Aafrin Kidwai
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…
Aafrin Kidwai
In its report to Parliament, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticised the Indian Railways’ (IR) waste management system in almost all sectors, including stations, coaching depots, maintenance and production units, and bio-medical waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
According to a poll conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s (MCG) solid waste management concessionaire Ecogreen, just 36% of families in the city separate their waste. In spite of the corporation starting source separation…
Aafrin Kidwai
A Coimbatore Councillor has offered residents who segregate a free trip to Ooty as a reward for their service. Launching a door-to-door campaign in Annur town panchayat, Mr Ranganathan, an independent councillor from Ward 12…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), which is the key agency responsible for the Sector V township, has announced several initiatives for improving waste management in Salt Lake City. This includes mapping of wet and…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will put up “thank you” notes on the doors of city residents who segregate waste at their home. On the other hand, ‘Request messages’ will be put up for those…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Niti Aayog has released policy guidelines to help promote behaviour change among stakeholders towards waste segregation at source (WSS). Titled Promoting Behavior Change for Supporting Waste Segregation at Source, these guidelines are intended for…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has floated tenders to procure seven lakh garbage bins. The bins will be distributed to over two lakh households belonging to the below the poverty line in the city.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has written to the state government seeking a special grant of Rs 250 crore for Mahadevapura and Byatarayanapura where the Palike plans to send the city’s mixed waste. In…
Aafrin Kidwai
Following the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Cabinet’s approval to the Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste (Management, Operation and Sanitation) Rules last week, it will soon be compulsory for households to segregate waste at source. Urban local bodies…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun issuing notices to housing societies and other bulk waste generators which are not segregating and treating waste at the source. During the lockdown, segregation had taken a back…
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A new waste sorting and segregation plant is to be set up by the Clean Kerala Company (CKC) in Kadakampally village, Kerala. The plant shall process non-biodegradable waste, in particular plastic waste, as reported by…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation (GCMC) has asked bulk waste generators to segregate biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste on their premises. Failure to do so by a fixed time limit will lead to a penalty. As…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has announced it will set up garbage transfer stations (GTS) in five locations at an estimated cost of Rs 15.4 crore. Recently, the civic body had deployed 25 CNG auto-rickshaws…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) has announced plans to increase user charges for waste collection from households and commercial establishments. The corporation has proposed to collect Rs 40 and Rs 60 per month from…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has announced it will no longer collect unsegregated waste from residents. The civic body has announced a move to opt for 100% door-to-door segregated waste collection based on the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Waste segregation at the source is being implemented in just 32% wards in the national capital — 94 out of 294 wards — according to the 2020-2021 Delhi economic survey. While all 22 wards under…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Nashik civic administration has said that solid waste management and scientific disposal of waste has improved in the city. Municipal commissioner Kailas Jadhav told The Times of India that segregation of dry and wet…
Aafrin Kidwai
The competition to earn higher rankings in Swacch Survekshan 2021 is heating up. Various municipalities are deploying different strategies to motivate residents to segregate waste-at-source. Here’s how two of them are dealing with the issue:…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has deployed “plug and key” units for dry waste segregation in the city. The new units installed on vehicles with different types of mesh attached with a conveyor belt will…
Aafrin Kidwai
A panel set up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the municipal corporation to fully implement the segregation of waste collected from door to door in Chandigarh by October 31, reports The Hindustan…
Aafrin Kidwai
Waste segregation at source (WSS) will be uniformly implemented in all 60-wards of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) from October 2. Following a pilot run, authorities have decided to go ahead with their plans. They will…
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In the wake of rapid urbanization and challenges in waste disposal plaguing several cities and upcoming urban centers across India, the Rajiv Gandhi institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS) in New Delhi organized an online panel…
Aafrin Kidwai
The latest guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) provide specifications on segregation of general solid waste and biomedical waste from quarantine centers/home-care/healthcare facilities treating COVID-19 patients. Recommendations are also provided on the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Segregation of COVID-19 biomedical waste from other biomedical waste is a must to avoid further spread of the infection and its adverse impact on public health, a bench of the National Green Tribunal headed by…
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…
