Aafrin Kidwai
The Indore Municipal Corporation has become the first civic body in India to ink a pact with producer responsibility organisations (PROs) authorised by the MP Pollution Board for disposing of plastic waste. Municipal Commissioner Pratibha…
Aafrin Kidwai
New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has announced a decision that asphalt used in the repair or construction of roads will now have plastic waste as one of its constituents. The Telegraph reports that the…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is planning to streamline the management of e-waste and the floral waste being generated in the city by facilitating the collection, transportation, processing, and disposal of this waste. The civic body…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The Goa state government has come with a new action plan to put the non-biodegradable waste away. ULBs and Village Panchayats have been directed to include the plastic ban in their by-laws and impose fines…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
RLG India has launched a Clean To Green campaign in Chennai in association with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to free the environment of electronic waste. The campaign aims at the safe…
Aafrin Kidwai
Since 2016, when the Government of India notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, several Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) set up operations for e-waste management in India. Yet several issues persist in terms of effectively enforcing and implementing…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Confederation of India Industry (CII) in association with Technology Development Board, GoI and supported by Swachh Bharat Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI is organizing the International Conference and Exhibition on Waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Global E-Waste Monitor identifies e-waste as the fastest growing waste stream in the world. India generated 3.2 million metric tonnes of e-waste in 2019 alone, making it the third-largest contributor to e-waste in the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following a directive by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) earlier in February this year, the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has recommended setting up a pilot fine pulverization unit to manage the potential environmental risk…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation for an end to single-use plastics in India, the government had acted with alacrity and announced a phasing out of such plastics by 2022. However, it has now backtracked…
Aafrin Kidwai
The COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted the plastic recycling value chain owing to extended lockdowns and movement restrictions, as per a study commissioned by Circulate Capital, carried out by GA Circular, to understand challenges faced…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Centre for Science and Environment has released a comprehensive background paper on plastic waste management in India. Titled Managing Plastic Waste in India: Challenges and Agenda, this is CSE’s first document aimed at understanding…
Aafrin Kidwai
Scientists from at least four Indian institutions are coming together to recycle the deluge of single-use plastics thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, Central Mechanical…
Aafrin Kidwai
A new report released by the The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ suggests that there is “an evidence-based, comprehensive, integrated, and economically attractivepathway to greatly reduce plastic pollution entering into the oceans.” “Breaking the Plastic…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) has announced a strategic partnership with UN-Habitat to implement solutions toward a circular economy, creating business and livelihood opportunities while enhancing resource recovery. The new partnership, which…
Aafrin Kidwai
The recently released Global E-waste Monitor estimated that the world generated a phenomenal 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste or an average of 7.3 kilogram per capita last year. The total e-waste generation has increased…
Aafrin Kidwai
The UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report has found that the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year, up 21 per cent in just five years. The new report also predicts…
Aafrin Kidwai
Residents groups in Kalyaninagar area of Pune have set up a Resource Recycling Centre (RRC) with the help of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) at the civic playground located in the area. The centre will segregate…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate has issued its much-awaited Guideline Document on Uniform Framework for Extended Producers Responsibility under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. As per the document, the “primary responsibility for collection…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kerala government has exempted barcoded plastic bags used for collecting biomedical waste from the plastic ban imposed in the state from Jan 1, 2020. The Times of India reports that the order issued by…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following an extended lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, waste collection in various streams considered ‘non-essential’ has taken a hit. Only Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Biomedical Waste (BMW) are being collected and treated by…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Productivity Council (NPC) has released its assessment of plastic pollution by NPC in 4 cities – Prayagraj (Allahabad), Agra, Haridwar and Mumbai. As per the NPCs data collated from 46 centres in Mumbai…
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All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen more and more people admitted to hospital, where the high infection rate of the virus makes use of personal protection equipment (PPE) vital for healthcare workers.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) has extended its deadline for receiving suggestions and objections to the draft model Goa Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) By-laws, 2020. On April 28, the DMA had…
Aafrin Kidwai
Six years after the concept’s approval by the Indian Road Congress (IRC), the city is set to get plastic roads. MidDay reports that the civic body has issued orders to all asphalt plants to provide…
Aafrin Kidwai
Vijayawada is optimistic about its chances in the Swacch Survekshan 2020 after strict enforcement of a ban on single-use plastic has started yielding results. The plastic waste generated in the city has now come down…
Aafrin Kidwai
Coonoor’s Ottupattarai waste management park is successfully managing the town’s plastic waste. Over 8,000 kg plastic waste from Ottupattarai was transported to Hyderabad for tertiary recycling. Unusable plastics will be broken into oil, gas and…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
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,…
Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has signed a MoU with UltraTech cement to generate refuse-derived fuel (RDF) at its cement kilns. The transport of dry waste from the VMC’s recycling unit at Ajit Singh Nagar…
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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.…
Madhumitha Rajendran
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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As reported by The Hindu, the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has announced plans to build multiple MRFs. The planned MRFs are part of a draft action plan the city had prepared. This was ordered by…
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In Kerala, the construction of an e-waste, plastic and glass waste sorting and recycling facility has been proposed. Moreover, district-level facilities for the collection and sorting of non-biodegradable waste are being planned. According to The…
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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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Tata Steel is planning to build a steel recycling plant in Rohtak, Haryana, with an annual processing capacity of about 500,000 tonnes, costing INR 48 crores. According to Recycling International, Tata Steel expects the plant…
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Uflex Ltd., a packaging firm, has announced the investment of INR 5 crores in a pyrolysis plant at its site in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as well as in a plastics recycling facility. The pyrolysis plant,…
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Construction has commenced in a scrap-fed aluminium alloy plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. According to recycling today, the project, developed by Daiki Aluminium Industry India, will be capable of processing 84,000 tonnes of aluminium…
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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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United Global Trust is planning to setup a new electronic waste recycling facility in Guwahati, Assam, which will serve eight states in northeast India. The project is supported by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).…
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According to ChemFuels, the first waste processing plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has received approval from the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board. The investment for the project is INR 118 crores, and the produced RDF from the…
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A RDF production facility has been inaugurated in Sector 54 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, which can process 40 tonnes of waste every hour. As repored by The Times of India, the RDF produced will be…
