Aafrin Kidwai
Geocycle India, the in-house waste management arm of Ambuja Cements Limited and ACC Limited, has co-processed about 2 million tons of waste and achieved a TSR of 6% in 2021, according to a press release…
Aafrin Kidwai
CNIM MARTIN Private Limited (CMPL), the Asian subsidiary of CNIM and MARTIN, has signed a contract for the supply of the main components of the WtE plant to be built in Songkhla Province, Thailand for…
Aafrin Kidwai
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will no longer execute Mohali’s Waste to Energy (WtE) project. NTPC was to construct and operate a WtE plant at Samgauli. No reason has been given for NTPC’s exit. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced that its integrated unit in Tamil Nadu, Reddipalayam Cement Works, has undertaken measures in which one-fourth of its fuel requirement is met through utilisation of waste materials sourced from local municipal corporations and industries. Reddipalayam Cement…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has stopped collecting waste generated at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport. The AMC has asked Adani Airports, which operates the airport’s domestic and international terminals, to set up…
Aafrin Kidwai
As per information from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management (SWM) department, BVG India and AG Enviro Infra, the two companies responsible for door-to-door waste collection in the city, have been fined 19 times…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) has received permission to begin operations by the end of this month. The BSWML is a new entity, which has been given the certificate for operations by the…
Aafrin Kidwai
UK-based NGO WasteAid has launched its Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Guwahati to award €10,000 to two entrepreneurs with innovations that increase resource efficiency and reduce waste. The competition is part of a programme to…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Confederation of Indian Industry is inviting participation for the 2nd edition of 3R Awards. Held under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, the 3R Awards encourage, recognize and reward waste sector start-ups, industry and urban…
Aafrin Kidwai
ITC has announced that it is ready to move beyond plastic waste neutrality next fiscal. That is, the company will replace and recycle more plastic than it will use through its operations this year. ITC…
Aafrin Kidwai
IL&FS has sold its stake in environment business to EverEnviro Resource Management, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) managed by EverSource Capital. IL&FS, as the promoter of IL&FS Environmental…
Aafrin Kidwai
Hyderabad bagged three awards in different categories at the 2021 International Exhibition and 6th Smart Cities India Expo held during March 24-26 in New Delhi. The awards were given by the India Trade Promotion Organisation,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The 28th Convergence India and the 6th Smart Cities India Expo 2021 was inaugurated at Pragati Maidan, Delhi on Wednesday. The three-day event is seeing 500 participating brands, 250 speakers and 50 conference sessions. Hosted by…
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following a pubic campaign by Pune citizens, the Municipal Corporation has announced it will extend the waste collection of the self-employed waste collectors SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling), contract. Pune Mirror reports that the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Ramky Enviro Engineers (REEL) has entered into a seven-year contract with the Greater Chennai Corporation to design and implement an IOT-enabled solid waste collection programme. The Hyderabad-based company said it will cover four zones in…
Aafrin Kidwai
The ITC Grand Chola Hotel, Chennai was awarded the ‘Swachh Hotel’ award as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021 by the Greater Chennai Corporation, for its sustained initiatives in solid waste management. “We wanted to recognise…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has fined beverage makers Coke and Pepsi and bottled water maker Bisleri for violation in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) filings related to the collection and disposal of plastic waste. …
Aafrin Kidwai
A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management plant has been inaugurated at the expansive Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Township in Mumbai. The newly inaugurated, 10 MT/Day SWM plant is designed as per SWM Rules 2016 based…
Aafrin Kidwai
A2Z Infrastructure has issued a public notice informing Ludhiana residents that the company will not be providing services including waste collection and processing after February 4. Last week, the company had served a self-termination notice…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has signed a joint development agreement with Blue Planet Environmental Solutions India Private Limited. Blue Planet Environmental Solutions has created an integrated waste management ecosystem and its technologies have…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has deployed “plug and key” units for dry waste segregation in the city. The new units installed on vehicles with different types of mesh attached with a conveyor belt will…
Aafrin Kidwai
Ramky Enviro has bagged a tender to manage waste collection and transportation in the north Chennai. Starting February, the company will be incharge of waste collection and transportation in Thiruvotriyur, Manali, Madhavaram and Ambattur zones.…
Aafrin Kidwai
A2Z Waste Management has served a notice to the Ludhiana civic body regarding termination of their contract. A2Z wants to exit the project and has given 45 days notice to the civic body. February 4…
Aafrin Kidwai
Steel major Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is earning more than Rs 550 crore revenue annually by selling its solid wastes. Apart from earning this huge amount, the company is also saving around Rs 250-280 crore…
Aafrin Kidwai
Antony Waste Handling Cell has decided to launch its maiden initial public offering worth Rs 300 crores on December 21. The public issue is scheduled to be closed on December 23, as per the information…
Aafrin Kidwai
Sweden-based H&M Foundation and Social Alpha have joined hands to launch “Techtonic – Innovations in Waste Management”, a nationwide mission to identify and curate locally designed, disruptive innovations addressing problems in waste management and improving the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company, has announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) has committed to investing US$19 million in four leading companies that are using technology and innovation to scale and…
Aafrin Kidwai
On December 8, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and supported by Nordic Innovation is organizing a webinar on ‘Nordic for India’ focused on Clean India Mission and National Water Mission. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd has filed draft papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to float its initial public offerings (IPO). As per the draft papers, Antony Waste Handling Cell’s IPO comprises fresh issuance of shares…
Aafrin Kidwai
Ahmedabad-based Nepra Resource Management, which operates under the brand name ‘Let’s Recycle’, has raised $18 million in Series C funding from Aavishkaar Capital and Circulate Capital, an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Confederation of India Industry (CII) in association with Technology Development Board, GoI and supported by Swachh Bharat Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI is organizing the International Conference and Exhibition on Waste…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The fourth and the last session of the day at the CII’s Waste To Worth conference held on October 30 was all about the many challenges facing the waste management sector in India. Titled “Exploring…
Aafrin Kidwai
The CII’s International Waste to Worth Conference saw pertinent discussions among national and international waste experts on a range of issues. As official media partners for the event, Solid Waste India has been bringing you exhaustive coverage…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The CII’s International Waste to Worth Conference saw relevant discussions among national and international waste experts on a range of issues. As official media partners for the event, Solid Waste India has been bringing you exhaustive coverage…
Aafrin Kidwai
The day-long CII International Waste to Worth Conference on Friday saw a series of engaging discussions by industry stalwarts on various topics revolving around the theme of “Achieving a circular economy through the 3Rs.” In…
Aafrin Kidwai
The CII’s International Waste to Worth Conference saw a line-up of high profile speakers from the waste sector share their views on “Achieving a Circular Economy through 3R Techniques.” The first session on “Glocal Models…
Aafrin Kidwai
Dubai-based Averda has completed a share sale and purchase of Amritsar MSW Limited. It will now undertake various environmental services for waste management in Amritsar, including municipal solid waste management, waste to energy and recycling.…
Aanchal Bansal
Beginning October, Urbaser-Sumeet is set to take-over solid waste management in seven zones of Chennai city. A grand inaugural ceremony was streamlined live, a recording of which is available here. While the Spanish firm has…
Aafrin Kidwai
Visakhapatnam is one among the four cities selected for the PM’s Excellence Awardunder the Swachh Bharat Mission’s Urban Category based on the semi-underground bin system implemented under Smart City. Supplied by Bengaluru-based Zonta Infratech, the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Facing difficulties in timely collection of municipal solid waste, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has hired a private contractor for door-to-door collection of segregated waste, removal of waste and silt from roadsides, and transportationof processed…
Aafrin Kidwai
IFAT India has officially announced that its annual Mumbai event scheduled from October 13 to 15, 2020 owing to the pandemic. Here is the message posted on its website: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global…
Aafrin Kidwai
As India struggles to establish a comprehensive biofuel policy, IFAT India hosted some of the most prominent names in the sector to share their experiences and expert opinions in a webinar titled “Biofuels: An essential…
Aafrin Kidwai
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), NTPC and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of waste-to-energy facilities at SDMC’s landfill site in Okhla. As per the…
Aafrin Kidwai
EverSource Capital looks all set to take over IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services Limited (IEISL) and its subsidiaries. EverSource Capital manages Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), established with anchor investment from India’s National Investment and…
Aafrin Kidwai
Recykal, a digital technology company focussing on waste management, announced a partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) for Project Prithvi, a joint initiative for developing sustainable plastic…
Aafrin Kidwai
State-owned power giant NTPC on Monday said it has incorporated a joint venture firm NTPC EDMC Waste Solutions for developing and operating waste to energy project. “The NTPC Ltd has incorporated a Joint Venture Company with East Delhi Municipal…
Aafrin Kidwai
Find out how two leading waste management companies are managing their operations during the pandemic. Soon after cases of COVID-19 emerged in India, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released guidelines for handling, treatment and safe disposal…
Aafrin Kidwai
Garbage collection in Nagpur has reduced by 96-160 metric tonne (MT) per day in the last four months. This is the time that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) replaced 11-year-old operator Kanak Resources Management Limited…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
