first cow dung-based biogas project in Rajasthan, which converts 100 tonnes of dung per day into biogas that may be utilized as a transportation fuel. The HPCL Compressed Biogas Project project…
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EverEnviro Resource Management Pvt Ltd (EverEnviro), a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), plans to invest $1 billion in the construction of 14 compressed biogas plants across the country. There are currently…
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The Loni Nagar Palika, a town near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, has accelerated construction on a solid waste management plant in the neighborhood, days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked for a report on delayed projects in Ghaziabad.…
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The Kerala government has started the process of reclaiming land with legacy waste dumpsites. Faced with inadequate waste treatment infrastructure, the local self-government department (LSGD) has identified around 47 dumps with enormous piles of residual…
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The subcommittee of an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) from the Centre has discovered anomalies in the environmental permissions granted by several authorities for the solid waste management plant at Jhuriwala village, Panchkula. According to the…
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The Seventh Report of the Solid Waste Monitoring Committee for Haryana and Chandigarh states that 807 bulk trash generators must build wet waste processing facilities on their properties. The committee was established on the National…
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Efforts are being made by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to remove over 7.5 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste accumulated at the Dadumajra dumpsite since 2005. Of the three shortlisted companies, Aakanksha Enterprises had…
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The government has stated clearly that it wants to create a standard for mobile device charging, but it hasn’t set a deadline since it needs to have broad industry consultations. Three expert panels will likely…
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The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has asked the state government to create a “vision plan” for the elimination of solid waste in Jammu and Kashmir and information on the resources employed for waste…
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Decomposing food waste is releasing thousands of tonnes of planet-warming methane gas at landfills in Buenos Aires, Delhi, Mumbai, and Lahore, according to new research. With about 570 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas emitted…
