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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has selected three bidders to remediate around 4.7 lakh cubic metres of waste at all the eleven dump sites in the state. The selected bidders will be awarded the…
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Following the National Green Tribunal’s ultimatum to reduce the height of the three landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalswa, the three respective Delhi municipal corporations are planning to install 33 trommel machines, with a capacity…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has started capping work at the Kuberpur landfill site. The landfill site is spread over 42 acres of land and a drone survey estimates that is contains 8.5 lakh metric…
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The National Green Tribunal has directed the Gurugram Municipal Corporation to clear 25 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill within six months and warned that failure to do so may result in coercive…
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Local civic body authorities inspected Mormugao Solid Waste Treatment Plant (MSWTP) at Headland-Sada in order to expedite the process of clearing almost 80 metric tonnes of ‘legacy waste’ which has been lying there for the…
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The first meeting of a committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the issue of compliance of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 will be held on November 19 in New Delhi.…
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The Goa government is making progress in its plans to remediate around 4.7 lakh cubic metre of existing dump sites at various locations in Goa. The Times of India has reported that the Goa government…
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The Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) is gearing up to call tenders for capping of the Madikonda (Rampur) dumping yard. Madikonda landfill is located about 18 km away from Warangal city and is the only…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now be appointing the prominent National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) as consultants to manage waste at the city’s – and country’s – largest dumping ground in Deonar. According…
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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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Energy technology company, Abellon CleanEnergy Limited, has entered a technical agreement with German AD plant manufacturer, Agraferm Group, to develop several biogas projects. The first phase will consist of setting up plants only in Gujarat…
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The establishment of a WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, has already faced several serious challenges, as ecoprog reported earlier. Due to the failure of stopping the tender, Bombay High Court had extended the permission to…
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As The Times of India reports, Chandigarh Smart City Company Limited has tendered the INR 40 crores mining project to clear the garbage dump in Dadumajra. In a period of 180 days, 500,000 tonnes of…
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According to the Indian Express, Bombay High Court has extended the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) permit to dispose waste at the Deonar landfill until 31 December 2019. As reported in March 2018, the 600 tpd…
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The Bhalswa landfill, which was declared as exhausted in 2002, still receives about 2,000 tpd of waste generated by North Dehli, according to the Hindustan Times. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has now published…
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Although the Okhla landfill had already exhausted its lifespan in 2010, 1,200 out of 3,500 tpd of waste collected in Delhi continued to go to the site, as now reported by the Hindustan Times. Now,…
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According to Outlook India, The National Green Tribunal has directed a Noida-based association of homeowners to approach the Uttar Pradesh government and the NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) with its plea on the opposition…
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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is seeking the involvement of private companies to deploy their expertise for the remediation of the Kapuluppada landfill. The waste disposal site is located in a fast-growing port city,…
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The Indian Congress has announced to be intending to work even more intensely towards a zero landfill goal in the future. In connection to that, the Congress seeks to close down Delhi’s four overfilled landfills…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the inspection was directed by the National Green Tribunal in…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reduced the proposed gap of 300-500 metres between incineration power plants and residential areas to 30-100 metres, much less than what is defined by the Swachh Bharat Mission.…
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Periodic fires at the Deonar dumping site in Mumbai have led the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to propose a plan for the capture of methane gases generated at the 12.7-million ton landfill. As…
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The administration for infrastructure in Bangalore, called Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), is searching for alternatives to landfilling waste in collaboration with Swedish WtE experts. From 1 December 2014 on, no more waste will be…
