Landfill

Battle still rages between landfill site and residents

DURBAN - A legal battle rages on between waste management company EnviroServ and the civil group Upper Highway Air (UHA) over the operations at the controversial Shongweni landfill site.

Publication Date:

24/04/2017

Source: IOL (South Africa)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Garbage, Landfill, South Africa, Conflicts, Health Effects, Child Health, Africa

Solid Waste

Fire halts garbage dumping

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has stopped dumping of waste at the Uruli Phursungi garbage depot, where a fire has been raging since Friday night.

Publication Date:

17/04/2017

Source: Times Of India (Pune)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Waste Disposal, Pune (T), Landfill, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

BMC’s 2015 affidavit had estimated waste generation to go up to 15,000 mt by

2019: Dumping grounds see drop in quantity of waste

Publication Date:

17/04/2017

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Landfill, Mumbai, Waste Disposal, Waste Management, High Court, Solid Waste

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cleaning and rejuvenating river Ganga, 11/04/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/04/2017 regarding cleaning and rejuvenating river Ganga.

In futherance to NGT Order of 30th March, 2017 senior officers from the Ministries, State of Uttar Pradesh and other stakeholders including Central Pollution Control Board held a meeting. Some of the decisions taken were:

Judgement Date:

11/04/2017

Tags:

Ganga, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Leather Industry, Kanpur (D), Landfill, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sewage Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Solid Waste

Implementation of policy on promotion of city compost: Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2016-17)

In view of slow progress made in implementation of the policy, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers has recommended the government to rev

Publication Date:

10/04/2017

Source: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Composting, Landfill, Waste Management, Urbanisation, India, Farmers, Urban Environment, Chemical Fertilisers, Agriculture, Parliament

Solid Waste

EnviroServ reined in over harmful gases

The Department of Environmental Affairs has suspended EnviroServ Waste Management’s licence to accept, treat and dispose of waste at the Shongweni landfill site in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, because

Publication Date:

07/04/2017

Source: Business Day (South Africa)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Landfill, Air Pollution, Health Effects, South Africa, Environment, Africa

Solid Waste

EnviroServ considering court action amid pending Shongweni landfill shutdown

Controversial Durban landfill will be closed by Friday Controversial Durban landfill will be closed by Friday

Publication Date:

06/04/2017

Source: Times Live (South Africa)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Landfill, Waste Management, South Africa, Africa, Court

Solid Waste

Controversial Durban landfill will be closed by Friday

"The Department of Environmental Affairs has‚ today 04 April 2017‚ suspended acceptance‚ treatment and disposal of waste at the EnviroServ Waste Management (PTY) Ltd Shongweni Landfill Site in eThe

Publication Date:

05/04/2017

Source: Times Live (South Africa)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Garbage, Landfill, South Africa, Health Effects, Environment, Africa

Solid Waste

Villagers demand closure of dumpsite after mass cattle deaths

Furious residents of rural Moyeni village outside Libode are demanding the immediate closure of a municipal dumpsite‚ claiming their cattle were dying in large numbers from swallowing discarded pla

Publication Date:

05/04/2017

Source: Times Live (South Africa)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Landfill, Waste Management, Garbage, South Africa, Cattle, Livestock

Solid Waste