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Chemicals, wastes and climate change: interlinkages and potential for coordinated action

A new report produced by the UN Secretariats of the Basel, Minamata, Rotterdam, & Stockholm conventions maps the interlinkages between hazardous chemicals, wastes and climate change, which combine to impact on efforts to conserve and restore nature.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2021
UN Secretariats of the Basel, Minamata, Rotterdam, & Stockholm conventions
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Climate Change, Waste Management, Green House Gases, UNFCCC
Industry

Joint inspection report on GAIL India and ONGC units in Andhra Pradesh, 12/04/2021

Joint inspection report of Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, Chennai in pursuance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, September 8, 2020 in the matter of Venkatapathi Raja Yenumala Vs Union of India & Others). An application was filed before the NGT, Southern Bench, alleging air, sound, soil and water pollution caused on account of activities by M/s GAIL India Ltd and M/s ONGC units in Andhra Pradesh along the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin located in East Godavari and West Godavari districts.

Judgement Date: 
12/04/2021
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), GAIL (India) Limited, East Godavari, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hazardous Waste, Environment Management, Air Pollution Control, Industrial Waste
Hazardous Waste

Neglected: environmental justice impacts of marine litter and plastic pollution

Public understanding of plastic pollution has risen consid­erably in the last couple of years. Far less understood is the broader context in which this pollution exists, and of the full extent of its impacts.

Publication Date: 
07/04/2021
UNEP
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Plastics, Pollution, Waste Recycling, Waste Incineration, Environment, Coronavirus, India, Global
Environment

Options to incorporate circular economy provisions in regional trade agreements

This report explores ways in which trade policy can further support a transition to a more circular economy using regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a vehicle.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2021
Christophe Bellmann, Malena Sell
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Economy, Waste Management, Hazardous Waste, Trade
Industry

Final report by PPCB on management of scrap at Mandi Gobindgarh, district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 01/04/2021

Final report by the Punjab Pollution Control Board in the Original Application No. 924 of 2019 in the matter of Neeraj Goyal Vs State of Punjab dated 01/04/2021.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had taken cognizance of a complaint made by Neeraj Goyal regarding air pollution caused by burning of plastic, rubber and insulated copper coils attached with the scrap at Mandi Gobindgarh, district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.

Judgement Date: 
01/04/2021
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Recycling, Hazardous Waste Regulations, Fatehgarh Sahib (D), Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Waste, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Coal
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding biomedical waste management, 19/03/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published on 01.07.2020 in the local daily named “The Hindu” titled “Ramky Group accused of dumping biomedical waste in the open in Hosur” dated 19/03/2021.

Judgement Date: 
19/03/2021
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Hospital Waste, Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Coronavirus, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding direction of GPCB on Virat Alloys, 18/03/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Virat Alloys (P) Ltd. Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board dated 18/03/2021.

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2021
Tags:
Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Gujarat
Solid Waste

Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the twenty firth report ((Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on the subject ‘Solid Waste Management including Hazardous Waste, Medical Waste and E-Waste’

This Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2020-21) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject, ‘Solid Waste Management including Hazardous waste, Medical waste and E-waste’ of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs which w

Publication Date: 
17/03/2021
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Hazardous Waste, Hospital Waste, Electronic Waste, India, Parliament
Water Pollution

Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board report on steps taken to control river pollution, 24/02/2021

Monthly progress report by the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board for the month of January 2021 in the matter of Original Application No. 673 of 2018 in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order, September 24, 2020.

The matter relates to steps taken by the state of Chhattisgarh to control river pollution.

Judgement Date: 
24/02/2021
Tags:
River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Hazardous Waste, Hospital Waste, Municipal Solid Waste, Water Harvesting, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste Treatment
Hazardous Waste

Order of the High Court of Kerala regarding ban on the use of compostable plastic, 16/02/2021

Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Vasundhara Menon & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/02/2021.

The matter related to ban on the use of compostable plastic in Kerala.

Judgement Date: 
16/02/2021
Tags:
Plastics, Kerala, High Court, Biodegradable Waste

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