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Following the complete acquisition of land for the Galand WtE plant, an agreement will be signed between the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Dutch GC International towards the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR).…
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California-based fuel cell producer Bloom Energy and EnergyPower have announced a joint project producing electricity from biogas in the Shirala district, Maharashtra. Energy Power will deploy a new AD plant to process both agricultural and…
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As reported by the Times of India, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC)’s automated waste sorting plant in Devguardia has started trial operations 1.5 months after the set deadline. Regular operations are scheduled to begin in mid-October.…
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The municipal corporations of Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla in Delhi have begun the processing of waste at the three local landfills. All of them are severely overfilled. Through bio-mining processes, the waste will be sorted…
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India’s Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry advocates for a higher proportion of co-incinerated waste as refuse-derived fuel in cement kilns, The Hindu reports. In a cooperation with the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), the ministry…
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The Government of India has approved financial support worth INR 2.95 crore for a plastics recycling plant in Haridwar, which has been proposed by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Department. The total cost for the installation…
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As previously reported, the operator of the Okhla WtE facility was served a notice in April 2019 due to several violations of the Environmental Clearance. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will now carry out…
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As reported by the Orissa Post, construction on a waste-to-fuel plant at Indian Railways’ Mancheswar railway station, Bhubaneswar, has begun. The plant costs INR 20 million. It uses a patented technology called Polycrack, which was…
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As reported by the Times of India, The Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi has passed the Environmental Impact Assessment. As previously reported, the development of the project already faced several hurdles so far. The responsible…
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According to the source (the Times of India), the construction works for the Njeliyanparambu WtE facility should start in December 2019. The INR 2.5 billion project is to be installed by Zonta Infratech Private Ltd.…
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India-based integrated steel producer Tata Steel Ltd. has ordered a Texas Shredder PS metal shredder from Helsinki-based plant manufacturer Metso Corp, Recycling Today has reported. The shredder will be installed at Tata Steel’s upcoming 500,000…
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According to The Times of India, the construction works for the Njeliyanparambu WtE facility should start in December 2019. The INR 2.5 billion project is to be installed by Zonta Infratech Private Ltd. in a…
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The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC), Punjab, is proceeding with plans to build a biogas plant in the city. The plans were approved several years ago, but have not been pursued any further. The LMC now…
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The construction works on the WtE facility planned in Surat should commence in December, the Times of India reports. Once operational, the INR 2.5 billion facility should have a capacity of 14 MW, while treating…
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According to The Hindustan Times, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (LMC), Punjab, is proceeding with plans to build a biogas plant in the city. The plans were approved several years ago, but have not been pursued…
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Seven municipalities have been selected by Uttar Pradesh’s government to be part of the smart city mission, the Hindustan Times reports. Under this programme, a grant of INR 2.5 billion should be awarded to each…
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Seven municipalities have been selected by Uttar Pradesh’s government to be part of the smart city mission. Under this programme, a grant of INR 2.5 billion should be awarded to each of the participating municipalities,…
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As reported by the Times of India, the Indian beverage producer Parle Agro has announced plans to establish an end-to-end PET plastic waste recycling programme, with a total investment of INR 50 crore over the…
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The Dalmia Cement company in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, plans to switch completely to the incineration of refuse-derived fuel by 2040. The abandonment of the incineration of fossil fuels is part of an strategy to lower…
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Indian beverage producer Parle Agro has announced plans to establish an end-to-end PET plastic waste recycling programme, with a total investment of INR 50 crore (EUR 6.42 million) over the next three years. According to…
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The Dalmia Cement company in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, plans to switch completely to the incineration of refuse-derived fuel by 2040. According to global cement, the abandonment of the incineration of fossil fuels is part of…
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Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s (IOCL) R&D unit has inaugurated a biogas demonstration biogas plant in Faridabad, Haryana. According to PSU Connect, the plant processes 5 tpd of organic waste to produce compressed biogas, which will…
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According to The Deccan Chronicle, the environmental clearance for the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy project is expected to be issued by the end of September. At first, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Committee (SLEIAC) is planning…
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The housing and urban development department of Bhubaneswar has directed the civic body to sort all issues related to the Bhuasuni dumping yard and commence work on setting up the planned Waste-to-Energy plant and another…
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In Pune, Maharashtra, a plastics-to-fuel plant has been inaugurated. In 2018, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) published a tender for the construction of the plant, which was won by Pur O Fuel Pvt Ltd. The…
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After several hurdles, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it finally managed to get 3 companies to bid for the WtE project in Deonar. One of them is from Europe and two are…
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Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a polymer fiber manufacturer and one of the largest recyclers of post-consumer waste (e.g. PET bottles) in India, has announced plans to invest in waste management start-ups. The goal of this…
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The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has stated to be initiating the process to cancel the WtE agreement with AG Dauters Waste Processing Private Ltd. As reported by The Times of India, the company was awarded the…
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The completion of the ongoing construction of a 15 MW Waste-to-Energy facility in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, has been reported to be delayed. The plant is being developed to process solid waste collected from nine Urban…
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Mumbai-based Indian chemicals company Tata Chemicals Ltd. has announced plans to set up a facility to recycle used lithium-ion batteries near Mumbai. At the proposed location, the company currently runs lithium-ion battery recycling operation at…
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As part of the implication of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, the South Dheli Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is intending to build two 200 tpd biogas plants. As reported by The Times of India, they…
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Shell India, subsidiary of Netherlands-based oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, has invested INR 54,3127 crore (USD 7.7 million) in Indian biomass company Punjab Renewable Energy. According to Bioenergy Insight, Punjab Renewable Energy collects,…
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According to Telangana Today, a Spanish company specialising in the installation of waste treatment plants, Leblan Industries, has approached the state of Telangana to work with the State Government in setting up waste treatment plants. Following…
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As reported by The Daily Pioneer, a new biogas plant running on solid waste and manure has been proposed in the city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Municipal Corporation of Haridwar and Indian Oil Corporation Limited…
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has approved a funding of INR 10 crores for the development of waste management projects in the Mysuru City Corporation. According to The Hindu, the project includes the…
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As reported by mercomindia, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has planned various investments in renewable energy, including AD. Apart from heavily increasing engagements in solar, wind and biomass, IOCL is also introducing a strong focus…
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Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., in cooperation with the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Green Roots Solutions (GRS), will construct an integrated waste management facility in Kalyan, Maharashtra. According to indiacsr, the facility will include a…
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As reported by The Hindustan Times, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has paid INR 16.5 crores to the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation for the purchase of land for the construction of the Galand WtE plant. The…
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A tender by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for several MRFs in Mumbai has only been partly successful. Contractors have not applied to set up plants in the western and eastern suburbs of the city,…
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The Karnataka State Government has approved establishing a WtE plant in Kannahalli. A yet-to-be-appointed company is expected to finance and operate the plant while Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will supply the municipal waste input.…
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As reported in April 2016, steel service company Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and state-controlled MSTC Ltd. developed India’s first integrated End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) shredding and recycling facility that is planned to get operational by 2018 and…
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A biogas plant will be built at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University in Hisar, Haryana. The plant will be supplied with agricultural materials such as manure, wheat, cotton and dried leaves, from nearby farms,…
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According to The New Indian Express, the municipality of Jagatsinghpur intends to install a MRF and micro composting centre (MCC) at a cost of INR 15 to 20 lakhs. Until now the realization of the…
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According to The Times of India, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) have now been able to secure 14 acres of land needed for the planned Galand WtE project. The plant is planned to be constructed…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has proposed to replace the Nagpur WtE project with a bio-CGN and composting plant. According to The Times of India, NMC has submitted the proposal to the State Government. In…
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According to The Times of India, Waste Processing and Management Private Ltd (NSWPMPL), a joint venture of Essel Infraprojects Ltd and Japan-based, HZI India Private Ltd. The state’s Swachh Bharat Mission department has now requested…
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The urban bodies in the federal state of Madhya Pradesh have been divided into 26 clusters for solid waste management. Plans have been provided for setting up 6 WtE plants as well as 20 composting…
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The urban bodies in the federal state of Madhya Pradesh have been divided into 26 clusters for solid waste management. Amongst others, plans have been proposed for setting up 20 composting plants across the state.…
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The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), which has recently started the installation of a MRF in Devguradia, plans to set up two more 150 tpd MRFs in Sirpur and Kabitkhedi. The IMC wants to have them…
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An INR 44 crore fund has been provided by the Union Government under Swachh Bharat Mission, for implementation of waste management projects in Kochi. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, it should be shared between…
