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Indian beverage producer Parle Agro has announced plans to establish an end-to-end PET plastic waste recycling programme, with a total investment of INR 50 crore (EUR 6.42 million) over the next three years. According to…
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The Dalmia Cement company in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, plans to switch completely to the incineration of refuse-derived fuel by 2040. According to global cement, the abandonment of the incineration of fossil fuels is part of…
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s (IOCL) R&D unit has inaugurated a biogas demonstration biogas plant in Faridabad, Haryana. According to PSU Connect, the plant processes 5 tpd of organic waste to produce compressed biogas, which will…
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According to The Deccan Chronicle, the environmental clearance for the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy project is expected to be issued by the end of September. At first, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Committee (SLEIAC) is planning…
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The housing and urban development department of Bhubaneswar has directed the civic body to sort all issues related to the Bhuasuni dumping yard and commence work on setting up the planned Waste-to-Energy plant and another…
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In Pune, Maharashtra, a plastics-to-fuel plant has been inaugurated. In 2018, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) published a tender for the construction of the plant, which was won by Pur O Fuel Pvt Ltd. The…
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After several hurdles, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it finally managed to get 3 companies to bid for the WtE project in Deonar. One of them is from Europe and two are…
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Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a polymer fiber manufacturer and one of the largest recyclers of post-consumer waste (e.g. PET bottles) in India, has announced plans to invest in waste management start-ups. The goal of this…
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The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has stated to be initiating the process to cancel the WtE agreement with AG Dauters Waste Processing Private Ltd. As reported by The Times of India, the company was awarded the…
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The completion of the ongoing construction of a 15 MW Waste-to-Energy facility in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, has been reported to be delayed. The plant is being developed to process solid waste collected from nine Urban…
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Mumbai-based Indian chemicals company Tata Chemicals Ltd. has announced plans to set up a facility to recycle used lithium-ion batteries near Mumbai. At the proposed location, the company currently runs lithium-ion battery recycling operation at…
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As part of the implication of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, the South Dheli Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is intending to build two 200 tpd biogas plants. As reported by The Times of India, they…
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Shell India, subsidiary of Netherlands-based oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, has invested INR 54,3127 crore (USD 7.7 million) in Indian biomass company Punjab Renewable Energy. According to Bioenergy Insight, Punjab Renewable Energy collects,…
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According to Telangana Today, a Spanish company specialising in the installation of waste treatment plants, Leblan Industries, has approached the state of Telangana to work with the State Government in setting up waste treatment plants. Following…
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As reported by The Daily Pioneer, a new biogas plant running on solid waste and manure has been proposed in the city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Municipal Corporation of Haridwar and Indian Oil Corporation Limited…
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has approved a funding of INR 10 crores for the development of waste management projects in the Mysuru City Corporation. According to The Hindu, the project includes the…
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As reported by mercomindia, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has planned various investments in renewable energy, including AD. Apart from heavily increasing engagements in solar, wind and biomass, IOCL is also introducing a strong focus…
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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., in cooperation with the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Green Roots Solutions (GRS), will construct an integrated waste management facility in Kalyan, Maharashtra. According to indiacsr, the facility will include a…
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As reported by The Hindustan Times, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has paid INR 16.5 crores to the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation for the purchase of land for the construction of the Galand WtE plant. The…
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A tender by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for several MRFs in Mumbai has only been partly successful. Contractors have not applied to set up plants in the western and eastern suburbs of the city,…
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The Karnataka State Government has approved establishing a WtE plant in Kannahalli. A yet-to-be-appointed company is expected to finance and operate the plant while Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will supply the municipal waste input.…
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As reported in April 2016, steel service company Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and state-controlled MSTC Ltd. developed India’s first integrated End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) shredding and recycling facility that is planned to get operational by 2018 and…
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A biogas plant will be built at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University in Hisar, Haryana. The plant will be supplied with agricultural materials such as manure, wheat, cotton and dried leaves, from nearby farms,…
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According to The New Indian Express, the municipality of Jagatsinghpur intends to install a MRF and micro composting centre (MCC) at a cost of INR 15 to 20 lakhs. Until now the realization of the…
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According to The Times of India, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) have now been able to secure 14 acres of land needed for the planned Galand WtE project. The plant is planned to be constructed…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has proposed to replace the Nagpur WtE project with a bio-CGN and composting plant. According to The Times of India, NMC has submitted the proposal to the State Government. In…
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According to The Times of India, Waste Processing and Management Private Ltd (NSWPMPL), a joint venture of Essel Infraprojects Ltd and Japan-based, HZI India Private Ltd. The state’s Swachh Bharat Mission department has now requested…
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The urban bodies in the federal state of Madhya Pradesh have been divided into 26 clusters for solid waste management. Plans have been provided for setting up 6 WtE plants as well as 20 composting…
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The urban bodies in the federal state of Madhya Pradesh have been divided into 26 clusters for solid waste management. Amongst others, plans have been proposed for setting up 20 composting plants across the state.…
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The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), which has recently started the installation of a MRF in Devguradia, plans to set up two more 150 tpd MRFs in Sirpur and Kabitkhedi. The IMC wants to have them…
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An INR 44 crore fund has been provided by the Union Government under Swachh Bharat Mission, for implementation of waste management projects in Kochi. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, it should be shared between…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has announced to start a call for tenders in the next week for the construction and maintenance of three biogas plants at Pallikaranai, Sholinganallur and a former asphalt complex in Anna…
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The City Corporation of Chennai has proposed a 50 tpd biogas plant in a central location in the city to process waste from the Hotels Association. The biogas produced will be liquefied and bottled as…
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As reported by The Hindu, the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has announced plans to build multiple MRFs. The planned MRFs are part of a draft action plan the city had prepared. This was ordered by…
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Following increasing pollution of the Kallai River, Kozhikode Corporation plans to implement several measures to improve the local waste management. According to The Times of India, the plan includes construction of an INR 250 crore…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has announced that the commissioning of the 17 MW WtE facility in Kapulupada, Visakhapatnam, will commence in late 2019. As reported by The Hindu, construction of the INR 130…
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According to The Tribune, a quarter of the new dairy AD project by the Municipal Corporation of Patiala, Punjab, has been completed. As reported in December 2018, the MC was seeking approval from the state…
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The development of the WtE facility in Sindri, Dhanbad, is making progress. According to the mayor of Dhanabad, 30 acres of land necessary for the construction have been acquired already. As reported by The Telegraph,…
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According to The Times of India, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam) towards the establishment of a WtE plant. The…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued plans to set up several WtE plants in the city. According to The Times of India, one WtE facility will be completed in Manali in August, while others have…
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Authorities have approved 100 acres of land in Bhandara, Maharashtra, to build a facility to produce biogas and ethanol from paddy straw. According to The Times of India, ownership of the land was transferred from…
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The Peringamala WtE project has been proposed to be relocated to a government-owned 15 to 20 acres of land in Muttathara. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, the plant will be executed as a PPP…
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In Kerala, the construction of an e-waste, plastic and glass waste sorting and recycling facility has been proposed. Moreover, district-level facilities for the collection and sorting of non-biodegradable waste are being planned. According to The…
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According to the Department of Rural Development, the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, in Karnataka, will each get a MRF to segregate dry waste. Currently, the search for location is underway. As reported by…
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According to MENAFN, several officials of South Delhi civic body have inaugurated the second AD plant at Dwarka Sector 14, Delhi. Yasasu EMS Pvt. Ltd. (now a subsidiary of Blue Planet Group) has developed the…
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The Tamil Nadu state government plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to produce electricity from waste. According to The Times of India, the NTPC plans to set…
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Chander Mohan Guptam, the Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), has recently inaugurated a biogas unit and cow PRK unit at the stray cattle pound Dogra Hall Jammu. The source Greater Jammu does not provide…
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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has recently extended the validity of the generic tariff set for municipal solid waste (MSW) projects in the state till 2020. According to Mercom India, a tariff of INR 7.08…
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According to the Orissa Post, the proposal by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for setting up a 11 MW WtE plant at Bhuasuni dumpsite is still waiting for approval. According to the source, the Terms of…
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The Ministry of Steel has released a draft policy aimed at increasing self-sufficiency and curtailing dependency on imports. To achieve this, high-quality ferrous scrap should be produced locally. As reported on Recycling Today, this entails…
