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More information has been shared on the AD project in Mumbai, which was proposed by Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The MoU has been signed by the partners. The future facility…
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Antony Waste Handling Cell Limited declared that its wholly owned subsidiary AG Enviro Infra Projects Private Limited has received a contract for Rs 1024 crore for the collection, transportation, processing, and disposal of construction and…
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A WtE plant is currently being set up at the Deonar landfill in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As further reported, the 360 tpd facility is being set up by Waste Management Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Re…
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The Maharashtra government in India has decided to partially roll back its plastic ban policy, allowing all single-use items made of compostable plastic and bags made of polypropylene of not less than 60 grams per…
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A methane cloud can be seen near a Mumbai waste facility in a recent high-resolution satellite image that was captured recently. The image is the second in a series of unique observations from emissions monitoring…
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The Mumbai civic body has sent 9,400 plaster of Paris (POP) Ganpati idols that were left on the seashore after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for recycling. This is the first time that the civic organization…
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To prevent waste from being thrown into the Mithi River, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local groups to raise awareness among people who live along the river’s banks,…
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Mumbai’s first electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging station, which will run on energy produced from wet waste, has been integrated. The factory, which can handle 2,000 kg of wet garbage per day, has been built on…
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A Mumbai-based start-up is developing waste management solutions for the City of Mumbai, Maharashtra, according to a report by The Times of India. The solutions are aimed at bio and medical waste as well as…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is implementing a pilot project for 100% segregation at source in the suburb of Andheri West. Self-help groups will be involved in sorting and reusing of dry waste,…
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The proposal for the Deonar WtE plant in Mumbai, Maharashtra, has been accepted by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), according to Hindustan Times. Currently, the plans are being reviewed by the state-level expert…
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Japan-based trading and investment company Mitsui & Co has announced its intention to invest INR 300 million (EUR 3.4 million) in Mumbai-based Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL), according to a news from The…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) to supervise the construction of Mumbai’s first waste to energy (WtE) plant at Deonar. The consultant will be responsible for approving the…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has inaugurated its fourth Swachhta Kendra, or Material Recovery Facilities, in Worli (G-South ward) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). The MRF…
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Following Cyclone Tauktae earlier this week, heaps of garbage have been reported on the beaches of Mumbai. Some reports suggest that civic body workers removed garbage weighing 62,010 kg from a total of seven beaches…
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There have been over 200 COVID-related deaths in the Mumbai civic body since March last year, with most of the deceased belonging to the Solid Waste Management department. A total of 46 SWM department employees…
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The ongoing spurt in COVID-19 cases has led to a massive jump in medical waste generation, as per data shared by the Mumbai civic body (BMC). As per the data, the city has already generated…
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With a 104 percent increase in Covid-19 and associated biomedical waste generated in Mumbai over the past three months, the city’s waste incineration unit has run out of storage space at their one-acre plant in Deonar. Private…
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The Central Railway’s (CR) cleaning department has revealed that Mumbaikars dumped over 2000 truckloads additional garbage on local train tracks compared to the corresponding period last year. Between March 23 to June 23 this year,…
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The National Productivity Council (NPC) has released its assessment of plastic pollution by NPC in 4 cities – Prayagraj (Allahabad), Agra, Haridwar and Mumbai. As per the NPCs data collated from 46 centres in Mumbai…
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Mumbai has got a zero star rating in the Swachh Survey 2020 results announced on Tuesday. By contrast, Navi Mumbai was awarded a “five-star garbage-free city” rating, the only one in the state to get…
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Seven years after the introduction of Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan, Mumbai’s civic authorities have finally decided to evaluate the garbage collection system in slum areas. MidDay reports that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will take…
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Mumbai-based Indian chemicals company Tata Chemicals Ltd. has announced plans to set up a facility to recycle used lithium-ion batteries near Mumbai. At the proposed location, the company currently runs lithium-ion battery recycling operation at…
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A tender by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for several MRFs in Mumbai has only been partly successful. Contractors have not applied to set up plants in the western and eastern suburbs of the city,…
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According to DNA India, the WtE facility in Deonar has faced another delay. After ecoprog reported in February that the facility has extended the bidding deadline by another month, it has now been postponed until…
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Construction works on a new construction and demolition waste processing site in Mulund, Mumbai, will commence in June 2019, as The Times of India reported. INR 4.5 crores have been allocated for this project. Two…
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Construction works for a new 600 tpd construction and demolition waste recycling facility at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai have been scheduled to commence this year, as The Asian reports. Picture Credit: User:Petr K,…
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Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has identified eight locations to set up small-scale biomethane plants, capable of processing 2 to 10 tonnes of kitchen waste daily. The produced energy will primarily be used to power street…
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Western Railway (WR) has installed an AD plant at the Mumbai Central railway station, according to the Financial Express. Construction of the plant cost INR 5 million (EUR 63,865) and it has a capacity of…
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Plans proceed for building a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now carry out a geological survey for a landfill, as the Indian Express reported. The company…
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The Yasasu Green AD plant, a joint project of the Pali Hill Residents Association (PHRA), the Brihanamumbais Municipal Corporation and technology provider Yasasu EMS, has started operations in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Located in Pali Hill in…
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The governing civic body of Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), intends to build WtE plants at its waste management centres in the districts of Bandra, Kurla and Borivli, as reported by the Hindustan…
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According to the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCoGM), Maharashtra, the corporation is currently reviewing the Deonar WtE project due to a lack of bidders for the initial tender. He believes the…
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A new waste plant with an AD unit will be constructed at the central railway station in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The proposal worth INR 4.4 million (EUR 58,289) raised by Western Railway has already been approved…
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According to a media report, construction works at the planned Mumbai Deonar WtE plant are scheduled to start in 2017 and projected to last at least 3 years. As was reported by The Indian Express,…
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According to The Asian Age, costs for the proposed WtE plant close to Deonar, Mumbai, have been said to amount to about Rs 1,000 crore. Once built, the facility should produce 25 to 30 MW,…
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Periodic fires at the Deonar dumping site in Mumbai have led the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to propose a plan for the capture of methane gases generated at the 12.7-million ton landfill. As…
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Mumbai-based waste management and renewable energy company Mailhem Engineers and French Lhotellier Ikos Group have established a joint venture named Mailhem Ikos Environment Private Limited, as reported by the source. The new joint venture will…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is inviting international companies to submit proposals for three WtE facilities with a capacity of 1,000 metric tons per day each. Mumbai generates about 6,500 tons of waste per day…
