Aafrin Kidwai
Sustainable waste management calls for an integrated approach involving all stakeholders working towards waste minimization, efficient recycling, treatment, and disposal. To address existing gaps in the knowledge and practise of effective solid waste management (SWM),…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GMC) has issued work orders to Spanish firm Urbaser SA and its Indian partner Sumeet Facilities Limited to carry out garbage removal operations in seven zones. The New Indian Express reports…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might have finally found bidders for the Rs 600 crore Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant to be constructed at the Deonar dumping ground. The BMC first started the bidding process for the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down an appeal challenging the environmental clearance given to the Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Gurugram. The NGT has refused to interfere with the Environment Ministry’s clearance for…
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With an aim to dispose municipal solid waste in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, a new waste facility has been installed in the city. News agency ANI reports that the eco-friendly project titled ‘Kill Waste,…
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Andhra Pradesh’s first Waste-to-Energy plant in Guntur is nearing completion. Explains Mr M V Chary, President – Projects, Jindal Urban Waste Management (Guntur) Limited, which is implementing the project, “Around 90 per cent work on the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has submitted an application in the Bombay High Court seeking extension for the closure of the Deonar dumping ground. The civic body has made little progress in setting up a waste…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has come up with a master plan to improve solid waste management (SWM) practices in the city. The master plan has been prepared on the basis of SWM Rules 2016…
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Dairies in Pune have expressed their willingness to set up plants to recycle plastic pouches if the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) makes land available to them. The Indian Express reports that discussions on the issue…
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The Kerala government has approved two new Waste-to-Energy plants (WtE) plants in the state. One plant will be set-up at Kanjikode (Palakkad) and another in Kannur. Each project is expected to cost between Rs 120…
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The Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation has stopped dumping garbage at the environmentally sensitive Mollar Bheri ground and will dispose of its waste at the Dhapa facility. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has granted it…
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A survey report prepared for formulating the solid waste management policy for the state, says that currently North Goa generates 467 tonne of waste per day while South Goa generates 299 tonne of waste every…
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The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has directed its sanitation wing to stop dumping waste at the Ajith Singh Nagar dumpsite immediately and prepare an action plan for the upcoming public park at the site. Last…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to convert its first biogas plant at Deeptisrinagar transfer station, Chandanagar circle, into an electric power generating plant. Tenders have been floated to enable the plant to…
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The Chennai Corporation has finalized a proposal to bio-remediate Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpyard at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore. The New Indian Express reports that the proposal is likely to be reviewed by the…
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North Goa authorities have started the process of preparing their district environment plan (DEP) as directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in September. The DEP will contribute to the finalisation of the state environment…
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The West Bengal government has revealed details of its plan for bio-mining at Dhapa, which will help reduce the 35-metre tall mound of garbage accumulated at the decades-old site. The recovered waste will be sent…
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In an effort to manage plastic waste and discourage the use of single-use plastic, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched an initiative called ‘Eco Hub on Wheels – One stop destination for Reducing,…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has launched a website that facilitates waste-trading. Chennai residents can now buy and sell reusable and recycled products online. The website www.madraswasteexchange.com, has a variety of products made from dry…
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A special General House session of the Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has passed a resolution to take over the door-to-door garbage collection work in the city under its own administrative control. This follows a…
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Following protests by locals, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee has decided to revoke its plan to set up a garbage processing and disposal facility in Bavdhan. The PMC Committee approved a local corporator’s demand…
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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…
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The Kerala Pollution Control Board (PCB) has made public its disapproval of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) solid waste management efforts. The PCB has issued a press release on its website highlighting the failure of…
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Goa’s second solid waste management plant will be set up across 81,000 square metre of land at Cacora in South Goa. Until recently, the site served as a dumpsite. The waste at the site has…
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The Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh’s State-level Expert Committee for Protection of Environment Mr T Chatterjee has said there is a need to set up more waste-to-energy plants. Mr Chatterjee expressed his views during a visit…
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After much delay, the Adampur Chhawani dumpsite located on the outskirts of Bhopal will begin the scientific disposal of waste from tomorrow onwards. The Adampur dumpsite was set up two years ago after the Bhanpur…
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Following the directive of the High Court (HC) of Bombay at Goa, Goa authorities will begin remediation work of the Sonsoddo dump yard on Thursday. The HC had given a deadline of December 15 for…
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The upcoming construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling plant at Jeedimetla in Hyderabad is almost ready for launch. Test runs at the site have begun. In the last few years, disposal of C&D waste has…
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Chhattisgarh has the highest success rate in terms of waste management among all Indian states, as per a report presented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ministry recently in Parliament. Big states such…
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The Jammu and Kashmir government is installing solid waste treatment plants in eight major towns to convert the garbage into compost. The Kashmir Monitor reports that Baramulla, Sumbal, Hajan, Budgam, Bejbehara, Anantnag, Kulgam and Tral…
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The Ongole Municipal Corporation (OMC) has joined hands with Mahindra & Mahindra to set up a facility to generate power from wet waste. Around 85 to 100 tons of wet and dry waste is produced…
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The Bombay High Court (HC) has given the green signal for the expansion of the Kanjurmarg landfill site. In September, HC had issued a stay on the expansion, following a public interest litigation challenging the…
Aafrin Kidwai
There are ninety-six successful Waste-to-Energy (WtE) projects in India, as per a statement issued by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the Lok Sabha. As of October 31, all 96 WtE projects were generating electricity…
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met with Norway’s Ambassador to India, Hans Jacob Frydenlund to discuss collaboration on waste management technology. The Navhind Times reports that Goa’s Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo said that a…
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Kerala’s State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has rejected the Kochi Corporation’s position that setting up anaerobic digesters to treat solid waste lying at Brahmapuram was not practical. The Board has directed the civic body to…
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Thiruvananthapuram’s proposed Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant remains in limbo with the city corporation still not convinced about the feasibility of building a new centralized WtE plant. The Times of India reports that the state government’s continuous…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Municipal Corporation (GHMC) plans to set up 30 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plants at garbage transfer stations in the city. The proposal, which will soon be presented to the government,…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has issued a notification requiring all construction and demolition (C&D) waste generators to pay Rs 134 per metric tonne to dispose of the debris. Non-compliance will invite penal action…
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The processing of legacy waste continues at full swing at the Vairapalayam compost yard in Erode, Tamil Nadu. The bio-mining machine started working in September and till date about 30,000 cubic metres of waste has…
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Each of the three municipal council areas of Pilibhit will now have their own material recovery facility (MRF). The Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly allocated Rs 33 lakh for each municipal council to set up…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is planning to rebuild, renovate and upgrade its dry waste collection centres (DWCCs) in the city. This was announced following an audit of all 143 DWCCs in Bengaluru. Gaps…
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The West Bengal state government is coming up with bio-mining facilities at Dhapa to reduce the piling of waste at the landfill site. The Millennium Post reported that State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister…
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Goa’s Minister for Waste Management Michael Lobo recently inspected the Sonsoddo garbage dump and met with the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) to discuss the remediation of the waste. Mr Lobo said two bioremediation machines would…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has planned four new projects for the treatment and reuse of solid waste generated in the city. The four projects include a construction and demolition waste management plant, compost plant, material…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has floated a tender to hire a private agency to clear construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the city. The agency will also be responsible for recycling the waste at…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has entered into an agreement with the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) to install a 5-tonne biogas waste to energy plant at the municipality’s Waste…
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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…
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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has selected three bidders to remediate around 4.7 lakh cubic metres of waste at all the eleven dump sites in the state. The selected bidders will be awarded the…
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Thiruvananthapuram authorities have decided to set up a centralized waste treatment plant within corporation limits, following a show-cause notice from the Pollution Control Board (PCB). Since the closure of the Vilappilsala plant last year following…
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The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has started serving user charge notices to bulk garbage generators for picking up their waste. Several shopkeepers, big commercial units, big hospitals, schools and colleges have been served notices amounting…
