Tag: Dry waste

Recycling
Chandigarh gets its third MRF

Chandigarh gets its third MRF

Chandigarh’s third material recovery facility (MRF) and garbage transfer station has been inaugurated at Sector 25, near Dadumajra. The first facility at 3 BRD and the second at the Industrial area, Phase I, are under…

Policy & others
Mumbai: New initiative to bring informal waste pickers into mainstream

Mumbai: New initiative to bring informal waste pickers into mainstream

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) plans to involve waste picker organizations for segregation activity at waste unloading sites. The corporation has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking response from registered waste picker organizations…

Sorting/MBT
Fire at five dry waste collection centres in Bengaluru

Fire at five dry waste collection centres in Bengaluru

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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BBMP to deploy ragpickers for dry waste collection

BBMP to deploy ragpickers for dry waste collection

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, in association with several non-profit organisations, has deployed a network of rag pickers in three wards, for door-to-door collection of dry waste. In a month’s time, about 38 wards will…

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Hubballi-Dharwad to set up more dry waste collection centres

Hubballi-Dharwad to set up more dry waste collection centres

The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is all set to set up five more dry waste collection centres to process and reuse dry waste, near stationary compactor stations in the twin cities. HDMC had set up a…

Plastic
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation signs MoU with Ultratech Cement

Vijayawada Municipal Corporation signs MoU with Ultratech Cement

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…