Solid Waste

Almost 75 per cent sewage treatment plants in Maharashtra run without valid consents, reveals Maharashtra's State of Environment Report, 2007. The report, a public document released by Maharashtra

Publication Date:

14/08/2007

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070815

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Vehicular Pollution, Forests, Water Supply, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Maharashtra, Statistics, Toxic Wastes, River Pollution

Solid Waste

SC agrees to subsidise five waste to energy plants

On May 16, 2007, in a temporary relief, the Supreme Court permitted the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre) to subsidise five pilot waste-to-energy plants. The ministry is taking this

Publication Date:

29/06/2007

Author(s): Kushal P. S.

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Waste Treatment, Dioxin, Subsidies, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)

Solid Waste

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) is expected to spend almost Rs 500 crore to develop waste processing technologies and scientifically manage its dumpyards at Gorai, Deonar, Mulund

Publication Date:

30/05/2007

Author(s): Minti Jain

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Groundwater Pollution, Mangroves, Urban Sanitation, Garbage, Landfill, Waste Conversion, Waste Treatment, Information, Supreme Court, High Court, NGO, India, Mumbai

Solid Waste

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

on april 13, 2007, residents of Achen, a locality in Srinagar, and the municipal authorities agreed that three new dumpsites should be set up in three zones of the city, to supplement the

Publication Date:

14/05/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Land Pollution, Health Effects, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Conflicts, High Court, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar (D)

Energy

Studies on hydrolysis and acidogenesis of kitchen waste in two phase anaerobic digestion

Treatment of wet organic waste such as kitchen waste has been currently one of the important environmental issues that need to be resolved. Kitchen waste has a potential to recover biogas by application of anaerobic treatment.

Publication Date:

31/03/2007

Author(s): A. R. Tembhurkar, V. A. Mhaisalker

Source: Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers

Vol:

2007

Issue:

2

pp:

10

Tags:

Waste Treatment, Solid Waste, Biodegradable Waste, Waste To Energy, Biogas, Energy