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According to The Tribune, in a presentation to the Governor of Punjab, the representatives of ICL Waste Tech Limited proposed a cost-free waste management pilot project. This project will involve the conversion of solid waste…
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According to the state’s chief minister, construction works at the planned WtE projects in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh seem to proceed at the moment. Reportedly, a total of 12 different WtE projects are…
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German manufacturer Martin GmbH and French company CNIM have founded a new joint venture called CNIM Martin Pvt. Ltd., which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Both firms seek to strengthen their partnership in order…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has announced plans for a new AD plant for producing biogas and organic fertilisers. The site should be built at Dhapa, which is Kolkata’s dumping ground. As further reported by…
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Contradictory to earlier information, the Vengadamangalam WtE plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, seems to have been operational ever since 2013. The WtE facility is being operated by Essel Group and accepts mixed solid waste from…
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According to government statistics, India was able to generate 31.3 terawatt hours of renewable energy between July and September 2017. This makes it the highest ever share with 9.4% of the total 334.6 terawatt hours.…
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Under the current plastic waste management rules, plastic bottle producers will need to set up recycling plans for the recycling of PET bottles in order to continue producing. According to The Hindustan Times, the Maharashtra…
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As reported by The HANS INDIA, Telangana’s Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban development has requested Japanese delegates visiting the country to carry out a feasibility study of establishing an incineration plant in the state.…
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India’s National Green Tribunal has directed the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida authority) to build a WtE plant within the next 6 months, to be located in Sector 123 Okhla, New Delhi. As further…
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Owners of regional biomass plants in India have finally agreed on purchasing refuse-derived fuel from a solid waste management plant in Bathinda, Punjab. As reported by The Tribune, the Indian government agency National Green Tribunal…
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Pune-based company Sampurn Agri Ventures has finished the construction of a new paddy straw processing AD plant in Fazilka, Punjab. According to The Times of India, the facility is expected to produce around 3,000 MWh…
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The proposed WtE project in the city of Jaipur, whose tender had been finalised 1.5 years ago, has still not been realised, according to DNA. The plant is going to be carried out on a…
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Building works on the proposed WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, have still not started. As stated by The New Indian Express, councillors have blocked any progress on the project. According to information from August 2017,…
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Update on the controversial plans for building a WtE plant at a landfill site in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. As reported by Telegraph India, citizens opposing the plant were asked by India’s National Green Tribunal in New…
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According to Nyoooz, the state government of Maharashtra has finally allocated the land for the Bhandewadi WtE project. The companies behind the project, Essel Infrastructure and Hitachi Zosen Inova, have officially received the land. The…
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The city corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala plans to supply SRF to the local cement industry. According to CemFuels Global, two companies in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu are interested in…
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In a hearing at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi, the officials of 7 biomass and power plants have complained about the quality of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared at the solid waste management…
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According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the urban body has so far received two bids for the Mulund WtE project in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and no bids for the Deonar WtE project. The deadline for the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Jaypee Group to run its waste processing plant in Dadu Majra at optimum capacity, according to Tribune India. The plant has a capacity of 550 metric tons…
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The Jaipur Municipal Corporation has defined new requirements forcing public building and partly private institutions to process their wet waste through composting or anaerobic digestion. According to The Times of India, the change which will…
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The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has entered an agreement with the management of a 6 MW Waste-to-Energy plant in Pilakhuwa, Hapur, as The Times of India reported. The agreement will see GMC transport over 200…
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According to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), construction works on the Waste-to-Energy project in Bhandewadi will commence soon. As reported by The Times of India, NMC further stated that a proposal had already been submitted…
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The municipal council of Matheran, a hill station in Maharashtra, is planning a new AD plant processing horse manure. The technology for the new plant will be delivered by the Trombay-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,…
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Gujarat University is to construct a biogas plant to be fed with kitchen waste from nearby residential colonies, hotels and restaurants on its campus in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, as Ahmedabad Mirror reported. The waste to be…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) is increasing the pressure on the local government of Srinagar regarding the implementation of the Achan WtE project, The Kashmir Observer reports. The local administration of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir,…
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As The Hindu BusinessLine reports, the WtE project in Kochi, Kerala, seems to be progressing and is currently seeking investors for its completion. The WtE facility is located at Willingdon Island and will be equipped…
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According to EUWID Recycling, India will install the country’s first car-shredder until November 2018. While the location for the new car-shredder, with an intake capacity of 40 tph, has not yet been found, the technical…
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As reported by The Times of India, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Noida Authority to build and make functional a waste-to-energy plant in Sector 123 of Noida, state of Uttar Pradesh near New-Delhi,…
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French firm 3WAYSTE has expressed interest in the installation of a new WtE plant at Chikkanagamangala, Bangalore. The local administration of Chikkanagamangala and firm associates have submitted a project proposal to the Urban Development Board…
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A meeting which will be led by the Chief Minister of Brahmapuram, state of Kerala, will be held this week at Thiruvananthapuram to finalise the allocation of the remaining four acres of land for Brahmapuram…
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The municipal council of Cuncolim, South Goa, has contracted Pune-based company Sampurn(e)arth Environment Solutions Pvt Ltd for the collection, segregation and treatment of the local waste which includes about 5 tonnes of mixed waste per…
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As was stated by APN Live, the WtE project at Vadodara (state of Gujarat), which had first been discussed in 2014, seems to be nearing completion. Reportedly, the Indian Prime Mister himself will inaugurate the…
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The Indian Ministry of Steel is currently in negotiations with the Ministry of Finance about the abolition of the 2.5% import tariff on steel scrap, as EUWID Recycling & Entsorgung reports. However, it is not…
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According to The Hindu, plans provide for building several biogas plants throughout the campus of the Government Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The units should be processing the entire food waste generated on the…
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After a fire struck the Ghazipur landfill in East Delhi on 15 October, the local administration is now intensifying its efforts to build a new WtE facility at the Ghazipur site, NDTV reports. According to…
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As reported by The Hindustan Times, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the Bandhwari WtE project on 14 October 2017. The involved parties were the local bodies of Faridabad (state of Haryana9…
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According to government officials, around 15 private companies have already expressed their interest in the Noida WtE project. The local bodies already reviewed those applications until 7 October 2017 and are still in the process…
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After being on trial run for the past two months, the WtE plant at Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi shall be commissioned this month, as reported by The Hindustan Times. Once in operation the plant…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has officially ordered the Pollution Control Board to collect air quality samples around the Okhla WtE plant in Delhi once in every four months from now on, NDTV reports. Furthermore,…
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According to The Times of India, the implementation of the Agra WtE project, Uttar Pradesh, seems to make progress. Reportedly, a power purchase agreement was signed on 6 October, between the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation…
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The status of the WtE project in Deonar, Mumbai, remains unclear. Even though the bidding process for the project had been opened, the project obviously failed to attract any bidders, the Mumbai Mirror reports. The…
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On 4 October, the government of India has approved two recycling plants for construction and demolition (C&D) waste in Fathullahguda and Jeedimetla, The Hindu reports. The tender has already been awarded to India-based provider of…
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According to state health minister Anil Vij, the Haryana state government has approved about EUR 78 million for setting up a Waste-to-Energy plant in Ambala, the Business Standard reports. The plant will be constructed in…
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In a visit to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) headquarters, Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal discussed on issues of solid waste management, The Hindu reports. The waste processing capacity of the WtE plant in Ghazipur should…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has floated tender for a new Waste-to-Energy plant in Dwarka, following the directive to stop dumping waste at the existing landfill sites. The SDMC has already identified a plot…
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As Zeebiz reports, JBM Group has signed a concession agreement with the Haryana state government to build and operate a 5 MW power plant in Sonepat. This plant will treat 500 tons of municipal waste…
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As Waste Management World reports, the Alang-Sosiya ship recycling yards will be upgraded with an investment of about USD 111 million. The Government of India and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a deal…
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According to ZEEBUSINESS, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, has announced plans for building a recycling plant for the conversion of organic waste into biogas. The source does not…
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The Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) plans a new AD plant in Pinjarapol in the district of Rajnandgaon. The AD plant should be constructed at a Gaushala with a capacity of 10,000 tons. As…
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A biogas plant is to be developed in Gaushala, Rajnandgaon district. According to The Daily Pioneer, the Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) plans to build a biogas plant with a capacity to produce 10…
