Aafrin Kidwai
Greetings to all our readers! As we begin a new year, it is essential to reflect on the state of waste management in India and the progress made in recent times. Waste management continues to…
Anoop Nautiyal
We are in the midst of a waste crisis. As is widely known, Ramky Enterprises (now known as ReSustainability) was managing the Shishambara waste management plant in the Selaqui area. They have decided to pack…
Dr Richa Singh
Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recognised that the unlined dumpsites in India are creating various irreversible environmental hazards. The major…
Aafrin Kidwai
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Guidelines detailed in Plastic Waste Management Rules 2022 provide a comprehensive mechanism to hold plastic producers and manufacturers responsible for managing post-consumer plastic waste Consumer responsibility should be given more attention…
Aafrin Kidwai
It’s been two years since I took on the role of Editor-in-Chief of solidwasteindia.com – the first website dedicated to news and information on solid waste management (SWM) in India. Ever since, SWI has been focused on…
Recykal
Digitization or Digital Transformation (DT) is very important to get work done; it helps analyse information, make conscious decisions, and most importantly share information with concerned stakeholders with ease. DT of waste management sector in…
Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh
India, the world’s third-largest electronic waste (e-waste) producer as per the United Nation’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020, is struggling to handle this toxic waste. The grim situation exists even though government documents suggest that the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thermax has signed a know-how transfer and license agreement with Steinmuller Babcock Environment GmbH (SBE), Germany for Waste to Energy technology, reports Business Standard. As…
Sandip Singh
Remember the plot for the popular sci-fi movie, Wall-E, where robot trash compactors were deployed on Earth to clean the planet? Though set in the future, the movie brought to our attention the harsh environmental…
Nirmal Jovial
The 12-acre Karikulam dumping yard is 12 feet deep in unsegregated waste, the total volume of which comes to 1.1 lakh cubic metres. The 40-year-old dumpsite is a blot on the temple town of Kumbakonam. To…
Ritika Gadoya
MLP, or Multi-Layered Plastic, is a type of plastic most commonly used for packaging of food items such as chips, biscuits, chocolates, and other snacks. Mostly, MLP packets have two sheets of plastic enclosing a…
Dhiraj Santdasani
India is witnessing rapid urbanisation and it must leverage the benefits of agglomeration economies with robust urban planning. However, such mega-urban expansion is always linked with challenges like limited resources and increased pollution. One critical…
Swati Singh Sambyal
In the AC (after corona) times, waste management systems across cities have borne the brunt, especially in developing countries where robust collection and processing systems are not streamlined. One area, which requires a lot of…
Natasha Kalra
As per the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru generates around 4500 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day. The city has resorted to multiple waste management strategies following the 2012 garbage crisis. This…
Monika Khanna Gulati
Gurugram’s population of almost 9 lakhs has one Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) for its collection, transportation, and treatment – authorized by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board. In the wake of the pandemic,…
Ranu Kalra
In July 2019, Noida Authority announced new rules for waste segregation at source (WSS). Our Resident Welfare Association (RWA) at Grand Omaxe, Sector 93 took the Noida Authority’s WSS project seriously and strictly enforced segregation…
Aafrin Kidwai
This morning, a fellow resident in my building, posted this picture (shared above) of her segregated plastic waste bundled up in a big bag, waiting to be collected by our Society’s housekeeping staff. In her…
Phalguni Ranjan
Beaches are among the top tourist destinations in India today. They’re mostly advertised as a virgin, untouched paradise with pristine blue seas and pretty white sand to rejuvenate you, to escape from the hustle and…
Perinaz Bhada-Tata
If you’re reading this blog right now, you have probably navigated to this website for one of the following reasons: You are either interested in learning more about the solid waste management (SWM) situation in…
Abhishek Singh & Chandarprabha Sharma
Mention ‘Ayodhya’ and the first thing that comes to mind is the decades old Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute. Finally, after the Supreme Court’s November 2019 verdict permitting the construction of a temple, work is on…
Mark Döing
From time to time, I receive emails inviting ecoprog to join a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project in countries and regions in which, so far, no WtE plant is operational. Very often, the authors of these emails…
Aafrin Kidwai
Welcome to our newly (re)launched website, solidwasteindia.com. It promises to be the most authoritative source of news and information that you will find on solid waste management (SWM) in India. This website is designed to be your…
