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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in Gujarat, 09/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Gujarat) dated 09/04/2019.

Judgement Date: 
09/04/2019
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Health Effects, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Plastics, Hospital Waste, Composting, Hazardous Waste
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding status of compliance of orders of the NGT on the subject of solid waste management, 02/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 606/2018 Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of West Bengal) dated 02/04/2019 regarding status of compliance of orders of the NGT on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues.

Some of the directions given by NGT are the following:

Judgement Date: 
02/04/2019
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Hospital Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Plastics, Hazardous Waste, Health Effects
Hazardous Waste

Gordhan: Radioactive leaks at Koeberg were 'negligible'

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station released radioactive waste into the environment in three separate incidents in 2014 and 2015, but the quantities were "negligible" and fell under the threshold that wo

Publication Date: 
02/04/2019
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Waste, Pollution, Toxic Wastes, Environment, South Africa, Africa
Water Pollution

Surface water quality up to standard after chemical plant blast

The quality of surface water near a site of a deadly blast has reached safe standards, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment spokesperson Liu Youbin said Thursday.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
China Daily
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, China, Surface Water, Chemical Industry, Industrial Disasters, Environment, Hazardous Waste, Asia
Hazardous Waste

Solving the e-waste challenge requires global action

An international team of experts have highlighted the urgent need for global cooperation to reform the e-waste recycling industry and counteract the harm it poses to both human health and environme

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
PHYS
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Global, Health Effects, Environment, Waste Management
Hazardous Waste

Fukushima contaminants found as far north as Alaska's Bering Strait

Radioactive contamination from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists

Publication Date: 
28/03/2019
Reuters
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Toxic Wastes, Japan, Nuclear Wastes, Radioactive Waste, Alaska
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated hazardous chemicals in open drains, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 27/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Murarilal Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 27/03/2019 regarding M/s V.K. Plastic Enterprise in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh carrying out recycling/processing of hazardous chemical waste from Delhi and discharging untreated hazardous chemicals in open drains.

Judgement Date: 
27/03/2019
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Ghaziabad (T), Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Hazardous Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

International regulations designed to limit the environmental impact of electronic waste could be making the problem worse, experts in Southeast Asia say.

Publication Date: 
27/03/2019
Eco Business
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Environment, Illegal Trade, Thailand, Asia, Environment Crime, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom (UK), Toxic Wastes
Hazardous Waste

Cameroon: Electronic Waste Management - Multibillion Recycling Center Opens in Yaounde

Cameroon currently hosts the first electronic waste collection point in Central Africa.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Cameroon, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, Africa
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air and water pollution caused by illegal scrap business, Mayapuri, Delhi, 11/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in “The Times of India” Authored by Paras Singh titled “Ignoring NGT orders, Mayapuri ‘graveyard’ spews toxic fumes” And News item published in "The Times of India" Authored by Paras Singh Titled "In factory setting, Mayapuri’s scraping through" dated 11/03/2019.

Judgement Date: 
15/03/2019
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Water Pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects

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