Waste To Energy

A growing global population and rising living standards are producing ever greater quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW). This same growth in population and living standards is also driving ever-larger demand for energy, especially electricity.

Publication Date:

14/10/2019

Source: Global CCS Institute

Tags:

Waste To Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Municipal Solid Waste, Carbon Dioxide

Solid Waste

Waste-to-energy: panacea for Asia’s pollution problem or a load of rubbish?

Liu Xiao spends her weeks visiting sludge and organic waste treatment plants across China.

Publication Date:

08/07/2019

Source: Financial Times (London)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Management, Asia, Pollution, Waste To Energy, Renewable Energy

Energy

Rs 500 crore NTPC plant to help Delhi turn trash into power, bio-CNG

NEW DELHI: NTPC has so far been a major source of power for Delhi.

Publication Date:

16/05/2019

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Waste Management, Waste To Energy, CNG, Electricity, Energy

Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding status of waste to energy plants in Himachal Pradesh, 06/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Balh Panchayat Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 06/05/2019 regarding status of waste to energy plants in Himachal Pradesh. Counsel for the State Pollution Control Board submits that waste to energy plant in Manali will become functional by June 30, 2019 and process to set up waste to energy plants at Kullu and Bhuntar has been initiated for which expeditious steps will be taken.

Judgement Date:

06/05/2019

Tags:

Waste To Energy, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Environment

Green ministry notice to Delhi's Okhla waste plant after protests

NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment forest and climate change has issued a show-cause notice to the Okhla waste-to-energy plant for violation of the environmental clearance.

Publication Date:

22/04/2019

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Environment Clearance (EC), Waste To Energy, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Management, Pollution, Environment

Energy

Nigerian University Launches First Organic Waste Power Plant

Power outages are frequent and random in Nigeria. To solve this problem, a university in Nigeria has built an organic waste power-generating plant to provide electricity to the whole university.

Publication Date:

11/04/2019

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Energy, Nigeria, Waste To Energy, Waste Management, Electricity, Africa

Environment

Programme held on challenges of sustainability

Training programme on ‘Sustainability and Circularity (Mass-Value-Carbon)’ was organised by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi (CSE) in collaboration with Faculty of Physical Plannin

Publication Date:

04/04/2019

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Waste To Energy, Sustainable Development, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding regarding pollution of river Ashwani Khad, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 11/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 11/03/2019 regarding pollution of river Ashwani Khad which was supplying drinking water to Shimla city in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The matter was taken up to consider the allegation that solid waste was being dumped into the drains which are joining Ashwani Khad illegally.

Judgement Date:

11/03/2019

Tags:

Water Pollution, Waste Disposal, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Solan (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Himachal Pradesh, Municipal Corporations, Waste To Energy