This new report by World Bank on the state of municipal solid waste (MSW) around the world predicts a sharp rise in the amount of garbage generated by urban residents between now & 2025. It offers consolidated data on MSW generation, collection, and disposal by country & by region.
Increasing urbanisation and industrialisation has increased the amount of waste generated, leading to a greater need for scientific waste management. Due to the presence of high organic matter in industrial and, specifically, urban waste products, generating power from waste is a potential solution to the problem of both waste management and clean energy generation.
India has submitted the National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). MoEF will coordinate its implementation & the activities will spread over a period of 12 years from 2011-2022.
Incineration of hazardous wastes is one of the sources of dioxin in the ambient air. There are a number of well established technologies to handle hazardous wastes in the form of solids, liquids, sludges, tar etc. and having a high degree of variability in characteristics.
The Technical Guidance Manual of Common Hazardous Waste Treatrnent Storage and Disposal Facilities sector describes types of EIA, process and pollution control technologies, operational aspects of EIA wiih model TOR of that sector, and waste minimization techniques, monitoring of environmental quality, post clearance monitoring protocol, related regulations, and procedure of obtaining EC.
Standards for Organic Chemicals Manufacuturing Industry [S.O.608 (E)]. These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2010.
In the High Court of Delhi WP (Civil) No. 9901 of 2009 in the matter of municipal waste processing plant at Sukhdev Vihar/Okhla. Rejoinder filed filed by Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association and others.
This report analyses the contradictions of EU (European Union) policy when promoting and funding a false renewable energy - that is, the energy from burning waste. A big part of the energy produced by European incinerators is considered to be renewable energy, which allows them to receive considerable rate premiums and subsidies.
People in Indore and the adjoining Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh are protesting the incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste near their homes. The waste disposal facility in Pithampur in Dhar district was completed recently. On March 18, the Madhya Pradesh state pollution control board allowed Ramky Enviro, the private company operating the facility, to start trial runs.
