Aafrin Kidwai
The Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) has decided to make separate compartments for dry, wet and biomedical waste in its garbage collection vans as part of its effort to segregate waste at the collection point. Separate…
Aafrin Kidwai
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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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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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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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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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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In an attempt to clear the landfill site in Mysuru, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) plans to treat 200,000 tonnes of waste. A small part of biodegradable waste will be used as compost, while the…
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The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has received administrative approval for an INR 12.56 crore project to upgrade its Pachchanady solid waste management plant. According to www.thehindu.com, the project entails the installation of two pre-sorting machines,…
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According to The Telegraph India, a 20-acre plot has been selected for setting up a waste recycling centre for processing waste from New Town, Bidhannagar and three boroughs of the city. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been…
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As reported by The Herald, a solid waste management plant will be built by Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) in Banguinim, Goa. The total cost is expected to amount to INR 248.5 crores. The plant…
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According to local news reports at The Times of India, the planned RDF production facility in Bainguinim will be fast-tracked to commence waste processing. An official stated that the plant was expected to be commissioned…
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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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The MBT facility in Kolhapur, which is already operational, is waiting for official permission to start commercial operations, according to The Times of India. A two-member expert team has collected samples of the RDF processed…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra, as Tribune India reported. The RDF plant is…
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Construction works at an MBT facility atop the Calangute plateau in Calangute, Goa, have recently started. The plant, which comprises an MBT, a recycling, a biogas section and a landfill site for the inert waste…
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Chinese technology is to be deployed at a 13 MWel RDF facility being developed in the Narela Bawana area of Delhi. The facility is due to be operational by November. 4,000 tons of RDF per…
