Tag: Municipal Corporation of Gurugram

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Gurugram to redevelop secondary waste dumping points

Gurugram to redevelop secondary waste dumping points

The Gurugram Municipal Corporation (MCG) has decided to redevelop 32 designated secondary waste dumping points throughout the city to ensure that only segregated waste is dumped there. According to officials, the civic body will also…

Sorting/MBT
MCG involves citizens in monitoring MRF operations

MCG involves citizens in monitoring MRF operations

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has formed a five-member team of officials and residents to monitor waste operations at defunct material recovery facilities (MRFs) at Ullawas village in Sector 61. MCG officials said they…

Landfilling
No more waste dumping at Bandhwari from Feb 2023?

No more waste dumping at Bandhwari from Feb 2023?

Gurugram officials have agreed that starting February 1, 2023, no additional waste will be dumped at the Bandhwari landfill. The decision was made during a high-level discussion with representatives from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram…

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Gurugram to fine residents who fail to segregate

Gurugram to fine residents who fail to segregate

Starting October 20, the Gurugram Municipal Corporation will conduct random inspections to identify residents who hand over mixed waste to sanitation workers. A fine of Rs 500 will be imposed on the spot. Despite repeated…

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Gurugram: 100% door-to-door waste collection achieved

Gurugram: 100% door-to-door waste collection achieved

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has claimed that 100 percent door-to-door waste collection has been achieved in the city, with 70 percent of waste being segregated at the source. The MCG has also reported…

Waste to Energy
MCG demands WtE status report from Ecogreen

MCG demands WtE status report from Ecogreen

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has asked its waste concessionaire, Ecogreen, to present a status report on its progress on the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Bandhwari landfill site. The local body has requested…

Recycling
New MRF inaugurated in Gurugram

New MRF inaugurated in Gurugram

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has recently inaugurated an MRF in Badshahpur, Haryana. Waste management company Ecogreen Energy will operate the facility, which can recycle multiple waste streams including plastic, glass and metal, according to…

Landfilling
Haryana investigates selection of Bandhwari contractors

Haryana investigates selection of Bandhwari contractors

Haryana’s Urban Local Bodies department has formed a five-member committee to investigate the selection of contractors for legacy waste processing at the Bandhwari landfill site. The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram was recently ordered by the…

Landfilling
Gurgaon steps up efforts to clear Bandhwari landfill

Gurgaon steps up efforts to clear Bandhwari landfill

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon is preparing to speed up the clearing and processing of four lakh tonnes of waste from the Bandhwari landfill site. The officials said that MCG has floated two tenders so…

Waste to Energy
RDF from Bandhwari to be sent to Sonipat WtE plant

RDF from Bandhwari to be sent to Sonipat WtE plant

Starting next month, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will transport refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Bandhwari landfill to the waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Sonipat. This is being done to clear space for setting up…

Waste to Energy
Land cleared for WtE expansion in Bandhwari

Land cleared for WtE expansion in Bandhwari

Six acres of land have been cleared for the construction of a WtE plant expansion at the Bandhwari landfill site, according to a report by Hindustan Times. The remaining four acres are due to be…

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Gurugram to have three new MRFs

Gurugram to have three new MRFs

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to develop material recovery facilities (MRFs) for segregating waste. Currently, all the waste is taken to a secondary collection centre before being transported to the Bhandwari landfill.…

Waste to Energy
Progress on Bhandwari WtE project

Progress on Bhandwari WtE project

The municipal corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has asked concessionaire Ecogreen to submit its plan for reclamation of land for the Bhandwari landfill site in order to build a waste to energy (WtE) plant at the…

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Gurugram launches ‘Tri-Bin Selfie’ campaign

Gurugram launches ‘Tri-Bin Selfie’ campaign

In a bid to make the residents of Gurugram aware of the importance of segregating dry, wet, and hazardous wastes at the source, the municipal corporation has come up with an innovative way of providing…

Policy & others
Gurugram’s new COVID-waste pick-up plan

Gurugram’s new COVID-waste pick-up plan

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has drawn up a zone-wise schedule for the collection of bio-medical waste by its appointed agency, Biotic. Henceforth, the agency’s workers will collect waste from the patient’s homes on designated…

Landfilling
Gurugram, Faridabad civic bodies drop idea of creating new landfill

Gurugram, Faridabad civic bodies drop idea of creating new landfill

A proposal to create a 30-acre dumpsite in Faridabad’s Pali Mohbtabad village to divert fresh waste away from the Bandhwari landfill, has been scrapped by the municipal corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad. The Hindustan Times…

Waste to Energy
NGT rules in favour of Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy facility

NGT rules in favour of Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy facility

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down an appeal challenging the environmental clearance given to the Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Gurugram. The NGT has refused to interfere with the Environment Ministry’s clearance for…

Waste to Energy
Bandhwari WtE plant to be re-opened soon

Bandhwari WtE plant to be re-opened soon

The WtE plant at Bandhwari, Indian state of Haryana, is supposedly going to re-open during the next week, after it had been shut down for four years. This has been reassured by the Municipal Corporation…