NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Municipal Corporation of Madrid led by the Ambassador of Spain, Lon de la Riva, called on Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra in her chamber at Town Hall here on Tuesday to discuss issues of solid waste management.

MCD House leader Subhash Arya and MCD Standing Committee chairman Vijender Gupta were also present on the occasion.

Residents oppose waste-to-energy plant in Delhi residents of Okhla in Delhi have come out against a proposed waste-to-energy (wte) plant in the area, saying it will put the health of about 200,000 people to risk and pollute their water tank 100 m from the site. On August 4, they stalled the transfer of land for the project based on the controversial technology that burns waste to produce

Ropar: The Ambuja Cement plant is utilising biomass for its captive power plant at the unit. Use of biomass has brought respite for villagers around, who find it difficult to manage agriculture waste and stock it.

a landfill and compost plant proposed to come up near the Yamuna at Kuberpur village in Agra came in for criticism at a recent public hearing at Agra Collectorate. Environmentalists and social activists are concerned that incineration of waste at the plant will release toxic pollutants, dioxins and furans, in the environment. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam

Shyam Ranganathan

CHENNAI: Non-availability of sufficient quantities of vegetable waste with high-starch content was the reason for the underutilisation of the Koyambedu

Residents of Sukhdev Vihar and Haji Colony, who have been staunchly opposing a waste-to-energy plant in their area, received a boost to their campaign. A similar plant being set up in Agra, UP, might be scrapped after the UP government made it clear that it was not willing to fund the refuse derived fuel (RDF) component of the project.

Human waste to power US city
In A First, Methane Gas To Be Harvested On Commercial Scale And Turned Into Clean Fuel

San Antonio: The city of San Antonio unveiled a deal that will make it the first US city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.
San Antonio residents produce about 140,000 tons a year of a substance gently referred to as