Editor
The company Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) has started co-firing of biomass briquettes at its thermal power plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh. Balco, a subsidiary of Indian Oil & Gas and Metals company Vedanta Resources, will…
Aafrin Kidwai
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has fined M/s A G Enviro and M/s BVG Rs. 2.68 crore for allegedly attempting to exaggerate the tonnage of waste transported to the Bhandewadi dumpsite. The 200 vehicles owned by…
Aafrin Kidwai
According to a poll conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s (MCG) solid waste management concessionaire Ecogreen, just 36% of families in the city separate their waste. In spite of the corporation starting source separation…
Aafrin Kidwai
According to a research by the World Gold Council, India’s gold refining business has seen tremendous expansion in recent years, with the country ranked fourth in global gold recycling in 2021, behind China, Italy, and…
Aafrin Kidwai
A World Bank team inspected the biomining technology used for waste disposal at the Kureepuzha trash dumping site on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake. The World Bank is providing Rs 2,300 crore in funding to…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Chennai civic body has earned over Rs 64 lakh in less than month – that is, since May 27 – by selling over 85 lakh kg of manure produced in its composting centres. The…
Editor
The company Dhatri Biosilicates intends to invest INR 1.6 billion (EUR 19.5 million) to set up a silica and biogas plant in the federal state of Telangana. According to the source, this was announced on…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) southern bench has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to take action against erring Kattankolathur panchayat officials for violating the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, including imposing environmental…
Editor
A 100 tpd AD plant is currently being erected at the Parag Dairy in Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The plant is expected to produce 4,000 m³ of gas and about 2,000 units of electricity per day.…
Editor
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited is partnering with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD on a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. The plant should be running on biodegradable solid (wet) waste. An MoU is…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Nagaland Pollution Control Board has presented a draft comprehensive action plan for the elimination of single-use plastics. The first meeting of a special task force on Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021 and the…
Aafrin Kidwai
The waste-to-energy (WTE) plant next to Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi has resumed operations after a gap of 6 months, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Mr Vinai Saxena announced. “Of the 2600 MT waste generated every day…
Aafrin Kidwai
From July 1, the West Bengal government will outlaw single-use plastics (SUPs). Plastic carry bags with a thickness of less than 75 microns will now be illegal to produce, stock, distribute, sell, or use. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Manush Labs are collaborating for the Clean Technology Start-Up Challenge 2022 which aims to re-imagine industrial waste management and promote technological innovations in the domains of clean technology and circular economy.…
Aafrin Kidwai
Vedanta plans to modify the design of one of its waste heat recovery power plants in Goa and reoptimize its turbines using specialized technology to increase power generation by another 5 MW, according to a…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will use drones to map the elevation of landfills and monitor their height reduction, among other things. A similar pilot exercise was conducted a few months ago and yielded positive results. The move comes approximately a fortnight after LG Vinai Kumar Saxena…
Editor
The Haibowal in Ludhiana, Punjab, is not working at full capacity. The plant at Hambran road is running at 100 to 125 tpd of cow dung, whereas its regular capacity is at least 225 tpd.…
Editor
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has granted permission to a proposal to build a biogas plant in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The facility is to be erected at the Adarsh Gaushala of the Municipal Corporation, Lal…
Editor
A new source is commenting on the WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Even after seven years, as per the source, the project has not yet been implemented. Reportedly, a Detailed Project Report (DPR)…
Aafrin Kidwai
Amul has written to the government asking it to postpone a proposed ban on small plastic straws, claiming that the decision will have a “negative impact” on farmers and milk consumption in India. Amul made…
Aafrin Kidwai
Re Sustainability Limited, formerly known as Ramky Enviro, has announced an innovation fund for waste management, recycling, and circular economy ideas that have the potential to bring about transformative change. Through this initiative, the company seeks to…
Aafrin Kidwai
As per recent official data, the quantity of waste thrown into Delhi’s three landfill sites increased by roughly 15% over the previous year. Delhi generated 10,990 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste (MSW)…
Editor
A new biomass boiler has been installed in 2022 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. The 75 tph, 15 MWe boiler by Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited (SAEL) is using vibrating grate technology developed in Denmark. However, the source…
Aafrin Kidwai
Andra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has inaugurated the long-delayed Waste to Energy project in Guntur. The plant operated by Jindal Group was built at a cost of Rs 345 crore and…
Aafrin Kidwai
Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. (MDFVPL) has reaffirmed its commitment to a cleaner environment by pledging to become a plastic waste neutral company by FY2023-24, which means the company will collect, recycle, or…
Aafrin Kidwai
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is constructing an integrated e-waste management facility at Sonarpur in the South 24-Parganas district. According to research conducted by the WBPCB and the West Bengal Electronic Development Corporation…
Aafrin Kidwai
A fire broke out in Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill on Friday. While temperatures in the national capital remain high in the scorching summer, the specific cause of the fire is uncertain. An MCD official informed The…
Editor
A biomethane plant has been erected and opened at the NTPC Pakri Barwadih coal mining project (PBCMP), Jharkhand. The facility is located at Sikri site premises. The energy to be produced is supposed to be…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kerala government has begun supporting local bodies in finding scientific waste management solutions in an effort to rid the state’s metropolitan areas of solid garbage. Grants, scientific waste data collection, technical support, and project…
Aafrin Kidwai
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday, the Bihar health department started a three-week anti-tobacco awareness campaign. According to a fact sheet, tobacco produces 5,844 tonnes of plastic garbage in Bihar each…
Editor
Plans have emerged for an MSW management also producing energy in Kurbathang, in Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh. The facility should produce energy, as well as provide recycling and composting. As further stated in…
Aafrin Kidwai
India’s largest electronic waste recycling company Attero Recycling has announced its plans to invest $1 billion to expand globally over the next five years. As part of its plan, the firm that also recycles batteries…
Editor
The Nagaland District Energy and Finance Ministry has signed several power purchase agreements with companies in the solar, thermal, hydro and biomass power sectors. Indian power company Fitzroy Energy & Minerals Ltd. signed a power…
Aafrin Kidwai
M/s Soma Srinivas Reddy Engineers and Contractors will build a new construction and demolition (C&D) waste plant on its own land in Kothwalguda, covering the eight circles of Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Falaknuma, Rajendranagar, Mehdipatnam, Karwan, Goshamahal,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has announced an October deadline for the commissioning of a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Tehkhand. It will use 2,000 tonnes of waste per day to generate 25 megawatts of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is building a waste-to-energy plant on the Design, Build, Finance, Operate, and Transfer (DBFOT) model at its Vashi Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). The city’s wet organic waste will be…
Editor
A 20 tpd biowaste AD plant is to be built at the Kaithalapur Transfer Station in Hyderabad, Telangana. Led by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), it entails an estimated…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttarakhand chief secretary to investigate a complaint claiming untreated waste dumping into the Ganga in Rishikesh and take appropriate measures for the state’s sewage treatment plants. The…
Editor
India-based battery manufacturer Amara Raja Batteries Ltd plans to incorporate a subsidiary called Amara Raja Circular Solutions. Amara Raja Batteries also plans to set up a battery recycling plant through the subsidiary, as further stated…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Pollution Control Board (PCB) is investigating illegal plastic recycling businesses in Hyderabad. The Telangana PCB has ordered the closure of two plants on the outskirts of Hyderabad. More units are also being investigated since…
Aafrin Kidwai
MoHUA has launched the eighth edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS) – SS 2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. Designed with the theme of ‘Waste to Wealth’ as its driving philosophy, SS 2023 is curated…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Tamil Nadu government plans to establish a separate solid waste management corporation, similar to the agency in Goa. Mr Siva V Meyyanathan, the state minister for climate change and environment said that this agency…
Editor
Delhi MSW Solutions intends to expand its RDF combustion plant at Bawana Industrial Area in Delhi. According to the report, the plant’s capacity should increase from 24 MW to 60 MW at an investment of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation plans to purchase roughly 200 vehicles for solid waste management activities. These vehicles are expected to cost the civic body around Rs 65 crore, according to preliminary estimates. The GVMC…
Editor
Ahmedabad-based Enertech Fuel Solutions intends to make investments in the compressed biogas (CBG) business. The total investment should amount to INR 6 billion (EUR 74.6 million). Reportedly, in a first phase, the company plans to…
Editor
The Bidadi WtE project, which is currently under construction, could by delayed as the financing of the construction is hindered. The project is being jointly developed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has increased waste collection fees by 5%, which would be reflected in water bills from April onwards. Water rates had been raised in March 2019 when the MC had taken over waste collection from private agencies. It introduced 399 garbage collection vehicles to collect dry…
Aafrin Kidwai
A 35 MT Waste to Energy (WtE) project in Meghalaya will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mr Conrad Sangma. The plant is located in Tura, West Garo Hills district, and will be operated by a…
Aafrin Kidwai
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is expected to inaugurate the much-delayed Guntur Waste to Energy (WtE) plant operated by the Jindal group on June 5. The plant will generate about 15…
Aafrin Kidwai
Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation’s current ruling council has cancelled some pet initiatives for strengthening source level waste management that were planned during the previous council’s mandate. The new council said this was due to their inability…
