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Maharashtra to get first integrated hazardous waste plant

Maharashtra to get first integrated hazardous waste plant

The state’s first integrated plant to process a variety of hazardous wastes has been approved. It will be built in the villages of Kansal and Hendavli in Raigad. The Union environment ministry has given in-principle…

Hazardous
Gujarat approves five new plants for hazardous waste

Gujarat approves five new plants for hazardous waste

The Gujurat state government has granted permission for the development of five new Treatment Stabilization Disposal Facilities (TSDF) for the treatment of hazardous waste. This decision was made, as further reported, against the background that…

Chennai: 18 tonnes of hazardous waste generated during Diwali

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…

Policy & others
Andhra announces new industrial waste management corporation

Andhra announces new industrial waste management corporation

A new corporation has been created to take care of the management of hazardous waste from industries in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The AP Environment Management Corporation (APEMC) will collect green taxes from the respective industries…