Tardy projects at Deonar, Mulund sites irk BMC

The civic administration, fed up with the delay in partial closure of the Deonar dumping ground and setting up of a methanisation plant at the Mulund dumping ground, is being forced to to consider cancelling the contracts of companies handling these sites. Most of the waste generated in the city ends up at the Deonar dumping ground. Officials say there has been an inordinate delay in scientific closure of the site.

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday warned that it would initiate contempt proceedings against the State government if it fails to devise an effective garbage disposal mechanism.

Hearing a PIL filed by advocate G R Mohan, seeking supercession of the BBMP for its failure to address the garbage disposal issue, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen reprimanded the State government for failing to abide by court directions on garbage disposal in Bangalore.

Daily Earning Dips To 100-200 As Okhla Project Uses Up 1,300 Tonnes

Will the Cuncolim Industrial Estate be finally rid of the 25,000 tons of Hazardous waste lying in the plot which once housed Ms Sunrise Zinc and is now occupied by Ms Axis Pvt Ltd?

This question has come to the fore as the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued directions to the Goa Industrial Development Corporation to set up a captive landfill site to dispose off the hazardous waste.

British regulators filed charges against the owners of the Sellafield nuclear waste site on Thursday on allegations of illegal dumping of radioactive waste, adding to the plant's history of controv

Heaps of burnt crackers, mithai boxes and wrappers added to the waste generated in the city on Diwali.

: With the prospects of transporting 25,000 tons of hazardous waste turning out a remote possibility, the Goa State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday has directed the Managing Director of Goa In

Waste-to-energy plants that are touted by the Government as the only solution to the city’s multiplying waste and shrinking waste dumps have taken away livelihood opportunities from a large number

One unit planned in each Assembly constituency
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will now take up bio-mining in the landfills, in a bid to pacify residents in the vicinity.

Bio-mining refers to clearing landfills by converting waste into compost, methane gas, bio-diesel and power. Addressing residents of Mandur village, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Monday that the Palike had held discussions with companies for the bio-mining project and all proposals had been submitted to the government for clearance.

Gujarat Produces 25,000 Tonnes Of Solid Waste Daily

Gandhinagar: Government and industry need to take pro-active measures to scale up solid waste treatment to derive alternate fuel, while looking for a substitute to landfill sites. This was decided by the members of union government’s Forum for Co-processing of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste at a meeting in the state capital on Monday.