All the 15 companies, which had submitted requests for qualification for the government’s modern solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste materials daily, have been qualified to bid for the project.

Confirming the development, Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali told The Hindu on Wednesday that a pre-bid conference is likely to be held next week. Foreign technology will be adopted for the modern plant. The government will not act in haste and will complete all modalities before launching the project, he said.

ICONSWM-2012 concludes at Infosys

Echoing the statements of Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner M K Shankarlingegowda reiterated that the country still lacked an efficient waste to energy conversion plant. He was speaking at the valedictory of the third international conference on solid waste management ‘ICONSWM-2012’ at the N R Narayana Murthy Centre of Excellence here on Wednesday.

A new waste management policy was launched yesterday in Ireland to give householders a greater say in who collects their rubbish.

We Indians have got so used to seeing garbage spilling over from municipal dustbins at street corners and often even strewn around in open public spaces, that we accept this phenomenon as inevitabl

Singapore Has Sorted Out Its Waste Problem With Four Plants, Limited Landfill Site To One

The High Court, on Wednesday, asked the State government to consider the option of permitting private agencies in the management of municipal solid waste in the State.

A Division Bench consisting of Acting Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A.M. Shaffique made the observation while considering the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant case.

Punjab government has launched a project costing Rs 75 million for providing 1500 family-sized biogas plants on the bases of partnership in rural areas of the Province.