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Significant plastic accumulation on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia

For over 60 years, our oceans have been a reservoir for exponentially increasing amounts of plastic waste.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2019
J. L. Lavers, L. Dicks, M. R. Dicks & et al
Scientific Reports
9
7102
1-9
Tags:
Plastics, Marine Pollution, Australia, Islands, Marine Ecosystems, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal
Hazardous Waste

Half of all hazardous waste in Telangana ends up in landfills

This means as much as half of the trash generated by more than 2,500 hazardous-waste-generating industrial units in the State gets buried in landfills.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2019
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Landfill, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Management, Hazardous Waste
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding solid waste management and allied issues, Manipur, 03/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Manipur) dated 03/05/2019 regarding solid waste management and allied issues in Manipur.

Judgement Date: 
03/05/2019
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Manipur, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Plastics, Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste

Guidelines for identification of materials generated from industrial processes as wastes or by-products

This document is in compliance with the orders dated 12/04/2019 of the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, in the matter of Original Application No. 804/2017: Rajiv Narayan & Anr.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
CPCB
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Waste, India, Waste Recycling
Environment

UN conference to consider plan to minimize plastic waste

GENEVA: Over 180 countries have opened a UN-backed conference on waste and hazardous chemicals amid hopes it could produce a sweeping agreement toward minimizing generation of plastic waste, which

Publication Date: 
30/04/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Hazardous Waste, Environmental Security, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding compliance of Bio-Medical Waste Rules 2016 in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, 29/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life Vs Delhi Pollution Control Committee & Others dated 29/04/2019 regarding compliance of Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
29/04/2019
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Legislation, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding closure of TSDF established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers, Karnataka, 22/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T. M. Umashankar & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding direction for closure of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
24/04/2019
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Karnataka, High Court, Supreme Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Clearance (EC)
Solid Waste

Status report filed by the state of Madhya Pradesh in compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, 12/04/2019

Status report filed by the state of Madhya Pradesh, 12/04/2019 in compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Judgement Date: 
12/04/2019
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste, Landfill
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding non-compliance of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016, 12/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Narayan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/04/2019 regarding non-compliance of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

Judgement Date: 
12/04/2019
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Hospital Waste, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding status of compliance of orders of the Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues, Goa, 10/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Goa) dated 10/04/2019 regarding status of compliance of orders of the Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues (mining, air pollution) in the State of Goa.

Judgement Date: 
10/04/2019
Tags:
Solid Waste, Air Pollution, Mining, Goa, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects, Hospital Waste, Plastics, Hazardous Waste

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