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The Margao Municipality, Goa, is reportedly considering setting up a plasma gasification plant at the Sonsodo landfill for regional waste management. According to the Municipality, there will now be studies conducted as to whether the…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa government has announced plans to build two 5 TPD biomethanation plants in the municipal councils of Ponda and Valpoi with a total investment of over Rs 5.5 million. The waste produced in these…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa Panchayat department has allocated Rs 10.83 crore to the 191 Gram Panchayats for waste management in the last five years. However, most GPs claim that this fund is insufficient and that they must…
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The Goa state government is seeking funding from the Government of India for the WtE project by Goa Waste Management Corporation (GMWC). Reportedly, Goa is seeking INR 1.5 billion (EUR 18.82 million) from the Centre…
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According to the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GMWC), plans provide to develop a new WtE plant in Verna, which is a village in Salcete, Goa. The plant should be set up in Verna at an…
Aafrin Kidwai
Vedanta plans to modify the design of one of its waste heat recovery power plants in Goa and reoptimize its turbines using specialized technology to increase power generation by another 5 MW, according to a…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has begun the process of constructing a fourth solid waste management plant at Verna Industrial Estate, which will handle waste from Mormugao taluka and sections of Salcete taluka. The…
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Goa’s new Minister for waste management Mr Atanasio Monserrate has said that a comprehensive waste management project will be functional at Sonsoddo within the next 12-18 months. Sharing a few details about the roadmap for…
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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) is planning to build a facility to convert non-recyclable waste, especially plastic, into fuel. With the state government paying a significant amount of money to bring refuse-derived fuel (RDF)…
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The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has agreed to build two new biomethanation units with a capacity of treating 5 tonnes of waste per day in order to alleviate the city’s solid waste management crisis. Work…
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Goa Chief minister Pramod Sawant has said in his budget speech that the 100-tonne-per-day (TPD) solid waste management facility under construction in Cacora is expected to be completed this month at a cost of Rs…
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The solid waste treatment plant at North Goa’s Saligao is ready for operations. As reported earlier on SolidWasteIndia, the plant has been enhanced to handle 250 tonne of waste from the earlier 100 tonne per…
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At a legacy waste remediation project in Panaji, around 14,000 m³ of RDF have been produced so far. The RDF production was set up by the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) at the Sonsoddo waste…
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A new MRF could be coming to North Goa’s Igorjevaddo in Neura panchayat. Local residents have been opposed to the project, claiming the location is unsuitable and could cause problems in the future. The proposed…
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The Goa State Government has announced in its budget speech for 2021-2022 to provide financial incentives to support cattle, pig and poultry farmers in setting up biogas plants to process manure, as reported by The…
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Six potential bidders have been identified for developing the Bainguinim WtE plant, according to a senior government official. As reported by the Times of India, the companies are now asked to deliver the request for…
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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has, once again, floated a tender for setting up of the solid waste management plant at Bainguinim. The project has been delayed repeatedly after no company qualified when the…
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Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Mr Kaushal Kishore has shared that Himachal Pradesh and Goa are the two states in the country which are processing the highest amount of 98% of the…
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Goa’s Waste Management minister Mr Michael Lobo has announced that the state government will float a new tender for the establishment of the solid waste management plant at Bainguinim within fifteen days. Mr Lobo informed…
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After being pulled up for dumping of bio-medical and other COVID waste at Sonsoddo landfill, the Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation (GSWMC) has assured the Margao Municipal Corporation (MMC) that the waste will be lifted…
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The Goa government has announced that it is setting up a waste-to-energy plant in Panaji in partnership with the IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute. The cabinet has granted approval to appoint IVL to execute the…
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The much-hyped Solid Waste Management plant at Bainguinim, Panaji will be further delayed as all three bidders have been disqualified after they failed to submit all required documents. Mr Levinson Martins, Managing Director – Goa…
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The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) expects to complete construction of the additional waste treatment facility at Saligao by April-end after which, new machinery will be installed and tested for a three month period.…
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Goa’s Waste Management minister, Mr Michael Lobo, has said that the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute will soon sign an agreement for undertaking feasibility studies to set up a…
Aafrin Kidwai
Goa has been in the news of late for its various waste-management pursuits. State capital Panaji recently announced plans to set up biomethanation plants across the city to cut down on wet-waste, even as it implements a…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has extended the time limit for accepting bids for the solid waste management facility at Bainguinim for the second time after three earlier bidders raised a lot of queries.…
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The Goa state government has come with a new action plan to put the non-biodegradable waste away. ULBs and Village Panchayats have been directed to include the plastic ban in their by-laws and impose fines…
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Anticipating that no bidders are likely to qualify for setting up of the solid waste management facility at Bainguinim, the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) may relax the criteria for bidders and float a fresh…
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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has invited bids for setting up a solid waste processing facility at Bainguinim with a processing capacity of 250 tonnes per day. The plant, estimated to cost Rs 200…
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that a tender will be floated within 10 days for the construction of 250 tonne per day (TPD) solid waste treatment plant at Bainguinim. The Rs-200 crore plant…
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Goa’s Solid Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo, during a visit to the Sonsoddo plant, has proposed a plan for eight small modular garbage treatment plants at the site amidst tonnes of untreated garbage. He assured to…
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Goa Waste management minister Michael Lobo has said the government has not shelved the Bainguinim waste treatment plant project. It has been put on hold as there is a financial crunch. Once funds are available,…
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The Goa Cabinet has approved the enhancement of treatment capacity of Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao to 250 TPD, a 20 per cent increase, at an approved project cost of Rs 103.87 crores.…
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The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has begun covering the dump and lifting the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) stacked at Sonsoddo. Over the weekend, seven machines started baling waste, which will be sent to the cement…
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The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has actively been involved in improving the solid waste management system in Panaji since January 2019. It has been collaborating with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH…
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The Goa Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) has extended its deadline for receiving suggestions and objections to the draft model Goa Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) By-laws, 2020. On April 28, the DMA had…
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Goa’s second solid waste management plant will be set up across 81,000 square metre of land at Cacora in South Goa. Until recently, the site served as a dumpsite. The waste at the site has…
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met with Norway’s Ambassador to India, Hans Jacob Frydenlund to discuss collaboration on waste management technology. The Navhind Times reports that Goa’s Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo said that a…
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Local civic body authorities inspected Mormugao Solid Waste Treatment Plant (MSWTP) at Headland-Sada in order to expedite the process of clearing almost 80 metric tonnes of ‘legacy waste’ which has been lying there for the…
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The Goa government is making progress in its plans to remediate around 4.7 lakh cubic metre of existing dump sites at various locations in Goa. The Times of India has reported that the Goa government…
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The State Government of Goa has announced plans for a C&D waste recycling plant and an RDF plant, both to be developed in PPP mode. The C&D plant is likely to be constructed in North…
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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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A new AD plant is being developed by the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) Goa Campus, as The Times of India reported. The INR 14 million (EUR 175,541) project’s location has…
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The council of Navelim, north Goa, has issued a proposal to set up a biogas plant to solve the local garbage problem, according to Navhind Times. It should run on garbage from eateries and restaurants.…
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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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According to the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), the solid waste treatment plant in Saligao, Goa, will be fully operational within the next few weeks with close to 100 tons of waste daily. As…
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German biogas specialist Archea Anlagenbau GmbH has commissioned a biogas facility in Goa. The company constructed the plant together with Dutch dB technologie b.v. within 18 months. According to the source, the facility is being…
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Construction works at an MBT facility atop the Calangute plateau in Calangute, Goa, have recently started. The plant, which comprises an MBT, a recycling, a biogas section and a landfill site for the inert waste…
