Aafrin Kidwai
Hyderabad has a new Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling Plant at Fathullaguda. The facility is equipped to recycle 500 metric tonnes of debris a day. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao inaugurated…
Aafrin Kidwai
After being pulled up for dumping of bio-medical and other COVID waste at Sonsoddo landfill, the Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation (GSWMC) has assured the Margao Municipal Corporation (MMC) that the waste will be lifted…
Aafrin Kidwai
Gurugram generated over 1.7 lakh kg of Covid-related biomedical waste in April, which is the highest since the pandemic began last year. From May 1 to May 13, Gurugram has already generated 1.3 lakh kg of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has said it will help Chandigarh dispose of excess COVID-19 waste biomedical waste (BMW), if the need arises. For instance, in the case of breakdown of the city’s lone…
Aafrin Kidwai
There have been over 200 COVID-related deaths in the Mumbai civic body since March last year, with most of the deceased belonging to the Solid Waste Management department. A total of 46 SWM department employees…
Aafrin Kidwai
The ongoing spurt in COVID-19 cases has led to a massive jump in medical waste generation, as per data shared by the Mumbai civic body (BMC). As per the data, the city has already generated…
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
Uttarakhand Environment and Solid Waste Management minister Harak Singh Rawat said that biomedical waste is being disposed as per guidelines issued by the Centre on March 16, 2020. From March 2020 to February 15, 2021,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Central Pollution Control Board has filed its compliance report to the National Green Tribunal on scientific disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) during the COVID pandemic. Some of the highlights of the report, titled Scientific…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure strict compliance of the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. It also asked CPCB to ensure that the compensation regime is…
Aafrin Kidwai
Hospitals in Pune are upset over the large bills they have attracted for disposing of COVID-19 waste during the last few months, with some even threatening to go to court over the matter. Several hospitals…
Aafrin Kidwai
With preparations underway for the COVID-19 vaccination program across India, the Union Health Ministry has prepared guidelines for safer disposal of used injections. Health experts opine that it will probably create a large amount of syringe…
Aafrin Kidwai
With a significant increase in fresh Covid cases, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to set up a bio-medical waste disposal facility solely for such waste generated by households, mostly of patients in…
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
Nearly 160 tonnes of biomedical waste was generated during the Bihar assembly polls held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state’s election authorities. This includes gloves, face masks, and empty sanitizer bottles used by polling personnel…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bengaluru civic body (BBMP) to submit measures taken to ensure the segregation of biomedical waste generated from homes where Covid-19 patients are in isolation as well as that…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The Association Of Hospitals (AFP) in Pune has strongly opposed rate hikes for biomedical waste collection introduced by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) recently. Calling it unilateral and arbitrary, the association has written to PMC requesting…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has emphasised on the need to contain the spread of COVID-19 through contact with infectious waste. UNIDO India Representative Rene Van Berkel explained it can be made possible through…
Aafrin Kidwai
In a trend seen in many other parts of the country, Gurugram has reported that segregation of food waste from Covid waste is not being done at most households in home isolation or at isolation…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has filed its Action Taken Report (ATR) in compliance with a National Green Tribunal order dated May 20, 2020. The matter relates to the management of construction and demolition (C&D)…
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
Disposal of biomedical waste including PPE kits worn by healthcare professionals, and public became a challenge during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Union Health Ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. “As informed by Central…
Aafrin Kidwai
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related biomedical waste generated on an average was about 169 tonnes per day for the month of August 2020, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kr Choubey said in the…
Aafrin Kidwai
With a 104 percent increase in Covid-19 and associated biomedical waste generated in Mumbai over the past three months, the city’s waste incineration unit has run out of storage space at their one-acre plant in Deonar. Private…
Aafrin Kidwai
Uttar Pradesh is prepared to handle the waste as per the guidelines and has adequate capacity for incineration of Covid waste even if the waste generation increases by three times, UPPCB member secretary Ashish Tiwari…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to install yellow waste bins across the city for proper disposal of COVID waste. The civic body has hired a private agency for the collection of bio-medical waste from…
Aafrin Kidwai
A Covid Care Centre (CCC) in Mysuru has set up compost pits (pic) to recycle food waste at the centre. The CCC at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) near the Mandakalli airport is run by…
Aafrin Kidwai
West Bengal stares at a Covid-19 biomedical waste crisis as the six treatment and disposal facilities have almost reached their threshold capacity following a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state. The two agencies that…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has started the process to change land use of a plot measuring 4.3 acres at Maidan Garhi in south Delhi for setting up a waste processing unit. The solid waste construction…
Aafrin Kidwai
The quantum of biomedical waste generated in Delhi increased by 15 times in June compared with the preceding month when just 25 tonnes was being produced daily. According to a report submitted by Environment Pollution…
Aafrin Kidwai
Latest Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data suggests that after an increase in bio-medical waste generation across Mumbai over four straight months, the daily average in July has fallen by 38 per cent over the high…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has decided to enhance its biomedical waste (BMW) facilities in view of COVID-19 pandemic. At present there are 20 Common Treatment Plants operational throughout the state where biomedical wastes,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The latest guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) provide specifications on segregation of general solid waste and biomedical waste from quarantine centers/home-care/healthcare facilities treating COVID-19 patients. Recommendations are also provided on the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Segregation of COVID-19 biomedical waste from other biomedical waste is a must to avoid further spread of the infection and its adverse impact on public health, a bench of the National Green Tribunal headed by…
Aafrin Kidwai
Assam’s lone CBWTF in the Panikhaiti area is proving insufficient in pandemic times. The quantity of biomedical waste generated by city hospitals has increased considerably during the pandemic, compelling the government to ink a fresh…
Aafrin Kidwai
Thirty common facilities have been set up for the treatment and scientific disposal of Covid-19 bio-medical waste generated across the state, as per the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). In an affidavit filed in the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following an overwhelming response to its COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheets, the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) has released the Factsheets in Hindi. It is also preparing to release the Factsheets in other local languages. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
Pune’s bio-medical waste (BMW) is being sent to Mumbai for incineration ever since the city’s sole BMW incinerator broke down last month. Its repairs, the plant operator said, are set to take another 15 days.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Pune Municipal Corporation has doubled the cost for the collection and safe disposal of Covid-19-linked biomedical waste to Rs100/kg as against Rs47/kg for the biomedical waste of non-Covid patients. “After Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, and…
Aafrin Kidwai
With biomedical waste (BMW) generated by the city rising by 100% in three months, the BMC is scrambling to upgrade the disposal facility at Deonar dumping ground. From 11,344 kg of bio-medical waste generated on…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following the COVID pandemic and lockdown, the cost of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste (BMW) in Ahmedabad has shot up to Rs 50 per kg from Rs 24 per kg, reports The Times of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The waste processing unit in Padegaon, near Aurangabad, with a capacity to treat 150 TPD of waste has started full-fledged operations. Civil construction work at Padegaon is nearly complete and certain waste processing operations have…
Aafrin Kidwai
Data available with IMAGE (Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-friendly) reveals that Covid biomedical waste in Palakkad waste treatment plant has increased from a mere 698 kg on March 19 to 4,715kg on May 31. In…
Aafrin Kidwai
Chandigarh’s lone construction and demolition (C&D) waste treatment plant has resumed operations in the Industrial Area Phase I on a single work-shift basis. However, there is no fresh material to recycle since all construction is…
Aafrin Kidwai
Disposable masks are quickly piling up across cities, posing a major challenge for waste management authorities. These items are not recycled since they are considered hazardous and are being stacked at dry waste collection centres…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi’s Chief Secretary to hold a meeting within two weeks with all the authorities concerned to ensure proper dumping of construction and debris (C&D) waste in the national…
Aafrin Kidwai
Cities across the country are reporting how the disposal of routine solid waste mixed with COVID-19 waste such as personal protection equipment (PPE), gloves and masks from quarantine centres, has put a massive strain on their…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started collecting Covid infected bio-waste across the city. So far, over 2,588 kg of waste has been collected from all the quarantine centres in Bengaluru. The collected waste is…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has finally got the possession of the 3-acre land for setting up a biomedical waste-treatment plant at Brahmapuram. The land is located towards the entrance side of the Brahmapuram waste-treatment…
Aafrin Kidwai
Ever since the nationwide lockdown began, Nagpur has reported that biomedical waste from the city’s hospitals and clinics has reduced drastically. In March, the private firm engaged in collecting biomedical waste from 1,800 city establishments…
