Solid Waste

Chemicals in plastics: a technical report

The report provides state of knowledge on chemicals in plastics and based on compelling scientific evidence calls for urgent action to address chemicals in plastics as part of the global action on plastic pollution.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2023
UNEP
Tags:
Plastics, Pollution, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, India, Global, Environment, Health
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unscientific dumping of waste on the land allotted for Solid Waste Management project at village Jhuriwala, Panchkula, Haryana, 03/05/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2023. The matter related to unscientific dumping of waste on the land allotted for Solid Waste Management project at village Jhuriwala, Panchkula, Haryana. According to the applicant, Sanjay Kumar, the site in question is 140 meters away from Khol-Hai-Raitan wildlife sanctuary.

Judgement Date: 
03/05/2023
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporations, Panchkula (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation
Hazardous Waste

Draft Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), May 02, 2023, notified the Draft Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2023 to further amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2023
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Environment Management, Industry, India
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unscientific handling of solid waste, Ludhiana district, Punjab, 02/05/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 02/05/2023.

Grievance in the application is against unscientific handling of solid waste in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in District Ludhiana, Punjab at locations specified in the application.

Judgement Date: 
02/05/2023
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Ludhiana (D), Waste Disposal, Waste Management, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Punjab
Solid Waste

Report of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on the solid waste processing facility, Shivri village, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 28/04/2023

Report of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated 28/04/2023. The report was in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order dated February 21, 2023 in Original Application No. 08/2023 in the matter of Mukesh Kumar Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others.

The NGT had directed for joint inspection of the municipal solid waste processing facility, Shivri, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
28/04/2023
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Lucknow (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh
Solid Waste

Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023

The Central Government vide notification dated 27th April, 2023 has issued the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The registration granted under this rule shall be changed only on the request of Producers, Importers & Brand owners, under the existing Extended Producer Responsibility registration.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2023
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Plastics, Waste Management, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding muck generated in the course of construction of Semlata Kafna Dungra motor road, district Rudraprayag, Uttrakhand, 27/04/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohan Singh Bagri Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 27/04/2023.

Judgement Date: 
27/04/2023
Tags:
Roads, Waste Management, Rudraprayag (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding solid waste management in Bakriyanwali, Sirsa district, Haryana, 27/04/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kuldeep Kasaniya Vs State of Haryana dated 27/04/2023.

Judgement Date: 
27/04/2023
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Sirsa (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Affidavit by the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board regarding RDF disposal at Sheeshambada, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun, 21/04/2023

Response affidavit on behalf of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board in the matter of Rajendra Gangsari Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 21/04/2023.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide order dated August 2, 2022 directed a joint committee to submit a factual and action taken report within two months.

The matter related to absence of RDF disposal by scientific method as well as not managing the disposal of leachate properly at the solid waste management processing plant at Sheeshambada, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun.

Judgement Date: 
21/04/2023
Tags:
Waste Management, Dehradun (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Waste Conversion, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding management of waste in village Dughneri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, 19/04/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rita Sharma & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/04/2023.

Judgement Date: 
19/04/2023
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Hamirpur (D), Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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