Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a special project to source segregate organic waste and produce compost from wet waste using an eco-friendly aerobic composting technology. The West Zone authorities launched Project S.O.R.T.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Chennai civic body has earned over Rs 64 lakh in less than month – that is, since May 27 – by selling over 85 lakh kg of manure produced in its composting centres. The…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation (GCMC) plans to earn revenue by recycling dry and wet waste at its Chetpet Bio CNG facility and selling manure. The civic body reportedly receives a royalty of Rs 1.5…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation has said that daily garbage collection in the city has increased by 20% during 2020-21 due to the Covid pandemic. NMC officials said they would collect around 502 tonnes of garbage…
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Coimbatore Corporation will soon commission five more micro compost centres (MCCs) to strengthen solid waste management in the city. The Corporation will start using the compost centres in Kavundampalayam dump yard, MGR wholesale vegetable market,…
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The Government is encouraging Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to manage municipal solid waste in a scientific manner including processing waste –to-compost and other processes. The Government has introduced a policy on the promotion of City Compost…
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A new study on the solid waste composition and various solid waste treatment technologies in the rural areas of India and other countries has found that the solid waste generated in rural areas comprisemore than…
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A composting plant has been opened in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, as part of a municipal programme aimed at improving the waste infrastructure in the city, according to an article by Waste Management World. The programme is…
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The Agra Municipal Corporation plans to build a biogas plant in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the authority has already identified a site in the Naraich area. Groundworks at the facility,…
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The government of Punjab, northern India, has approved an INR 710 million (EUR 8.7 million) bio-compressed natural gas project, as reported by the Business Standard. The project will be set up by Verbio India Private…
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Company Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. has recently started building works in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Reportedly, the plant is to be located in front of the company Mylan in Waluj MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has announced to restart operations of the currently defunct 400 tpd Nashik waste treatment facility, which includes RDF production and a composting line. Asreported by The Times of India, a…
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After there has been no progress on the contracts on proposed WtE plants in India, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a civic body of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area, now considers to integrate WtE…
