Aafrin Kidwai
A committee has been established by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to investigate a complaint that industrial units in the Uttar Pradesh town of Muzaffarnagar’s Bhopa Thana are dumping coal ash and hazardous waste along…
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The Gujurat state government has granted permission for the development of five new Treatment Stabilization Disposal Facilities (TSDF) for the treatment of hazardous waste. This decision was made, as further reported, against the background that…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) department will now be using the plasma technology to dispose of domestic hazardous waste such as used sanitary pads, diapers, cosmetics, wires, make-up kits, oil paints, perfume…
Aafrin Kidwai
The quantity of hazardous waste generated in Chennai from firecrackers came down by 20% this Diwali. According to a press release from the Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash, the quantity of hazardous waste has…
Aafrin Kidwai
The BBMP has called for expression of interest for setting up domestic hazardous waste facilities in the city. Mr Randeep, special commissioner, solid waste management, BBMP, informed The Deccan Herald that while waste is segregated…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bombay high court (HC) has directed the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) authorities to give details of the companies and prices at which the civic body had purchased personal protective equipment (PPE) kits such…
Aafrin Kidwai
Large amounts of disposable masks, gloves and other medical waste have been making their way to regular garbage piles across cities, posing a major challenge for civic authorities in charge of its collection and disposal.…
Aafrin Kidwai
Goa will have a new hazardous waste management facility in Pissurlem industrial estate (near Valpoi) ready by December 2020, in time to meet the deadline set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the…
