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Landfilling
Delhi Lt Governor: Landfill clearance progressing well

Delhi Lt Governor: Landfill clearance progressing well

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recently visited the landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa to assess the progress of waste remediation and disposal efforts. The Lt. Governor expressed satisfaction with the increased pace of…

News
Siddipet to become a zero-landfilling town

Siddipet to become a zero-landfilling town

The Siddipet civic authorities intend to make the city a zero-landfilling zone by recycling all the waste. According to Telangana’s Finance Minister Mr T Harish Rao, who announced additional funding for various waste and sanitation…

Landfilling
Exploring opportunities for Fukuoka method of landfilling in India

Exploring opportunities for Fukuoka method of landfilling in India

The UN-HABITAT organized an exclusive webinar for municipal officials and waste experts on Japan’s highly successful Fukuoka Method of landfilling (details regarding the technology are given below), a semi-aerobic landfill disposal technology for solid waste,…

SDMC stops sending waste to Okhla landfill

Although the Okhla landfill had already exhausted its lifespan in 2010, 1,200 out of 3,500 tpd of waste collected in Delhi continued to go to the site, as now reported by the Hindustan Times. Now,…

Policy & others
NGT issued directive on establishment of Dehli WtE facility

NGT issued directive on establishment of Dehli WtE facility

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued a directive to the Delhi Government and civic bodies for submission of an action plan towards establishing a Waste-to-Energy plant and a landfill site in the city.…

Waste to Energy
Opposition against WtE and landfilling plans in Noida

Opposition against WtE and landfilling plans in Noida

According to Outlook India, the National Green Tribunal has directed a Noida-based association of homeowners to approach the Uttar Pradesh government and the NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) with its plea on the opposition…