Aafrin Kidwai
Cement producing companies ACC and Ambuja Cements have installed a so-called Geocycle Bubble Barrier plastic waste separator in Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh, reports Cemfuels.com. Reportedly, the separator will collect the waste for use as RDF…
Aafrin Kidwai
Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) on March 2 in Nairobi to End Plastic Pollution and forge an international legally binding…
Aafrin Kidwai
India has said that it is dedicated to addressing plastic pollution to lessen its negative impact on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, as well as the wellbeing of its people. Speaking at the United Nations Environment…
Aafrin Kidwai
Nearly 2,380 kg of plastics waste has been removed from the Nilgiri Mountain Route (NMR) route, the Southern Railway (SR) has informed a division bench of the Madras High Court. The petitioners, who include a…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is conducting inspections of stores and manufacturing units in the city to combat the use of single-use plastic (SUPs). The Joint Commissioner of Solid Waste Management, Mr Sarfaraz Khan,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has announced it will soon ban plastic waste entering corporation limits from other states. Vehicles carrying such waste will be stopped at toll booths. The DPCC plans to send…
Aafrin Kidwai
India’s Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The Guidelines provide a framework to strengthen…
Aafrin Kidwai
Almost 90 international brands, including Coca Cola and PepsiCo, have called for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in plastic production. Kerala-based GreenWorms and Tomra are some of the waste management…
Aafrin Kidwai
At least 3.4 million tonnes per annum (TPA) of plastic waste was generated in 2019-20, of which approximately 1.5 million TPA was recycled and 0.16 million TPA co-processed in cement kilns. A portion of unprocessed and…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued notices for closure to 1,278 recyclers operating without valid registration under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. Similar notices have been sent to 551 plastic manufacturing units as well. The…
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UK-based Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. has agreed on an MoU with Indian chemical recycling technology firm Polycycl. As further reported, the companies will form business partnerships to implement plastic-to-oil projects in India, which will be…
Aafrin Kidwai
Niti Aayog has suggested that urban local bodies (ULBs) could provide land to set up material recovery facilities (MRFs) to be used by various industries to set up infrastructure for efficient plastic waste management. In its…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which prohibits identified single use plastic items which have low utility and high littering potential by 2022. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
In Ludhiana, local authorities have started to crackdown on plastic-bag use. 125 kg plastic bags were confiscated by municipal teams during raids at markets in Ludhiana’s Field Ganj, Khud Mohalla, Baba Than Singh Chowk and…
Aafrin Kidwai
The plastic manufacturers and traders’ association in Ludhiana has announced yet another agitation against the state government’s decision to impose a plastic ban starting August 1. In 2016, the state government had announced a ban…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has launched an online portal for registration of Producers, Importers & Brand Owners (PIBOs) under the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016. As per the rules, PIBOs are “required to…
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Bangkok, Thailand-based chemicals company Indorama Ventures (IVL) has announced to expand its PET manufacturing site in Nagpur, Maharashtra, reports Recycling Today. As further announced by IVL, the expansion is worth USD 82 million and will…
Aafrin Kidwai
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced the India Plastic Challenge–Hackathon 2021 to promote innovative solutions to mitigate plastic pollution and develop alternatives to single-use plastics. The Hackathon is open to start-ups /entrepreneurs and students…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi government has formed a special task force under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary for taking measures to eliminate single-use plastic. The special task force, which has been constituted on the order of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure directions to 16 units involved in the manufacturing of plastic carry bags. DPCC is running a special drive against plastic waste in industrial areas and imposed…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Union environment ministry has proposed to implement a countrywide ban on manufacture, use, sale, import and handling of some of the single-use plastic products by 2022. The ministry has issued a draft notification on…
Aafrin Kidwai
The burning of plastic waste is primarily responsible for haze and fog formation in northern India, including the national capital Delhi, according to a study led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to finalise the “Extended Producer Responsibility” (EPR) regime for plastic waste within three months saying that steps taken by it were “too slow”.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that plastic pens are covered under the meaning of “plastic” as provided in Rule 3(o) of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2018 and therefore, they are also covered…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Thane district has applied to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), seeking its nod to implement a project to produce fuel from plastic waste. The civic body said the move…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Guntur Municipal Corporation’s (GMC) project is running at least 100 of its vehicles including dumpers, tractors, mini compactors, and autos on synthetic fuel produced from plastic waste. The plant started production three months ago…
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…
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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…
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
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
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 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
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
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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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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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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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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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…
