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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…
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The National Green Tribunal has fined the Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) Municipal Corporation for failing to comply with its order to cordon off a dumping site to prevent contamination of East Calcutta Wetlands. The Telegraph…
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The Union Government will convene a meeting of environment ministers of all states to discuss the problem of single-use plastic and solid waste management (SWM) – as well as measures to solve it. This was…
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The Chennai Corporation has approved the revised draft of the Corporation of Chennai Solid Waste Management Bylaws 2019. The bylaws apply to all residents, institutions and commercial waste generators to ensure effective waste management. The…
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A new corporation has been created to take care of the management of hazardous waste from industries in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The AP Environment Management Corporation (APEMC) will collect green taxes from the respective industries…
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The Central government has taken up a pilot project in Solid Waste Management (SWM) in 97 villages across Telangana State with the goal of improving sanitation in the villages. Hansindia.com reports that three villages will…
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The CII, on Thursday, organized the India-Sweden Innovations Accelerator Programme in Hyderabad. A workshop and B2B meeting was held for a Swedish cleantech and energy efficiency delegation. The Accelerator Programme, being supported by Swedish Energy…
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Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Ltd (NSSCDCL) has started the tendering process to appoint contractors for developing garbage transfer stations. They will be given two years to plan, develop, test and commission garbage…
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The Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, has announced that USD 118 billion (INR 8,315,49 crore) will be invested in the oil and gas sector by 2024. That includes USD 60…
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The Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) will organise a business trip on energy efficiency and self-sufficiency from renewable energies for industry customers from 14 to 17 October 2019 in New Delhi. The event is organised…
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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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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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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 Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has recently extended the validity of the generic tariff set for municipal solid waste (MSW) projects in the state till 2020. According to Mercom India, a tariff of INR 7.08…
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The Ministry of Steel has released a draft policy aimed at increasing self-sufficiency and curtailing dependency on imports. To achieve this, high-quality ferrous scrap should be produced locally. As reported on Recycling Today, this entails…
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Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has determined new generic tariffs for electricity produced from WtE projects at INR 6.28 per KWh. As reported by Mercom India, The new tariff will be effective from 1…
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Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) is planning to determine new tariffs for WtE plants. As reported by The Hindu, the new tariff of INR 5.65 per unit for a period of 20 years, will come…
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Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has amended regulations for tariff determination of renewable energy projects, including biogas, which were initially passed in 2015. According to Mercom India, the new regulations will come into force once…
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India completely bans import of plastic waste; a transition period has been announced till 31 August, after which the ban will come into effect. As reported by EUWID, a ban was already in place, but…
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As reported by The Times of India, the newly appointed Commissioner of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, Dinesh Chandra, has released a statement detailing his priorities. Foremost, the dumping of civic waste following the barring of the…
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In the case of insufficient waste management from local authorities, the federal government of India has announced to undertake this task in the future. If the local authorities do not implement this municipal responsibility, the…
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In a meeting between the Legislative Committee on Environment and Panchayat authorities, the committee emphasised on establishing a comprehensive waste management project for the Erumeli region. According to The Hindu, the Panchayat authorities then hinted…
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According to The Quint, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed between the Belgian capital Brussels and the Greater Chennai Corporation, in order to facilitate funding from multilateral agencies for infrastructure development…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued a directive to the Delhi Government and civic bodies for submission of an action plan towards establishing a Waste-to-Energy plant and a landfill site in the city.…
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In a review of urban development programmes of the central government in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Puri, said that execution of the Waste-to-Energy and Waste…
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The local government of the Indian State of Telangana and the Clean Authority of Tokyo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for future cooperation between the two sides on WtE projects. This was reported…
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The Delhi Municipal Cooperation has tightened its law on waste management, according to a report by India Today. Part of the law termed ‘Solid Waste Management (SWM) by-laws of NCT of Delhi’ will impose a…
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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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India is currently generating about 66 MW of electricity from municipal solid waste (MSW) daily. According to Energy Infra Post, the country hopes to increase this figure to 676 MW soon. Presently, the country has…
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The federal state of Kerala plans to conduct a waste survey between August 6 and 13, 2017 with the aim of using the data generated in planning projects on waste management. According to The News…
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In order to boost the faster implementation of new WtE projects all over the country, the Indian government has set aside the Green Clearance regulation, which had been an essential part of the approval process…
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The Telangana government banned open burning of waste materials in open land and landfill sites with a violation charge of Rs 5000 for ‘simple burning’ and Rs 25,000 for bulk waste burning, according to The…
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According to the Daily Times, the Punjab government is seeking investors from China for participating in the restructuring of its urban water and sanitation system as well as improving municipal solid waste management. For this…
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The Indian Government plans to intensify efforts in municipal solid waste management, Daily Kashmir Images reports. The Niti Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India ) has drawn a broader framework with a three-year action agenda…
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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), in association with Elets Technomedia Private Limited, is organising a one-day National Waste Management Summit in Hyderabad on 24th June. WtE technology is among the topics being discussed at the…
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As was confirmed by several state officials, India will implement new Goods and Service Tax (GST) rates for the renewable energy sector, starting on 1 July 2017. The solar, the bioenergy and the WtE sector…
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Equis Group, a Singapore-based private equity group, is interested in investing in the State of Haryana, DNA India reports. They could, amongst others, invest in renewable energies, bioethanol and WtE plants. Haryana is planning to…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has announced the inauguration of a transfer station for 11 May. The main purpose of the new station is cleaning landfills by segregating waste and sending it to WtE…
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In their ongoing struggle to limit the masses of municipal waste produced in the capital, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has introduced new measures to emphasise the importance of waste separation, India Today reports.…
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In order to handle its increasing waste management problem, the municipality of Pune has decided to start cooperating with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). The company’s waste management includes minimising the volume of waste going to…
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According to The Asian Age, India’s government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated last week that they expect to save around USD 6.3 billion in energy costs in the future due to the successful…
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As reported by The Hindu, the Union Minister of Railways announced plans to build further WtE plants at railway stations, based on the current project at the New Delhi railway station, that shall go operational…
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Among other environmental measures, the Indian government has announced to aim at further promoting WtE and RDF solutions. Under the newly revised Indian Electricity Act from 2006 (2003), it now became mandatory for the electricity…
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A conference on green power challenges and innovation will be held by the NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) on June 8 and 9. According to the source, the subjects of the conference will be…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reduced the proposed gap of 300-500 metres between incineration power plants and residential areas to 30-100 metres, much less than what is defined by the Swachh Bharat Mission.…
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The method of plastic pyrolysis as an energy source is gaining more and more recognition in India, as reported by Financial Express. As it offers an alternative to combustion and biogas plants, the new technology…
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As a reaction of landfill sites filled beyond their capacity, the Central Pollution Control Coard (CPCB) has presented new draft rules aiming to use solid and industrial waste as fuel in the cement industry. According…
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The government of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) has announced a scheme to encourage RDF production and biogas generation though implementing pilot projects in selected cities. As stated by The Tribune, HP’s State…
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The state of Karnataka’s Department for Forests, Environment an Ecology was said to have developed a scheme to set up 10 integrated waste management centres throughout the state. As stated by The Times of India,…
