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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…
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The MBT project in Brahmapuram was violating the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and therefore the state and Central Pollution Control Board (PCB) have to pay a fine of INR 50 lakhs to the National…
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According to Global Cemfuels, the city corporation of Tirupur has signed a supply agreement with ACC’s cement plant at Madukarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The agreement requires 30 tonnes of RDF to be supplied…
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The RDF production facility in Noida, developed by Zigma Global Environ, will commence operations in December 2018, as The Times of India reported. The plant can process 40 to 50 tonnes of waste every hour.…
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A group of cement producers in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, have stopped using RDF from Bengaluru because of the high transportation costs, as Global Chemfuels reported. Although the cement producers do not pay for the RDF, they…
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A law introduced in 2016 which mandated that cement factories within 100 km of an RDF plant, have to use at least 5% combustible waste as their fuel, has recently been amended by the Ministry…
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Import licenses for plastic waste that will expire in November 2018 have not yet been renewed by the competent Indian authority. As of now, there are 35 licencesed companies that can import waste plastics in…
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The Pune Cantonment Board has re-adjusted its floated tender towards establishing a waste management plant for processing wet and dry waste, according to The Times of India. As earlier reported in 2016, the board floated…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) has announced that the garbage of sector 54 will soon begin to be processed in a remediation plant, reported The Times of India. The plant uses bio-culture to…
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According to an official, 3 of 8 transfer stations proposed for the city are already operational across Gurugram. The 3 stations are located at DLF Phase-V, Atul Kataria Chowk and Beri Wala Bagh. They have…
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According to local news reports, the Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced the construction of three further RDF production facilities. The plants shall be implemented in Cacora, Bainguinim and Verna. As Global CemFuels reported,…
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According to local news reports, the Public Authorities of Goa have approved approx. USD 12 million to upgrade the RDF facility at Saligao, which shall allow for it to double its RDF production capacity. The…
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According to the report by the Centre for Science and Environment, the government of Delhi has issued a list of approved fuels. Biogas and Refuse-derived fuel (allowed only for waste-to-energy plants) are included. Furthermore, the…
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According to Global CemFuel, UltraTech Cement’s Reddipalayam cement plant at Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, has started receiving MSW waste from the Vellore Municipal Corporation. The Reddipalayam cement plant normally treats RDF from a 150km radius but…
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The housing and urban development department of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has started construction of a plastic waste treatment plant at a dumping yard in Bhuasuni, Odisha, according to Telegraph India. As further reported, another plastic treatment…
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According to The Economic Times, some obstacles in the area of Goods and Services Tax have caused a delay in the commissioning of the MBT projects to be developed at the Jaipur and New Delhi…
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One of the two landfills serving Dhaka city, the Matuail landfill, is expected to reach its full capacity in a few years, reported the Daily Star. The site is used by the Dhaka South City…
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According to Global CemFuel, UltraTech’s cement plant in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, will double its RDF intake from Tiruchirappalli (also known as Trichy). Changing an agreement from February 2018 to supply 30 tpy of RDF to…
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New machinery converting MSW into RDF should end legal and health problems caused by waste dumping in Noida, according to the Hindustan Times. The Noida authority hired an agency using advanced machinery, which makes transportation…
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Two years ago, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Karnataka decided to convert 6 landfills into MBT plants in order to solve the local garbage crisis. These are located in Kannahalli, Seegehalli, Lingadheeranahalli, Subbarayanapalya,…
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The Tamil Nadu authorities plan to spend more on solid waste management, as The Times of India indicates. The Vellalore landfill will profit from several investments to acquire modern technology such as unmanned vehicles to…
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The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has announced plans to upgrade its solid waste processing plant and associated facilities in Pachchanady. The upgrade is estimated to cost INR 12.5 million (EUR 15 million) and will feature…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has challenged the payment of tipping fees to the Jaypee garbage plant in a filed petition, as Tribune India reported. The Municipality (MC) stated that the payment is not part of…
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An already signed agreement between the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation and Indian company IL&FS will see the supply of RDF from fresh dry waste for use as fuel input for the Ariyalur cement factory of Ultratech…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra. According to the report by Tribune India, the…
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The Shishambara solid waste management plant near Dehradun has formally begun operation. The facility includes composting, recycling, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) production as well as sanitary landfill (SLF), as The Times of India reported. The plant…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to Tribune India, this would…
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A new pilot project at the site of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru, for the treatment of MSW is planned to be installed, as The Strat Trade Times reported. The airport produces more than…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary Punjab, Karan Avtar Singh to effectively resolve the issue at the Ludhiana Refused Drive Fuel (RDF) production plant. This directive aims at ensuring that the…
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Even though the new RDF facility in Chandigarh, located right between the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, has officially begun operations, there still seems to be no buyer for the RDF produced there. The…
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Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation’s (KSIDC) will be allocated land to build solid waste and plastic recovery and recycling facilities, as reported by The Hindu. The facilities should be located near the KSIDC centres in…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is looking for a new firm to take over the RDF production facility currently operated by the Jaypee Group. Originally, company Mars Group was announced to be Jaypee’s successor, but…
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According to The Greater Kashmir, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to convert waste into RDF for use in cement plants in order to ensure proper management of wastes. Non-biodegradables, which is estimated to…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has approached Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) for the management of waste generated in Manesar by its agency, Ecogreen Energy Private Limited. The project terms…
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In a visit by the Municipal Commissioner to the Chandigarh garbage processing plant, it was discovered that RDF produced from garbage in the plant is just lying fallow. The visit was aimed to assess the…
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This week, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been discussing solid waste management and the use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) as fuel in cement and brick plants of Kashmir. As reported by The Greater Kashmir,…
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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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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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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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A few months after Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) had terminated its contract with the Jaypee Group, the operator of the local RDF plant, the firm nevertheless seems to be involved in a new WtE project…
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The Waste-to-Energy plant in the city of Panaji, Indian state of Goa, has increased its throughput remarkably over the first eleven months of operation. According to Nyoooz, the facility processes around 120 tpd of waste.…
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Almost one year after the announcement of the project, new information has been given on the joined RDF project carried out by the cities of Gurugram and Faridabad, state of Haryana. Reportedly, a new waste…
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After having been defunct for several months due to huge piles of RDF and compost, 4 out of 6 waste treatment plants in the Bengaluru area, state of Karnataka, are up and running again, as…
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As was reported by local news source NYOOOZ, the local government of Tiruchi has decided for a company which is to carry out the new RDF project in Tiruchi, state of Tamil Nadu. The planned…
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As reported by The Hindu, two companies have bidden for Expression of Interest (EoI) for the proposed RDF plant in Tiruchi. In a process that is expected to take three weeks, a corporation will scrutinise…
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Although the proposed RDF unit in Secunderabad Cantonment (in the surroundings of Hyderabad, Telangana) got the green light from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and financial assistance was secured, the project had to be set…
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As was reported by Nyoooz, the local government of Tiruchi has decided for a company which is to carry out the new RDF project in Tiruchi, state of Tamil Nadu. The planned RDF facility should…
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Municipal Solid Waste segregation at source is set to be launched in Delhi and Indore on 8 June. Primarily, the waste segregation shall lead to good-quality compost through waste-to-compost plants. Furthermore, segregation also assists in…
