Aafrin Kidwai
The Noida and Greater Noida authorities in India have signed separate agreements with the National Thermal Power Corporation and Indo Environ Integrated Solutions to set up a mega waste-to-energy plant on 30 acres of land…
Aafrin Kidwai
Three months after the Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished, about 60 percent of the construction and demolition (C&D) waste has been removed from the site, even though the final day to collect the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Exactly one month after the demolition of the Supertech twin towers, the Noida authority met with Edifice Engineering to discuss the ongoing debris removal work. It instructed Edifice Engineering to remove the debris by November…
Aafrin Kidwai
Earlier this week, close to 30,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste was generated within 10 seconds of the demolition of Supertech twin towers in Noida. Hyderabad-based Re Sustainability has been given the responsibility to…
Aafrin Kidwai
An automatic compressed biogas (CBG) facility, the first in Noida, will be built in Sector 123 to dispose of 200 metric tonnes of wet waste daily. The factory, which will be developed in a public-private…
Aafrin Kidwai
Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu India Private Limited (MSTL)’s first government-approved ELV scrapping and recycling unit has been inaugurated in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The 10,993 sq m facility has a capacity to scrap and recycle over 24,000…
Aafrin Kidwai
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), HDFC Bank and the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) are setting up a material recovery facility (MRF) to manage up to 300 metric tonnes of dry waste in the city every month.…
Aafrin Kidwai
Determined to raise their scores in Swacch Survekshan 2021 (SS-21), various municipalities across the country are actively promoting their waste management efforts through various IEC (Information, Education, Communication) initiatives in the city and via social…
Aafrin Kidwai
Noida plans to discontinue the temporary dumping site in Sector 145 and replace it with the permanent landfill site in Dostpur Mangroli on Yamuna Pushta. The Noida Authority has identified the site which is located…
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In July 2019, Noida Authority announced new rules for waste segregation at source (WSS). Our Resident Welfare Association (RWA) at Grand Omaxe, Sector 93 took the Noida Authority’s WSS project seriously and strictly enforced segregation…
Aafrin Kidwai
Noida’s much-hyped waste segregation project launched last July has failed to make much headway, partly due to the Covid-19 outbreak – but also due to its own efficiencies. Almost a year ago, when the project…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Noida authority has identified a permanent landfill site in Dostpur Mangraui village, facing sectors 162 and 164 between the Yamuna checkdam and the DFCC corridor that is under construction. The project proposal has been…
Aafrin Kidwai
Uttar Pradesh’s first construction and demolition (C&D) waste management plant is finally functional in Noida’s Sector 80. The Times of India reports that the main machinery for the plant is yet to be imported while…
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Uflex Ltd., a packaging firm, has announced the investment of INR 5 crores in a pyrolysis plant at its site in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as well as in a plastics recycling facility. The pyrolysis plant,…
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A RDF production facility has been inaugurated in Sector 54 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, which can process 40 tonnes of waste every hour. As repored by The Times of India, the RDF produced will be…
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The RDF production facility in Noida, developed by Zigma Global Environ, will commence operations in December 2018, as The Times of India reported. The plant can process 40 to 50 tonnes of waste every hour.…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) has announced that the garbage of sector 54 will soon begin to be processed in a remediation plant, reported The Times of India. The plant uses bio-culture to…
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As ecoprog reported last week, the Noida 123 Sector WtE project has been brought to a halt, due to the Chief Minister’s intervention. He ordered the plant to be relocated to a site outside of…
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According to India Today, construction works for the controversial New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) WtE project in Sector 123 have been stopped by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. As a consequence of strong public…
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According to The Times of India, the controversial New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) WtE project in Sector 123, Uttar Pradesh, has entered the construction phase. Works began by constructing a landfill, which will be…
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New machinery converting MSW into RDF should end legal and health problems caused by waste dumping in Noida, according to the Hindustan Times. The Noida authority hired an agency using advanced machinery, which makes transportation…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida), Uttar Pradesh, is likely to open a tender for 4 projects including the planned WtE plant in Sector 123. According to Nyoooz, the authorities plan to enter the…
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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…
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The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) officials have announced that KPMG has been hired as a consultant towards seeking an environmental clearance (EC) for its proposed waste-to-energy plant in Noida, Northern India. According to…
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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…
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During the visit of the Chief Minister, Yogi Aditya Nath, to Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a delegation of residents presented their concerns about the proposed Waste-to-Energy plant by the Noida Authority in Sector 123. As reported…
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As reported earlier, Mahindra MSTC Recycling, a joint venture between steel services company Mahindra Intertrade and state-controlled MSTC Ltd, was planning to open a vehicle recycling plant. According to the joint venture, a collecting and…
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As reported by The Times of India, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Noida Authority to build and make functional a waste-to-energy plant in Sector 123 of Noida, state of Uttar Pradesh near New-Delhi,…
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According to government officials, around 15 private companies have already expressed their interest in the Noida WtE project. The local bodies already reviewed those applications until 7 October 2017 and are still in the process…
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New information has been revealed on the progress of the planned WtE plant at Astoli, near Noida, Uttar Pradesh region. On Moday, March 20th, 2017, Noida’s authorities started initiating a tender process for the selection…
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According to The Hindustan Times, the municipal authorities of Noida and Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, have received clearance by the responsible state-level environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) to set up a new waste disposal site…
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Authorities of the industrial town Noida, Uttar Pradesh, announced that they plan to set up a WtE plant in the city by 2016. Current plans provide for a 10 MW, 1,000 tpd facility. The bids…
