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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is planning to build five AD plants in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, by the end of this year. The plants should use around a third of the wet waste generated daily…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has reportedly launched the tender for its WtE project in Kodungaiyur, Chennai. The future plant should process 2,100 tonnes (tpd as ecoprog understands) and generate 21 MW. In March 2024, it…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) project to construct a WtE plant in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, under a PPP model is expected to be commissioned in 2 years. According to earlier sources, the plant is to process…
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Three new biogas plants should be operational by Februrary 2024 near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The plants are supposed to be set up at the direction of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in Manali, Shollinganallur, and Koyambedu.…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Tamil Nadu, has approved a project to build a WtE plant under a PPP model. The plant is to process wet waste and RDF generated in processing plants in Kodungaiyur…
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A new source provides more detailed information on the waste processing plants at the Kodungaiyur dump yard, planned by the Greater Chennai Corporation, according to The Hindu. The site is to include an MRF to…
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As part of a joint initiative with the Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation, waste management firm Urbaser-Sumeet has released a pamphlet on waste segregation in Braille. “On account of World Braille Day, a Waste Segregation Awareness…
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Nearly 644 tonnes of green waste was collected from Chennai after Cyclone Mandous. The waste will be delivered to processing facilities for recycling and other uses. Cyclone Mandous made landfall close to Chennai on Friday…
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The National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone) has ordered local bodies in Chennai like the Greater Chennai Corporation, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), and Chennai Collectorate, to strictly enforce the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.…
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The Chennai Corporation intends to build an integrated solid waste management plant at the Kodungaiyur dump yard. It will include a waste-to-energy plant, a bio-CNG plant, and a material recovery centre. According to corporation officials,…
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The Tamil Nadu government plans to establish a separate solid waste management corporation, similar to the agency in Goa. Mr Siva V Meyyanathan, the state minister for climate change and environment said that this agency…
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A joint committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) carried out an inspection of the Adyar river in Chennai’s western suburbs only to find that dumping of municipal solid waste continues unabated along the banks…
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $150 million program to support the Government of Tamil Nadu to transform Chennai into a world-class city that is more green, livable, competitive, and resilient…
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After Chennai, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) committee will now visit Gurugram to assess the city’s solid waste management model. Last week, the committee headed by Ludhiana mayor Balkar Sandhu, was in Greater Chennai Corporation,…
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The ITC Grand Chola Hotel, Chennai was awarded the ‘Swachh Hotel’ award as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021 by the Greater Chennai Corporation, for its sustained initiatives in solid waste management. “We wanted to recognise…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has terminated the contract of more than 740 sanitation workers without any prior notice, reports Newsclick.in. Another 2,200 workers could face the same fate. The termination comes after the GCC…
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Ramky Enviro has bagged a tender to manage waste collection and transportation in the north Chennai. Starting February, the company will be incharge of waste collection and transportation in Thiruvotriyur, Manali, Madhavaram and Ambattur zones.…
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Greater Chennai Corporation has planned to install three more incinerators in the city.Recently, the civic body called for tenders to supply, install and commission incinerators in Ambattur, Ayanavaram and Kodungaiyur. These incinerators will be able…
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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…
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The quantity of hazardous waste generated in Chennai from firecrackers came down by 20% this Diwali. According to a press release from the Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash, the quantity of hazardous waste has…
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Beginning October, Urbaser-Sumeet is set to take-over solid waste management in seven zones of Chennai city. A grand inaugural ceremony was streamlined live, a recording of which is available here. While the Spanish firm has…
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The Chennai Corporation has started incineration of waste collected from residences of persons infected with COVID-19. Waste from houses where residents are quarantined is also being incinerated. Earlier, the waste from ‘infected’ homes was disposed…
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The reduction of garbage generated in Chennai touched 30% on Sunday, five days into the lockdown, according to Corporation officials. The New Indian Express reports that the Corporation collected 3,245 metric tonnes of waste on…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GMC) has issued work orders to Spanish firm Urbaser SA and its Indian partner Sumeet Facilities Limited to carry out garbage removal operations in seven zones. The New Indian Express reports…
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The Chennai Corporation has finalized a proposal to bio-remediate Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpyard at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore. The New Indian Express reports that the proposal is likely to be reviewed by the…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has launched a website that facilitates waste-trading. Chennai residents can now buy and sell reusable and recycled products online. The website www.madraswasteexchange.com, has a variety of products made from dry…
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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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The City Corporation of Chennai has proposed a 50 tpd biogas plant in a central location in the city to process waste from the Hotels Association. The biogas produced will be liquefied and bottled as…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued plans to set up several WtE plants in the city. According to The Times of India, one WtE facility will be completed in Manali in August, while others have…
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The Government of Chennai, Tamil Nadu has now set aside INR 5,259.1 crores for the construction of WtE plants at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpsites. According to The Times of India, the plants will be…
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According to The New Indian Express, the two Chennai WtE projects, planned at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi landfills, are both going to be implemented with a 32 MW electrical generation capacity, and an annual processing…
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According to the Deccan Chronicle, private operating company Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd has received a termination notice from the Koyambedu market administration for failing to maintain operation of the biogas plant located at the Koyambedu…
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The Vengadamangalam WtE plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is in the process of terminating operations. Due to the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016, which call for segregation and the decentralised processing of waste, the…
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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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An old AD plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been put back into operation, as Citizen Matters reported. The plant, originally inaugurated in 2014, was shut down due to technical issues in 2014/2015. Currently, the…
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German manufacturer Martin GmbH and French company CNIM have founded a new joint venture called CNIM Martin Pvt. Ltd., which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Both firms seek to strengthen their partnership in order…
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Contradictory to earlier information, the Vengadamangalam WtE plant in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, seems to have been operational ever since 2013. The WtE facility is being operated by Essel Group and accepts mixed solid waste from…
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A budget of around EUR 200 million will flow into the installation of two new WtE plants at Kodungaiyur and at Perungudi. As was announced this week by the Times of India, the old landfills…
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Several months after a feasibility study for two new WtE projects in the Chennai area was initiated, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is now supposing a general action plan for solid waste management. There…
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According to local officials, the 2 planned WtE facilities in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur are feasible. The IDR 24 billion (EUR 342 million) projects should generate 58 MW of power by processing 5,000 tons of MSW…
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There are plans to build a WtE facility in Kuthambakkam, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This was reported by The Hindu. Representatives of companies from various countries made proposals at a meeting at the…
