Aafrin Kidwai
The International Day of Zero Waste is being observed for the first today on March 30 and jointly facilitated by UNEP and UN-Habitat, aims to raise awareness of the importance of responsible consumption and production practices and urban waste management.…
Aafrin Kidwai
No Time To Waste (NTTW) is an initiative by SolidWasteIndia and Theistic Business Consultants towards bringing together all stakeholders in the waste management ecosystem on a common platform. Through a series of regional virtual roundtable…
Aafrin Kidwai
A new plastics recycling centre in Jammu will begin operations next month, according to Mr Hardeep Singh Mankotia – Chairman, Swacch Bharat Mission Standing Committee, Jammu Municipal Corporation. Speaking exclusively to SolidWasteIndia as part of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The third virtual roundtable of ‘No Time To Waste’, a series organized by SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, saw top government officials and ULBs in the southern states share their views on the…
Aafrin Kidwai
The second session of ‘No Time To Waste’, a series of virtual roundtables organized by SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, saw top government officials and ULBs in the northern states of Jammu and…
Aafrin Kidwai
SolidWasteIndia, in partnership with Theistic Business Consultants, is organizing a series of regional virtual roundtables with key public and private sector leaders to discuss some of the biggest challenges – and solutions to India’s waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
With the theme of ‘Moving towards a Circular Economy through innovative 3R approaches’, the CII’s digital Conference on Waste to Worth was inaugurated on Tuesday morning by Prof Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and H.E. Mr. Adam Burakowski,…
Aafrin Kidwai
Over the last four decades, Mr Prabhjot Sodhi has donned several hats in areas related to waste management, circular economy and climate change. Currently, as Senior Program Director at Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Mr…
Aafrin Kidwai
In October 2020, UAE-based Averda launched its India operations in Amritsar. The company is involved in waste collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant is also under construction. Averda hopes this will be…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is frequently in the news for its various waste management-related initiatives. Be it the controversy over its proposed Waste to Energy (WtE) projects, to a new agency dedicated to…
Aafrin Kidwai
In 2006, Ahmedabad-based Sandeep Patel launched his waste management business. By his own admission, the initial years were tough, but Sandeep persisted. Fifteen years later, Nepra Waste Management Pvt. Ltd. finds itself among India’s largest and most reputed dry…
Aafrin Kidwai
Jammu city is in the midst of upgrading its waste management system, including manpower training, infrastructure, and machinery. We spoke with Municipal Commissioner Ms Avny Lavasa for information on the civic body’s various efforts. Given…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unidentified people in connection with the fire at Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi that started on Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday. As the landfill fire…
Aafrin Kidwai
UP’s Meerut city has finally got its first Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Plant in-charge Saurabh Kumar Chaubey informed news agency ANI, “Entire garbage from city area is brought here, segregated and then treated for recycling.”…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Kanpur Municipal Corporation claims that it has cleared nearly 8 lakh cubic metres of legacy waste within a span of 10 months, starting January 2020. Massive amounts of waste had accumulated at its defunct…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The Indore Municipal Corporation has launched a new initiative called the Plastic Premier League to reduce plastic pollution during the festive season and make citizens aware of the harm that plastic can cause to the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Speaking on the occasion of the Swachchata Diwas, Minister of State – MoHUA, Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, underlined the importance paid to urban spaces by the Modi government. Mr Puri said the greatest success of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Swachhata Ke 6 Saal Bemisaal event on the occasion of sixth anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) on Gandhi Jayanti in New Delhi today is focussing on the experiences of various states and…
Aafrin Kidwai
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has employed 12 trommel machines to clear 2,400 tonnes of legacy waste at the Ghazipur landfill every day. East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir personally visited the site and shared a…
Aafrin Kidwai
Bengaluru’s Ward no. 104, Govindrajnagar became the first ward to implement the BBMP’s new model of segregated collection & transportation (C&T) of solid waste as wet, dry and sanitary. Covered vehicles with GPS and public…
Aafrin Kidwai
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has laid the foundation stone for one of Asia’s largest biomethanation plants at the Devguradia disposal site. To be built at a cost of ₹150cr under PPP mode,…
Aafrin Kidwai
MoHUA Minister Mr Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of Swacch Survekshan 2020 on August 20. Here are the results: Winning cities for Swacch Survekshan (Population more than one lakh): #1 – Indore (Madhya Pradesh),…
Aafrin Kidwai
Known as one of India’s finest experts on Solid Waste Management, Prof Brajesh Dubey, IIT Kharagpur, believes that the country’s waste management system can benefit immensely from homegrown technologies developed by Indian entrepreneurs. In an…
Aafrin Kidwai
Three people were injured after a portion of the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi collapsed following heavy rain on Thursday. A spokesperson of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, which manages the landfill, said three ragpickers who were…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a week-long garbage-free India campaign in the run up to Independence Day, called Gandagi Mukt Bharat. This week-long campaign for swachhata in the run-up to Independence Day will…
Aafrin Kidwai
Heaps of garbage along NOIDA’s roads and drains are drawing the ire of local residents and activists, who complain that Noida Authorities have failed to take action despite repeated complaints. Admittedly, scenes of garbage piled…
Aafrin Kidwai
Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. (REEL) is one of India’s largest full-service waste management companies. In the last 25 years, REEL has expanded its operations to include all types of waste – hazardous, municipal, bio-medical, construction,…
