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Waste disposal sites across Jordan pose serious risks to the environment and to public health if not managed safely. Municipal waste decomposing in open landfills also takes an environmental and socio-economic toll on neighbouring communities.

Indian city authorities have traditionally practised centralized management of municipal solid waste (MSW) to institute circularity for maximum resource recovery. Nearly half of our waste is organic and thus biodegradable. If not segregated and appropriately managed, this organic waste can contaminate air, water, and soil.

District Environment Management Plan by Puducherry in OA No. 360 of 2018 in the matter of Shree Nath Sharma Vs Union of India & Others).

The report ‘Addressing Single-use plastic products pollution, using a life cycle approach’ has been released by UNEP, just ahead of UNEA5. The report summarizes the key conclusions on the environmental performance of eight different single-use plastic products compared to their alternatives.

Joint Committee report as per the National Green Tribunal (SZ), Chennai order, 21/05/201 regarding dumping of waste along Tambaram-Maduravoil by-pass road starting from Irumbuliyur to Maduravoil and upto GNT road junction. During inspection, no bio medical waste was found dumped along roadside in the Tambaram Maduravoyal by-pass road from Tambaram to Madhavaram.

7th report of the Monitoring Committee constituted by the orders of the National Green Tribunal in OA No. 606 of 2018 in the matter of the compliance of the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2016 for the state of Haryana and union territory Chandigarh, submitted June 23, 2021.

The purpose of this policy brief is to analyze the current situation in e-waste management in Asia and the Pacific and suggest appropriate policy options in the context of a specific set of challenges faced by the region.

Report filed by the Greater Chennai Corporation in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion - Suo Motu based on the news item published in Dinamalar Newspaper, April 7, 2021 " Will garbage bin be installed' Vs Department of Environment & Forests, Tamil Nadu & Others dated 15/06/2021.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tanaji Balasaheb Gambhire Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/06/2021.

Report submitted to the National Green Tribunal by Pallavapuram Municipality, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on the matter of sewage dumped into Putheri lake in Pallavapuram.

The report said that the pumping/lifting station has been upgraded and the provision of a generator would ensure that the lifting station would function even during the times of power failure. During the monsoon season from October 2020 till date, the overflow of the same lifting station has not happened and the under ground sewerage schemes (UGSS) is now functioning without any overflow or leakages.

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