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The Union environment ministry has proposed to implement a countrywide ban on manufacture, use, sale, import and handling of some of the single-use plastic products by 2022. The ministry has issued a draft notification on…
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The burning of plastic waste is primarily responsible for haze and fog formation in northern India, including the national capital Delhi, according to a study led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras…
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The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to finalise the “Extended Producer Responsibility” (EPR) regime for plastic waste within three months saying that steps taken by it were “too slow”.…
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The Kerala government has allotted two acres of land at Kadungalloor for setting up a solid waste treatment plant. This is expected to contribute to the efficient disposal of plastic waste and waste generated from…
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The Guntur Municipal Corporation’s (GMC) project is running at least 100 of its vehicles including dumpers, tractors, mini compactors, and autos on synthetic fuel produced from plastic waste. The plant started production three months ago…
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New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has announced a decision that asphalt used in the repair or construction of roads will now have plastic waste as one of its constituents. The Telegraph reports that the…
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The Confederation of India Industry (CII) in association with Technology Development Board, GoI and supported by Swachh Bharat Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, GoI is organizing the International Conference and Exhibition on Waste…
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Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation for an end to single-use plastics in India, the government had acted with alacrity and announced a phasing out of such plastics by 2022. However, it has now backtracked…
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The Centre for Science and Environment has released a comprehensive background paper on plastic waste management in India. Titled Managing Plastic Waste in India: Challenges and Agenda, this is CSE’s first document aimed at understanding…
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In the AC (after corona) times, waste management systems across cities have borne the brunt, especially in developing countries where robust collection and processing systems are not streamlined. One area, which requires a lot of…
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Scientists from at least four Indian institutions are coming together to recycle the deluge of single-use plastics thrown up by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, Central Mechanical…
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A new report released by the The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ suggests that there is “an evidence-based, comprehensive, integrated, and economically attractivepathway to greatly reduce plastic pollution entering into the oceans.” “Breaking the Plastic…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate has issued its much-awaited Guideline Document on Uniform Framework for Extended Producers Responsibility under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. As per the document, the “primary responsibility for collection…
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Recykal, a digital technology company focussing on waste management, announced a partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) for Project Prithvi, a joint initiative for developing sustainable plastic…
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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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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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According to ChemFuels, the first waste processing plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has received approval from the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board. The investment for the project is INR 118 crores, and the produced RDF from the…
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According to Global Cemfuels, the city corporation of Tirupur has signed a supply agreement with ACC’s cement plant at Madukarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The agreement requires 30 tonnes of RDF to be supplied…
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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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A group of cement producers in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, have stopped using RDF from Bengaluru because of the high transportation costs, as Global Chemfuels reported. Although the cement producers do not pay for the RDF, they…
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Import licenses for plastic waste that will expire in November 2018 have not yet been renewed by the competent Indian authority. As of now, there are 35 licencesed companies that can import waste plastics in…
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The Pune Cantonment Board has re-adjusted its floated tender towards establishing a waste management plant for processing wet and dry waste, according to The Times of India. As earlier reported in 2016, the board floated…
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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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According to an official, 3 of 8 transfer stations proposed for the city are already operational across Gurugram. The 3 stations are located at DLF Phase-V, Atul Kataria Chowk and Beri Wala Bagh. They have…
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According to local news reports, the Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced the construction of three further RDF production facilities. The plants shall be implemented in Cacora, Bainguinim and Verna. As Global CemFuels reported,…
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According to local news reports, the Public Authorities of Goa have approved approx. USD 12 million to upgrade the RDF facility at Saligao, which shall allow for it to double its RDF production capacity. The…
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The housing and urban development department of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has started construction of a plastic waste treatment plant at a dumping yard in Bhuasuni, Odisha, according to Telegraph India. As further reported, another plastic treatment…
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According to The Economic Times, some obstacles in the area of Goods and Services Tax have caused a delay in the commissioning of the MBT projects to be developed at the Jaipur and New Delhi…
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One of the two landfills serving Dhaka city, the Matuail landfill, is expected to reach its full capacity in a few years, reported the Daily Star. The site is used by the Dhaka South City…
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According to Global CemFuel, UltraTech’s cement plant in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, will double its RDF intake from Tiruchirappalli (also known as Trichy). Changing an agreement from February 2018 to supply 30 tpy of RDF to…
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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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Two years ago, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Karnataka decided to convert 6 landfills into MBT plants in order to solve the local garbage crisis. These are located in Kannahalli, Seegehalli, Lingadheeranahalli, Subbarayanapalya,…
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The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has challenged the payment of tipping fees to the Jaypee garbage plant in a filed petition, as Tribune India reported. The Municipality (MC) stated that the payment is not part of…
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An already signed agreement between the Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation and Indian company IL&FS will see the supply of RDF from fresh dry waste for use as fuel input for the Ariyalur cement factory of Ultratech…
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The local Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh has paired with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to sell refuse-derived fuel (RDF) generated at the RDF plant in Dadu Majra. According to the report by Tribune India, the…
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The Shishambara solid waste management plant near Dehradun has formally begun operation. The facility includes composting, recycling, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) production as well as sanitary landfill (SLF), as The Times of India reported. The plant…
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In a meeting with the Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, it was decided that a waste-to-energy plant would be set up at the Sugarfed plant in Nakodar by March. According to Tribune India, this would…
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A new pilot project at the site of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru, for the treatment of MSW is planned to be installed, as The Strat Trade Times reported. The airport produces more than…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary Punjab, Karan Avtar Singh to effectively resolve the issue at the Ludhiana Refused Drive Fuel (RDF) production plant. This directive aims at ensuring that the…
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Even though the new RDF facility in Chandigarh, located right between the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, has officially begun operations, there still seems to be no buyer for the RDF produced there. The…
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Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation’s (KSIDC) will be allocated land to build solid waste and plastic recovery and recycling facilities, as reported by The Hindu. The facilities should be located near the KSIDC centres in…
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In a hearing at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi, the officials of 7 biomass and power plants have complained about the quality of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) prepared at the solid waste management…
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A few months after Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) had terminated its contract with the Jaypee Group, the operator of the local RDF plant, the firm nevertheless seems to be involved in a new WtE project…
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The Waste-to-Energy plant in the city of Panaji, Indian state of Goa, has increased its throughput remarkably over the first eleven months of operation. According to Nyoooz, the facility processes around 120 tpd of waste.…
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As was reported by Nyoooz, the local government of Tiruchi has decided for a company which is to carry out the new RDF project in Tiruchi, state of Tamil Nadu. The planned RDF facility should…
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The method of plastic pyrolysis as an energy source is gaining more and more recognition in India, as reported by Financial Express. As it offers an alternative to combustion and biogas plants, the new technology…
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The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has announced to restart operations of the currently defunct 400 tpd Nashik waste treatment facility, which includes RDF production and a composting line. Asreported by The Times of India, a…
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A citizen group in Bengaluru has submitted a petition over 375 pages, in order to convince the government to shut down the mixed waste processing plant in Kudlu. The plant, which is operated by the…
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The EUR 852,032 West Hill Recycling plant at the Industrial Estate area in Kozhikode, Kerala, was closed in October 2015 and now the civic body starts negotiations to restart the facility. This was reported by…
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According to Global Cem Fuels, India wants to increase the use of scrap plastic in cement kilns. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has proposed a roadmap for implementing the new rules. It also wants…
