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The Shimla WtE facility, Himachal Pradesh, has finally started energy production from waste. It has been operational for almost four years now. The plant has been developed by Australian company Elephant Energy in PPP mode…
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The National Green Tribunal has fined Nagaland ₹200 crores in environmental compensation for allegedly failing to manage solid and liquid waste. “We levy a compensation of ₹200 crores on the State on the polluter pays…
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The proposed waste-to-energy plant in Narela-Bawana must be set up in accordance with government guidelines, according to a directive from the National Green Tribunal to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. A bench led by Chairperson…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has chosen 8 acres of land in Sihi, Faridabad to build a waste-to-methanol plant worth Rs 200 crores, where 500 tonnes of waste will be converted to 50 kiloliters…
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The Uttar Pradesh state government has reportedly received 38 proposals expressing interest to invest in bioenergy projects. As further stated, a total of INR 5 billion (EUR 59.06 million) is supposed to be invested into…
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The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has selected a new operator for its Sheeshambada solid waste management and recycling plant in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The new operator will be an agency from Bhopal. The facility is…
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The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is hosting a one-day National Conclave to release its latest report, The Plastic Life-cycle. A pool of domain experts from the government, industry, research institutes, municipal administrations, and…
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In an effort to cut down on the amount of textile waste dumped in landfills, Arvind Ltd. and PurFi Global have formed a collaborative venture. Arvind is one of India’s biggest integrated textile and branded…
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A 13-person team of administrative officers from the Swachh Bharat Mission visited Indore to learn about the city’s Solid Waste Management system. The team also included representatives from Aligarh, Jhansi, Vrindavan, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Farrukhabad, Kushinagar,…
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Gurugram officials have agreed that starting February 1, 2023, no additional waste will be dumped at the Bandhwari landfill. The decision was made during a high-level discussion with representatives from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram…
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A five-year analysis of plastic pollution by the organization ‘Break Free from Plastic’ has found that food packaging, household products, and other packaging material accounted for the most plastic waste generated in India. The 2022 Brand…
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The Directorate of Uttar Pradesh urban bodies has distributed funds worth Rs 720 crores to the state’s “seven million-plus” cities. Ghaziabad has received a grant from the Fifteenth Finance Commission (FFC) for the fiscal year…
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Recycling company Gravita India Limited has published its figures for Q2 of the financial year 2023, that ended on 30 September 2022. Revenues from operations reached INR 6.83 billion (EUR 83.7 million) an increase of…
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As per the source, a total of six biogas plants are supposed to be set up in the Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. Along with stubble, wheat and other crop residues, waste from sugar mills, weeds…
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With the theme of ‘Moving Towards a Circular Economy Through Innovative 3R approaches’, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the 7th edition of its Conference on Waste to Worth on November 30, 2022 at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi in partnership with the Office…
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The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has said that it will issue closure notices to 1800 healthcare facilities in the state for failing to adhere to biomedical waste (BMW) disposal rules. The BSPCB said…
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Coca-Cola India has partnered with Zepto to launch its ‘return and recycle’ initiative for PET bottles. As per the company, the initiative seeks to establish an organised process for collecting PET bottles with 100% traceability,…
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Bioremediation has begun at the Tajpur Road dump site in Ludhiana, which will help clear five lakh tonnes of legacy waste. The project will cost Rs 27.17 crore and is being executed under the Ludhiana…
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The NGT, July 25, 2022, had asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) “to collate information on legacy and active dump sites in cities having a population of more than one million and in the…
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning two additional Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities at Pyaranagar in Jinnaram and Dundigal, both in Medak. The 14.5-megawatt Dundigal WTE plant will handle about 1,000 TPD of garbage. Waste Management…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has notified the National Bioenergy Programme on November 2, 2022. MNRE has continued the National Bioenergy Programme for the period from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Programme has been recommended…
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A methane cloud can be seen near a Mumbai waste facility in a recent high-resolution satellite image that was captured recently. The image is the second in a series of unique observations from emissions monitoring…
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French company Technip Energies and India-based APChemi have agreed to cooperate on chemical recycling. The cooperation intends to commercialise the technologies of both companies. The Pyromax process developed by APChemi helps in producing pyrolysis oil…
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The proposed RDF project in Sheeshambada in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, is reportedly inconsistent with the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As further stated in the source, plant developer RE Sustainability (RE), former Ramky Enviro,…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022, which will come into effect on April 2023. The Rules were first published in May 2022. These rules…
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The municipal council of Palwal, Haryana has to pay Rs 421.6 lakh as environmental compensation, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Panchkula, has submitted to NGT. The matter related to the remediation process of bio-mining as…
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), jointly with the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), Government of India is organizing the 7th edition of the International Conference on Waste-to-Worth on 30 November 2022 at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi, with the…
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Tiruchi Mayor Mr M Anbazhagan is taking steps to completely outsource solid waste management. By enlisting self-help group members, more than 50% of the waste collection and disposal tasks had already been contracted out. The remaining work would also be outsourced, reports The Hindu.
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One of the biggest e-waste recovery companies, Attero India, will invest nearly Rs 600 crore to build a new plant in Telangana. According to the state’s IT Minister Mr KT Rama Rao, the projected facility…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has “initiated” work for two digesters for an integrated bio-CNG fuel station in North Delhi’s Narela region in Ghogha. The first raw material should be sent to the plants in…
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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a biogas plant running on wet waste in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. This project is said to be…
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Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has recently inaugurated a 50 tpd plastic recycling facility in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. The plant located in Atladra is operated under a Public Private Partnership. As further stated, a…
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The large-scale Tehkhand WtE project in South Delhi has been inaugurated by the Union Home Minister on 20 October 2022. The 2,000 tpd facility in the Delhi district of Tughlakabad is supposed to generate up…
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Dutch chemical company LyondellBasell and Maharashtra-based plastic scrap recycler and waste collector Shakti Plastic Industries have signed an MoU to form a joint venture for a mechanical recycling plant in India. The MoU provides for…
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On 18 October 2022, a new biogas plant was due to become operational in the Bhutal Kalan village of Lehragaga in Sangrur. The facility worth INR 2.2 billion (EUR 27.26 million) is considered as India’s…
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Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) is planning to develop a bio-CNG plant in the city by 2023. The plant should process segregated waste as well as horticulture waste, and produce biogas. According to the report, an…
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In 2020, the waste sector—municipal solid waste and wastewater—accounted for almost 20 percent of all human-related methane emissions—the third largest source globally, after enteric fermentation, and oil and gas. Of the various landfill gases (LFG), ammonia,…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has approved the expansion of the Okhla Waste to Energy plant, Delhi, after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has refused the proposal in September 2022. Operator Okhla Waste Management Company…
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The implementation of a Waste to Energy plant in Vadodara Municipality, Gujarat is delayed. As the source indicates, the plant by Abelan Clean Energy Ltd. should have been operational by December 2021. Furthermore, Abelan Clean…
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The proposed new WtE facility to be built at Narela-Bawana, Delhi, is currently expected to be completed by August 2025. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Municipal Corporation Of Delhi (MCD) has…
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Kerala’s local self-government (LSG) department has launched an effort to treat legacy waste across the state for more than ten years. Nearly 54 legacy trash dumps spread across the state are now being cleaned up…
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The 100 TPD Cacora solid waste management facility in Goa will be inaugurated in November, Chief Minister Mr Pramod Sawant has said. The Goa Waste Management Corporation’s Board of Directors has also approved the design…
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Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) is all set to generate revenue from carbon credits by selling carbon offsets to buyers in the international market. “GWMC will now initiate trading in carbon credits for the waste…
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Plastic scrap recycler and waste collection company The Shakti Plastic Industries and LyondellBasell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to build and operate a fully-automated, mechanical recycling plant in India. …
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Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Anurag Thakur has said that 8.4 million kg of plastic waste has been collected across India since the start of the Swachh Bharat 2.0 programme. Thakur also…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India has announced plans to subsidise the production of wood pellets. According to the news report, a fund of INR 500 million (EUR 6.23 million) has been set…
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration was criticized by the Supreme Court for the improper dumping and disposal of solid waste, stating that it could not risk the lives of the populace. “Is it how you…
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Chennai-based CNIM MARTIN Private Limited (CMPL) has announced the finalization of its takeover by Paprec Group, via its holding company Paprec Energies International, of the 51% of its shares that were held by CNIM Environment…
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Plastics have a high calorific value, with polymer energy varying from 62 to 108 MJ/kg (including feedstock energy) which is much greater than paper, wood, glass, or metals (with exception of aluminum). Read on to learn…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has launched its portal for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the purpose of e-waste registration. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) of producers is regulated through EPR Authorisation from the CPCB.…
