Hazardous Waste

Toxic release inventory for India

This report examines the directives set forth by the October 2003 Supreme Court order, and it reviews the current status of implementation of the directives with a specific focus on information dissemination and the creation of a Toxics Release Inventory for India. It also identifies the possible bottlenecks and reasons for non-implementation of a TRI.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Carishma Gokhale-Welch
Centre for Development Finance
Tags:
Basel Convention, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Industry, Supreme Court, India, Maharashtra, Toxic Wastes
Pesticides And Toxins

Auto hub worries over toxic cleaner

- Adityapur units unhappy with substitutes, pollution board awaits orders

Jamshedpur, Oct. 28: Auto component manufacturer of Adityapur are on a mission to search for a cleaning agent, as the solvent they have been using for long has been banned for its toxic qualities.

Prolonged use of the solvent, Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC), has been found to be

Publication Date: 
29/10/2009
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hazardous Waste, Small Scale Industry, Jharkhand, Toxic Wastes
Hazardous Waste

Villagers say no steel plant in Chandil

- Squat protest by 200 at pollution board public hearing

Over 200 villagers voiced their opposition to an integrated steel plant at a public hearing organised by the state pollution control board at a village in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district today, in yet another indication of local residents

Publication Date: 
27/10/2009
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Iron And Steel Industry, Industrial Pollution, Wastewater Recycling, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Jharkhand, Waste Recycling, Public Hearing
Air Pollution

Diwali decibels exceeded legal limits: MPCB report

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) report on the noise and air quality measurements taken on Diwali day of October 17 reveal that the decibel levels were way beyond permissible limits and corroborate the measurements taken by Awaaz foundation on the same day.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2009
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, NGO, Maharashtra
Environment

Fireworks too few for fair- opening delayed by a day

A STAFF REPORTER
Police chief Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti inspects the Bazi Bazar grounds on Monday. (Sanat Kumar Sinha)

Police, fire brigade and the pollution control board on Monday gave permission for the inauguration of this year

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Environment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Solid Waste

Medical-waste incinerator spews poison

MUMBAI: From the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd link road, the bio-medical waste treatment plant of the municipal corporation looks like an innocuous small factory with its chimney spewing gentle, white fumes.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2009
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Solid Waste, Hospital Waste, Maharashtra, Toxic Wastes, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Water Resources

Court bar on state landfill - Plea by water body owners

The high court on Wednesday passed an interim order restraining the state government from filling up a cluster of water bodies spread across 2,000 bighas at Chamrail in Howrah.

The vacation division bench of Justice A. Basu and Justice S. Banerjee also directed the state pollution control board to file a report on the

Publication Date: 
08/10/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Water Resources, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Landfill, High Court, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Water Resources

HC orders probe into Howrah water body

A Division Bench of Justice Mr Aniruddha Bose and Justice Mr Sanjib Banerjee of Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to inquire into the possibility of any construction work harming a 2,000-bigha waterbody in Howrah and file a report by 30 October. The matter will come up for hearing again on 6 November.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2009
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Water Resources, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, West Bengal, Howrah (D)
Hazardous Waste

Protocol for performance evaluation and monitoring of the common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities

Hazardous Waste generated by the industries can cause environmental pollution and adverse health effects if not handled and managed properly.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
CPCB
Tags:
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Landfill, Waste Incineration, Waste Treatment, Hazardous Waste, India
Environment

 Spam in fishing net

Kalawati Eknath Mangela and Parvati Bai Somna do not consider themselves fisherwomen any mo

Publication Date: 
29/09/2009
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Arabian Sea, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Marine Fisheries, Migration, Marine Fisherfolk, High Court, Gujarat, Valsad (D), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

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