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LIB recycling start-up Metastable Materials is planning to build a new battery recycling facility in Bangalore, Karnataka, in the coming two years. The company reportedly uses chemical-free technology to extract copper, cobalt, nickel, and lithium…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is reportedly planning to set up two MRFs in Dhapa and Pathuriaghata, both in Bengal. According to the source, plans include a polystyrene recycling plant and an organic waste compactor.…
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The state government of Bengaluru has reportedly decided to terminate four out of five WtE projects in Bengaluru. As further stated in the given source, the reason behind this decision is non-compliance with deadlines. The…
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The Government of Bengaluru, Karnataka, has announced plans to relocate all waste processing plants to uninhabited areas outside the city. According to the announcement, the plan is to set up so-called “Integrated Solid Waste Management…
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Four new small-scale AD projects are to be installed in Bengaluru, Karnataka, within the next 4 to 5 months. Each AD plant should treat wet waste, animal, and horticultural waste. Tenders for the projects have…
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NEPRA will open an integrated waste management facility in Bengaluru’s Electronic City in association with ELCITA-Electronics City Industrial Township Authority Paving a sustainable path for Electronic City with an end-to-end system for the collection and sustainable disposal of waste through a specialized Material Recovery…
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The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) issued short-term tenders for waste collection and transportation from the city’s 243 wards, which have 42 lakh households and commercial buildings. BSWML floated the tender for the second…
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Together with Yunus Social Business Fund gGmbH and its subsidiary Cofresco, German retail coffee company Melitta has set up a plastic recycling plant in Bangalore, Karnataka. The plant is part of an initiative named “Fair…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced plans to set up two large-scale biogas plants running on municipal organic waste. The 500 tpd BioCNG facilities are planned at the Chikkanagamangala and Karnataka Compost Development Corporation…
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In the previous ten days, Bengaluru civic authorities (BBMP) have clamped down on the sale of single-use plastic in eight zones and seized 1.380.8 kg of plastic. It has collected almost Rs. 5,97,800 in fines.…
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Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is further developing its plans for a biogas plant at the Mandur landfill in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Back in July 2021, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sought details of…
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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,…
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The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will install 50 e-waste collection bins in Bengaluru, including the Vidhana Soudha and the High Court. In addition, one hundred bins will be installed in other parts of…
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Bengaluru’s Koromangala waste management facility received a visit from the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to India, Mr Ugo Astuto. The EU and German Federal Ministry of the Environment and Nature Conservation and Nuclear…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is planning to install CCTV cameras at garbage black spots in the city to catch offenders. The state government has approved the BBMP’s plans to install 2415 CCTVs at,…
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The 1,000 tpd Kannahalli WtE project in Bengaluru, Karnataka has started its waste composting stage. Waste to Energy activities will follow shortly, according to the Bangalore Mirror. Satarem Enterprises Private Limited (SEPL) has signed an…
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The BBMP’s most prominent face in the solid waste management department, Special Commissioner Mr Randeep D has been transferred with immediate effect. He will now be taking charge as Special Commissioner, BBMP – Health. Mr…
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A Memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL). Under the agreement, GAIL will process around 300 tonnes per day (tpd) of…
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Bengaluru’s New Thippasandara is seeing a strike by the wet waste collectors over non-payment of six months’ worth of dues from the civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Non-payment is a persistent issue in…
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The police is investigating fire-related incidents at five Dry Waste Collection Centres in Bengaluru.According to Ms Nalini Sekhar of Hasiru Dala, miscreants destroyed DWCCs at Marathahalli, Gottigere, Ganesh Mandira, Kumaraswamy Layout and JP Nagar between…
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Determined to raise their scores in Swacch Survekshan 2021 (SS-21), various municipalities across the country are actively promoting their waste management efforts through various IEC (Information, Education, Communication) initiatives in the city and via social…
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Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has laid the foundation stone for a 11.5 MW waste to energy project in Bidadi. With a capital investment of Rs 260 crore, the plant will consume 600 tonnes…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is set to convert two new quarry pits at Mittaganahalli and Bagalur into landfills to dump waste generated by citizens. The quarry landfill at Mittaganahalli, where over 2,000 tonnes…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is looking for an empty quarry site in the southern part of the city to establish a construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling plant. Currently, there is no proper mechanism to…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now signed a concession agreement with 3Wayste, which will have to commission the sorting plant within 6 months, and the WtE plant within 1 year. BBMP is required to…
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As reported by The New Indian Express, the state budget of Karnataka has allocated INR 2,300 crores to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrative body for 6 projects this year, including a 400 tpd…
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Administrative body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) of Bengaluru, Karnataka, is planning to revive several waste processing plants in order to decentralise waste management, as The Hindu reported. Amongst the plants are 13 small biomethane…
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According to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the state government is planning to establish Waste-to-Energy units in all the six municipal solid waste processing plants in the state. He emphasised on the use of WtE…
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In December 2017, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and Bengaluru-based VVD Constructions signed an agreement to build a construction and demolition (C&D) plant in Vijayawada. However, according to the New Indian Express, the construction works, which…
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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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A new biogas plant has been commissioned in Yediyur ward, located in south Bengaluru, Karnataka. As stated by The Times of India, the plant will be processing 4.5 tpd of wet waste, producing 250 kW…
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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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According to United News of India, the construction works for a new WtE project in Baglur village, close to Bengaluru, Indian State of Karnataka, have officially begun. The foundation stone for the project was laid…
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After having opened the tender process around 2 weeks ago, the local authority of Bangalore, the Bruhat Bengalaru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has only received a few bids for the 5 planned WtE projects so far.…
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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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A new WtE poject for the city of Mandur, Bengaluru, might face delays because of problems between the contractor and the local government, The Hindu reports. Even though the contracting firm, Messrs Srinivas Gayathri Resources…
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According to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city of Bengaluru may be home to new WtE plants soon. Sources differ on whether two or four new facilities are to be set up. The…
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A planned RDF-deal between the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and cement factories in Kalabugari has been abandoned due to too heavy transportation cost. The BBMP has come to the decision to bury the 20,000tpy…
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The two WtE projects in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura in the city region of Bengaluru, Karnataka, seem to be failing to attract bidders. The invitation for tenders had started in February, both plants…
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Two WtE facilities are planned in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura within the city region of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Karnataka, according to the Deccan Herald. The plants should each treat 160,000 tons of waste…
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A citizen group in Bengaluru has submitted a petition over 375 pages, in order to convince the government to shut down the mixed waste processing plant in Kudlu. The plant, which is operated by the…
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Indian Institute of Science (IISc) published a paper that shows Bengaluru’s considerable percentage of waste that could be recovered and used as a cheaper source of energy. This was reported by the Bangalore Mirror. According…
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The Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (Elcita) is planning to set up a 50 tpd MBT facility in Electronics City, an industrial hub near Bengaluru. According to the Economic Times, the project costs are estimated…
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The Deccan Herald reports that the council of ministers has recently granted in principle approvals for a proposal to build three integrated solid waste management parks near Bengaluru. The proposal was brought up by the…
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Bengaluru has received multiple offers by firms to turn the city´s solid waste into electricity, The Deccan Herald reports. According to agents of the firms the heating value of Bengaluru´s garbage would be adequate to…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to set up three construction-waste and recycling plants in the outskirts of Bengaluru. Each of the facilities will be able to handle about 750 tons per day, totaling a…
