Tag: Uttarakhand

E-Waste
Plans for LIB and e-waste recycling plant in Uttarakhand

Plans for LIB and e-waste recycling plant in Uttarakhand

The Technology Development Board (TDB) and start-up Remine India are collaborating to construct a commercial LIB recycling plant in the SIIDCUL industrial area of Sitarganj, Uttarakhand. The plant is also supposed to recycle e-waste. According…

Plastic
New PRF in Haridwar to be commissioned

New PRF in Haridwar to be commissioned

As of 2 December 2023, the new PRF in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, is scheduled to start operations in 2 weeks. According to the source, the government has provided an INR 2.95 million (EUR 33,000) investment for…

Biogas
GAIL to build new AD plant at Sarai village landfill

GAIL to build new AD plant at Sarai village landfill

Gas company GAIL India Limited and the Municipality of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, have plans to develop an AD plant at the site of a landfill in Sarai village. Plans for the plant provide to treat 120…

Waste to Energy
Sheeshambada RDF project against NGT guidelines

Sheeshambada RDF project against NGT guidelines

The proposed RDF project in Sheeshambada in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, is reportedly inconsistent with the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As further stated in the source, plant developer RE Sustainability (RE), former Ramky Enviro,…

Blog
Five Things to Know About Waste Management in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand

Five Things to Know About Waste Management in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand

We are in the midst of a waste crisis. As is widely known, Ramky Enterprises (now known as ReSustainability) was managing the Shishambara waste management plant in the Selaqui area. They have decided to pack…

Recycling
Dehradun seeks new waste plant operator and waste manager

Dehradun seeks new waste plant operator and waste manager

A tender seeking a new plant operator, replacing Re Sustainability Limited (RE) (formerly known as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited) was due to open on 13 September 2022. The tender was floated by Municipal Corporation of…

News
NGT to Uttarakhand: No untreated waste to be discharged into Ganges

NGT to Uttarakhand: No untreated waste to be discharged into Ganges

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttarakhand chief secretary to investigate a complaint claiming untreated waste dumping into the Ganga in Rishikesh and take appropriate measures for the state’s sewage treatment plants. The…

Biogas
Biogas plant to be set up in Dehradun

Biogas plant to be set up in Dehradun

The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), Uttarakhand, is currently planning to set up a new agricultural biogas plant in the city. The MCD is in talks with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), according…

Policy & others
HP and Uttarakhand claim 100% door to door waste collection

HP and Uttarakhand claim 100% door to door waste collection

Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have achieved 100 per cent door-to-door collection of solid waste, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has said. The Ministry said that both states shared the details in a review meeting…

Mixed Waste
Uttarakhand to begin legacy waste disposal

Uttarakhand to begin legacy waste disposal

The Uttarakhand government has set a one-year deadline to dispose of around 28 lakh metric tonnes of ‘legacy waste’ that has been piling up over 20 years. The state government is planning to treat the…

Waste to Energy
Uttarakhand to build six WtE plants

Uttarakhand to build six WtE plants

The Uttarakhand government has announced plans to set up six new plants to generate electricity from solid waste. Madan Kaushik, minister for urban development in the state has asked officials to make a detailed plan…

Policy & others
Uttarakhand releases funds for SWM programmes

Uttarakhand releases funds for SWM programmes

The Uttarakhand government has released Rs 9.24 crore for solid waste management programmes in different parts of the state. The amount will reportedly be used by the urban local bodies for establishing or further improving…

Landfilling
Uttarakhand responds to NGT over unscientific waste dumping

Uttarakhand responds to NGT over unscientific waste dumping

The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has filed its report with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a waste disposal dump yard set up on the bank of the  Khoh river in Ratanpur village…

Biogas
New biogas plant in Haridwar by 2021

New biogas plant in Haridwar by 2021

As reported by The Daily Pioneer, a new biogas plant running on solid waste and manure has been proposed in the city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Municipal Corporation of Haridwar and Indian Oil Corporation Limited…

Uttarakhand state government orders stop of RDF project

According to The Times of India, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand has ordered to stop works on a waste management site to be located in Shishambara, near Dehradun. The waste site is planned to include…

Developer found for Shishambara RDF plant

According to The Times of India, the planned Shishambara waste and RDF plant near Dehradun, Uttarakhand, which was planned to be realised under a public private partnership (PPP) scheme, has finally found a developer. As…