Landfill

Solid Waste

Remove dump yard, get votes: Residents

1,500 families plan to back anyone promising clean air.

Publication Date:

10/04/2019

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Garbage, Landfill, Air Pollution, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

EDMC writes to DDA over landfill site

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) wrote to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday, calling upon it to allot plots of land at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran to the corporation to

Publication Date:

14/03/2019

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Solid Waste

Solid Waste

National Green Tribunal tells East corporation to sort out row over landfill site with DDA

NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to resolve disputes at the administrative level while disposing of a plea by the civic body seeking land t

Publication Date:

13/03/2019

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Landfill, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporation, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Garbage disposal plan gets Nema nod

Nairobi Metropolitan Service Improvement Project (NaMSIP) has obtained an environmental licence to build Mitumbiri Sanitary Landfill in the county, the High Court heard.

Publication Date:

13/03/2019

Source: Standard Media (Kenya)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Management, High Court, Kenya, Landfill, World Bank, Africa

Solid Waste

BMC's plan to get energy from waste delayed again

Although summer is yet to set in, city's largest landfill site at Deonar has experienced its first fire incident of this summer on Thursday.

Publication Date:

11/03/2019

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Garbage, Landfill, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Mumbai: Minor fire breaks out at Deonar landfill

A major fire broke out in February 2015, which was put out by firemen after a 10-day battle.

Publication Date:

08/03/2019

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Landfill, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding permission to set up Waste to Energy Plant at the Kuberpur landfill site at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 22/02/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C.

Judgement Date:

22/02/2019

Tags:

Waste To Energy, Landfill, Agra (T), Court, Supreme Court, Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttar Pradesh, Land Pollution

Solid Waste

Charting the future of city compost

To promote the market for city compost in India, the Government of India came out with a fixed subsidy under its policy on promotion for city compost. But this failed due to lack of implementation and has seen very dispersed stakeholder participation. There is clearly a demand for city compost in the agrarian sector in India, but the acceptability of the product has been marred by poor quality and low return of investment.

Publication Date:

Feb 2019

Source: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Tags:

Composting, Landfill, Urbanisation, India

Solid Waste

Charting the future of city compost

To promote the market for city compost in India, the Government of India came out with a fixed subsidy under its policy on promotion for city compost. But this failed due to lack of implementation and has seen very dispersed stakeholder participation. There is clearly a demand for city compost in the agrarian sector in India, but the acceptability of the product has been marred by poor quality and low return of investment.

Publication Date:

Feb 2019

Source: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Tags:

Composting, Landfill, Urbanisation, India

Solid Waste

Black Soldier Fly biowaste treatment – Assessment of global warming potential

Cities of low and middle-income countries face severe challenges in managing the increasing amount of waste produced, especially the organic fraction.

Publication Date:

01/02/2019

Author(s): Adeline Mertenat, Stefan Diener, Christian Zurbrügg

Source: Waste Management

Vol:

84

pp:

173-181

Tags:

Waste Management, Indonesia, Composting, Landfill, Bio-Remediation, Landfill Gas, Green House Gases, Methane, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Dioxide