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Order of the Madras High Court regarding use of plastics by food manufacturers to pack their products in packages, 12/08/2022

Order of the Madras High Court (Review Application No. 89 of 2019) regarding use of plastics by food manufacturers to  pack their products in packages.

Judgement Date: 
12/08/2022
Tags:
Plastics, High Court, Tamil Nadu, Hazardous Waste, Health Effects, Food Process Industry, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

Report by UPPCB on water pollution by tanneries, Jajmau and pollution due to chromium dumps at Rania, Kanpur Dehat and Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 30/07/2022

Report by UPPCB IN OA NO. 985 of 2019 with O.A. No. 986 of 2019 (In Re Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh WITH In Re Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh).
 
There is no sewerage network in Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh where all the tannery units are situated. Thus, untreated domestic sewage generated from Jajmau area also gets mixed with industrial effluent that goes through the conveyance channel into CETP.
Judgement Date: 
30/07/2022
Tags:
Leather Industry, Kanpur (D), Hazardous Waste, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, Groundwater Pollution, Ganga, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttar Pradesh, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Hazardous Waste

Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide notification dated 21st July, 2022 has issued the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2022
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, India, Waste Recycling
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding bio-medical waste management in Madhya Pradesh, 12/07/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dharmaendra Gayakwad & Others Vs MP IDC Ltd. & Others dated 12/07/2022.

A joint committee report found a huge gap among quantity of generation, quantity of collection and the quantity of waste disposal including variations with the figures uploaded on the website by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board. Also, the existing facilities were working below capacity (on average about 30 % of capacity).

Judgement Date: 
12/07/2022
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Management, Waste Disposal
Industry

Report by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regarding chromium waste destroying agriculture in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, 10/06/2022

Report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regarding chromium waste destroying agriculture in Ranipet and affecting health.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Joint committee report on Dahej industrial area, 10/06/2022

Joint committee report on Dahej industrial area in the matter of Aryavart Foundation Vs Hemani Industries Ltd. & Others in compliance to the NGT order, February 2, 2022.

The matter related to wastewater management by the industries and Gujarat Infrastructure Development Corporation (GIDC) in the Dahej industrial area.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, Groundwater Pollution, Land Pollution, Gujarat, Compensation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Hazardous Waste, Waste Incineration
Hazardous Waste

Report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regarding implementation of the notification banning single use plastics, 10/06/2022

Report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regarding implementation of the notification issued by the state of Tamil Nadu banning single use plastics within the state.

The units which were manufacturing throw away plastics illegally were being identified during regular inspection and monitoring process and also brought to the knowledge of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. Directions for closure and disconnection of power supply were issued to 117 industries who were involved in the manufacture of banned plastic from January 2019 to October 2021.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Plastics, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hazardous Waste
Industry

Joint committee report regarding gas leak at industrial area in Surat, Gujarat, 31/05/2022

Report of Joint Committee in compliance of National Green Tribunal order, in the matter of OA No. 05 of 2022 regarding gas leak at industrial area in Surat, Gujarat.

Judgement Date: 
31/05/2022
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Hazardous Waste, Surat (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation, Industrial Pollution
Industry

CPCB report on chromium contaminated area at Ranipet, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 28/05/2022

Report of the CPCB in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) order, May 17, 2022 in OA No. 186/2020.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2022
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Vellore (D), Hazardous Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bio-Remediation, Land Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Health Effects, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Tamil Nadu
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, 23/05/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences & Hospital (ASCOMS) Vs Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Board & Others dated 23/05/2022.

Judgement Date: 
23/05/2022
Tags:
Health Care, Hospital Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Jammu & Kashmir

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