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The Jammu and Kashmir government is installing solid waste treatment plants in eight major towns to convert the garbage into compost. The Kashmir Monitor reports that Baramulla, Sumbal, Hajan, Budgam, Bejbehara, Anantnag, Kulgam and Tral…
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The Ongole Municipal Corporation (OMC) has joined hands with Mahindra & Mahindra to set up a facility to generate power from wet waste. Around 85 to 100 tons of wet and dry waste is produced…
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There are ninety-six successful Waste-to-Energy (WtE) projects in India, as per a statement issued by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the Lok Sabha. As of October 31, all 96 WtE projects were generating electricity…
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Thiruvananthapuram’s proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant remains in limbo with the city corporation still not convinced about the feasibility of building a new centralized WtE plant. The Times of India reports that the state government’s continuous…
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The processing of legacy waste continues at full swing at the Vairapalayam compost yard in Erode, Tamil Nadu. The bio-mining machine started working in September and till date about 30,000 cubic metres of waste has…
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Each of the three municipal council areas of Pilibhit will now have their own material recovery facility (MRF). The Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly allocated Rs 33 lakh for each municipal council to set up…
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Goa’s Minister for Waste Management Michael Lobo recently inspected the Sonsoddo garbage dump and met with the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) to discuss the remediation of the waste. Mr Lobo said two bioremediation machines would…
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Thiruvananthapuram authorities have decided to set up a centralized waste treatment plant within corporation limits, following a show-cause notice from the Pollution Control Board (PCB). Since the closure of the Vilappilsala plant last year following…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has initiated a trial run of its first bio-methanation plant at Geeta Colony. Spread over 600 sq metres, the plant will consume 5000 kg of wet waste daily to generate…
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As part of its efforts to promote waste-to-energy (WtE), the Indian government has set up a total capacity of 56.34 MW for power generation from waste in the last three years. So far, 199 WtE…
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Four years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) passed an order for setting up a 5 MW waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Srinagar, its installation remains stalled by procedural delays. The plant was to be installed…
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GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd has started work on the much-delayed waste-to-energy plant in Kochi after receiving the last in a series of building approvals a few days ago. The first phase of the project…
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The collection of garbage from homes and streets remains affected after the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) appointed two new operators to replace its earlier contractor, Kanak Resources Management Limited (KRML). The Times of India reported…
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The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has imposed a Rs 10 lakh bank guarantee on private firm A2Z Waste Management for poor management of solid waste at the Tajpur Road garbage dump. The firm is…
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Over a dozen Material Recovery Facility (MRF) centres will be set up in Greater Noida to manage waste by separating recyclable items from the dump for further use. The Times of India reports that only…
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Tirupati Municipal Corporation is planning to set up three new garbage transfer stations in the temple city. The advanced facilities will be set up at New Balaji Colony and two other locations on the outskirts…
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The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has found a cost-effective solution to convert their waste to energy – transfer garbage to cement projects which can utilise them as fuel in kilns. An APPCB study…
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The Union Cabinet has given its approval for a Memorandum of Understanding between India and Guinea (West Africa) in the field of Renewable Energy. The objective of the MoU is threefold: To establish the basis…
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The Kashmir State High Court has constituted a three-member committee to oversee the functioning of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and other municipal committees of all districts of Kashmir division with regard to managing and treating…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power Corporation (KPCL) are planning to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Mandur. According to the Bangalore Mirror, the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered KPCL to…
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According to The Hindu, following the complete bio-mining of municipal solid waste generated in the past 60 years at the Vairapalayam and Vendipalayam landfills, the civic body is now planning to establish an incinerator machine…
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Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) wants to implement a waste-to-energy facility at the Rampur dumping yard in Warangal, Telangana. The throughput capacity of the planned facility is estimated at 300 t/d. The GWMC plans to…
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As reported by The Times of India, the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Dutch company GC International have recently signed an agreement towards establishing two Waste-to-Energy plants in Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad. GC International will invest INR 20 billion for…
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Following the complete acquisition of land for the Galand WtE plant, an agreement will be signed between the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Dutch GC International towards the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR).…
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The municipal corporations of Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla in Delhi have begun the processing of waste at the three local landfills. All of them are severely overfilled. Through bio-mining processes, the waste will be sorted…
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India’s Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry advocates for a higher proportion of co-incinerated waste as refuse-derived fuel in cement kilns, The Hindu reports. In a cooperation with the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), the ministry…
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As reported by the Times of India, The Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi has passed the Environmental Impact Assessment. As previously reported, the development of the project already faced several hurdles so far. The responsible…
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According to the source (the Times of India), the construction works for the Njeliyanparambu WtE facility should start in December 2019. The INR 2.5 billion project is to be installed by Zonta Infratech Private Ltd.…
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According to The Times of India, the construction works for the Njeliyanparambu WtE facility should start in December 2019. The INR 2.5 billion project is to be installed by Zonta Infratech Private Ltd. in a…
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The construction works on the WtE facility planned in Surat should commence in December, the Times of India reports. Once operational, the INR 2.5 billion facility should have a capacity of 14 MW, while treating…
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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. The abandonment of the incineration of fossil fuels is part of an strategy to lower…
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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…
