Authorisation for 10 local bodies had expired nearly a year ago

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is about to take legal action against the 10 local bodies in the district, including Kochi Corporation, for their failure to renew their authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, for collection, segregation, transportation and suitable disposal of municipal waste.

Inaction renders garbage disposal by civic bodies ‘illegal'

Aluva municipality is among seven local bodies in Ernakulam district likely to face legal action for not renewing the authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 for segregation, transportation and suitable disposal of municipal waste.

SHILLONG: The State Government has decided to seek additional fund from the Centre to integrate waste to energy project in the sanitary landfill site at Marten, Mawiong.

“If the proposal of the State Government is approved, the State, which is going through a severe power crisis, can benefit a lot since the integration project would help in generating at least 4 megawatts of power,” Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh told The Shillong Times here on Friday.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to amend within six months the Solid Bio-Waste Management Plant Rules 2000 to deal with the problem of s

Even 11 years after the Supreme Court laid down guidelines for management of municipal solid waste (MSW Rules 2000), the GHMC is yet to start scientific disposal of garbage.

In a major environment-friendly move, the Delhi government will impose a blanket ban on usage and manufacturing of plastic bags in the next two months and those violating it could face imprisonment

Environment Minister J K Palemar has cautioned city municipal council (CMC) chief officials of stringent action for violating or failing to implement the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 and other regulations.