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The UNEP, in partnership with the International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), and IGES Center Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) has released a new report, titled Waste Management during the COVID 19 Pandemic: From…
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The Mysuru district administration and zilla panchayat are planning to set up multiple waste processing units on the city’s outskirts. The ZP has received Rs 2.1 crore under Swachh Bharat mission to set up such…
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The monitoring committee of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to impose bank guarantees on the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) for failing to implement proper solid waste management measures…
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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…
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The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notice to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for non-compliance regarding solid waste at the landfill site. PMC has been warned against dumping fresh garbage at the…
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MoHUA Minister Mr Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of Swacch Survekshan 2020 on August 20. Here are the results: Winning cities for Swacch Survekshan (Population more than one lakh): #1 – Indore (Madhya Pradesh),…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has approved a proposal to give a monthly amount of Rs 20 per home to Swach (Solid waste collection and handling) employees who handle door-to-door garbage collection in slums. As…
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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…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce the results of Swachh Survekshan 2020, tomorrow (August 20) at 11 am. This is the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of the country. A total of 129 awards…
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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…
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The wildlife department has written to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), warning against spillage of leachate from the Bandhwari landfill into the surrounding Aravalli forests. The department’s notice to the MCG, reports the Hindustan…
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Madhya Pradesh has announced the commencement of its integrated waste management project – Sagar Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) project – to facilitate novel waste management methods using high-end technological solutions. The State has also announced…
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The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) has identified a 21-acre government plot at Govindpur for establishing a waste-to-energy plant. The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant and dumping yard is expected to produce 6MW of electricity per day. The…
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Known as one of India’s finest experts on Solid Waste Management, Prof Brajesh Dubey, IIT Kharagpur, believes that the country’s waste management system can benefit immensely from homegrown technologies developed by Indian entrepreneurs. In an…
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Confederation of India Industry (CII) in association with Technology Development Board, GoI, and supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, GoI, is organizing a focused International Conference on Waste to Worth on a…
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Three people were injured after a portion of the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi collapsed following heavy rain on Thursday. A spokesperson of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, which manages the landfill, said three ragpickers who were…
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The Uttarakhand government has announced plans to set up six new plants to generate electricity from solid waste. Madan Kaushik, minister for urban development in the state has asked officials to make a detailed plan…
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The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council has decided to reduce the solid waste management user fee. For properties up to 500 sq ft built-up area, the user fee of Rs 50 per month has been…
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A recent study by Bengaluru-based Saahas Zero Waste and Bangalore Apartments’ Federation finds that a majority of the waste collected from South Bengaluru homes is of little value to recyclers. The study was carried out…
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The latest newsletter of the Swacch Bharat Mission (Urban) titled “Swachhata Sandesh” (May-June 2020) was recently released on the SBM-U’s website. In this edition, the focus is on innovative measures taken by states and cities…
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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…
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Scientists from at least four Indian institutions are coming together to recycle the deluge of single-use plastics thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, Central Mechanical…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has received Rs 43 crore from the Centre under the urban development fund (UDF) scheme for the current financial year, part of which will be used for SWM projects. Rs…
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Barely six months after announcing that it would adopt the Indore model of waste collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to revert to its old system of collecting wet and dry waste…
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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has taken up a number of projects for disposal of solid waste generated at railway terminals, as per a statement released by NFR spokesperson Subhanan Chanda said on Sunday. A…
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A new study on the solid waste composition and various solid waste treatment technologies in the rural areas of India and other countries has found that the solid waste generated in rural areas comprisemore than…
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a week-long garbage-free India campaign in the run up to Independence Day, called Gandagi Mukt Bharat. This week-long campaign for swachhata in the run-up to Independence Day will…
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A new report released by the The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ suggests that there is “an evidence-based, comprehensive, integrated, and economically attractivepathway to greatly reduce plastic pollution entering into the oceans.” “Breaking the Plastic…
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Heaps of garbage along NOIDA’s roads and drains are drawing the ire of local residents and activists, who complain that Noida Authorities have failed to take action despite repeated complaints. Admittedly, scenes of garbage piled…
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Urban local bodies in Telangana will collect user charges for waste collection, as per revised charges announced by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. A private agency will collect the amount after categorizing waste…
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The Ajithsingh Nagar dump yard reclamation project is finally complete. Sharing the news on a social media platform, Mr Nagesh Prabhu Chinivartha, Co-Founder and Director – Zigma Global Environ Solutions Pvt Ltd, which implemented the…
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The National Green Tribunal has said adequate steps were not being taken against unregulated dumping of solid waste on the flood plains of the Yamuna in the temple town of Vrindavan. The green panel noted…
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The recently released Energy Statistics Report 2020 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation provides data on India’s Waste to Energy (WtE) output and potential. Solar energy is the fastest developing energy source…
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Recent press reports suggest that revenue losses in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have prompted it to revise its revenue target for the 2020-21 period, which will also impact its expenditures in the solid waste…
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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…
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The National Green Tribunal has directed the West Bengal Environment Department, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, New Town Kolkata Development Authority and Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority to file a status report on the action plan to prevent…
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With waste generation expected to increase manifold in the coming years, trained professionals are required in the field to manage the waste generated from development projects of industries, mining, housing and urban areas. To address…
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Barely 0.8% of frontline workers from the Solid Waste Management (SWM) department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tested positive for COVID-19 in rapid antigen tests conducted since July 24. A total of 14,527 staffers from…
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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…
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a webinar on Decentralized waste management solutions for India earlier today. Moderated by Ulhas Parlikar, Former Director, Geocycle – ACC, the key speakers included Sharad Ughade, Asst. Commissioner…
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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…
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The NITI Aayog’s India Voluntary National Review 2020, recently released as part of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development 2020, reports that there is a hundred percent source segregation in 75 percent…
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The UN-HABITAT organized an exclusive webinar for municipal officials and waste experts on Japan’s highly successful Fukuoka Method of landfilling (details regarding the technology are given below), a semi-aerobic landfill disposal technology for solid waste,…
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IFAT India has officially announced that its annual Mumbai event scheduled from October 13 to 15, 2020 owing to the pandemic. Here is the message posted on its website: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global…
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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,…
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It’s official. Uttar Pradesh leads states in setting up plants to produce compressed bio-gas (CBG), followed by Maharashtra and Haryana, according to the petroleum ministry. Of the 515 letters of intent (LoI) issued to entrepreneurs…
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Patiala’s 55-year-old garbage dumping ground on Sanaur Road is finally being removed. The municipal corporation is hiring a firm to carry out scientific segregation of waste at the site. Patiala mayor Mr Sanjeev Sharma Bittu…
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The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will conduct a second laboratory test to gauge the “safety” of leachate at the Bandhwari landfill. This move comes after several experts and activists found possible errors in…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has said it will continue with the construction of the new garbage processing unit at Uruli Phursungi despite the villagers’ protest. PMC said the court order did not stop them…
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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had decided that all solid waste collected from the areas newly merged into the city will henceforth go to the Pirana dumpsite. The AMC has asked the concerned zone to…
