Solid Waste

Plastic waste management and recycling in Mombasa, Kenya

Plastic waste management and recycling activities have the potential to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic production and to tap the economic value of would-be waste materials through circular economy approaches.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2022
Stockholm Environment Institute
Tags:
Plastics, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, Kenya, Africa
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a CBWTF facility, Sanwer Road Industrial Area, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 05/04/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Puneet Jain Vs Madhya Pradesh State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) dated 05/04/2022.

The application was filed in the NGT, challenging the order passed by the Madhya Pradesh State Environment Assessment Authority (MPSEIAA), January 27, 2021 - whereby environmental clearance was accorded for a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF), Sanwer Road Industrial Area, Indore.

Judgement Date: 
05/04/2022
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Indore (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC)
Solid Waste

Report of the Oversight Committee regarding non-compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 in Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 21/02/2022

Report of the Oversight Committee in the matter of Original Application No. 909/2018 in Re: Confederation of Trans Hindan RWA's Ghaziabad Vs Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 21/02/2022.

The application was filed by the Resident Welfare Association for the non-compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 as door to door collection of garbage was not being done from Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Vaishali. The untreated waste was being dumped at Shakti Khand, Indirapuram.

Judgement Date: 
21/02/2022
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Ghaziabad (T), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations, Bio-Remediation
Solid Waste

Written submission by Pune Municipal Corporation regarding waste management, 21/02/2022

Written submissions on behalf of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on the recommendations made by the Joint Committee in relation to PMC.

Judgement Date: 
21/02/2022
Tags:
Garbage, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Pune (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bio-Remediation, Municipal Corporations, Composting, Maharashtra
Solid Waste

Get CLEAN and GREEN: solid and plastic waste management in Lao PDR

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the Lao PDR) economy has been growing fast in recent decades. Between 1990 and 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by an average annual rate of 6.8 percent and the tourism industry has been a big contributor.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2022
The World Bank
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Plastics, Pollution, Laos
Solid Waste

Progress report filed by the Joint Committee on legacy waste management, Rajasthan, 17/02/2022

Progress report and comprehensive action plan in OA. No. 172 of 2019 (Residents of Village Adampur, PO Masodi Khera, District Dholpur Vs State of Rajasthan) dated 17/02/2022.

The matter dealt with remediation of legacy waste in Rajasthan.

Judgement Date: 
17/02/2022
Tags:
Waste Management, Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bio-Remediation, Statistics
Solid Waste

Guidelines on extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2022
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Plastics, Waste Management, India
Solid Waste

Report filed by the TNPCB regarding operation of bio composting facility in Puliyur village, Greater Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 11/02/2022

Report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in the matter of E. S. Senthilvel Vs The Greater Chennai Corporation & Others dated 11/02/2022. The matter related to the operation of bio composting facility in Puliyur village, Greater Chennai, Tamil Nadu. An application was filed in the NGT alleging that the bio composting facility is violating the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2016.

Judgement Date: 
11/02/2022
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Chennai (T), Municipal Corporations, Composting, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Hazardous Waste

Response by Ramky Enviro Engineers regarding environmental violations in the setting up and running of a hazardous waste facility, Karnatakaa, 11/02/2022

Response by Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd in the matter of T. M. Umshanakar Vs Union of India & Othes dated 11/02/2022.

An application was filed alleging violations by Ramky Enviro Engineers in setting up and running of integrated common hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facility at Karnataka waste management project.

Judgement Date: 
11/02/2022
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Karnataka, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding land at Ranikhera-Mundka for waste management, Delhi, 04/2/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/02/2022.

Judgement Date: 
04/02/2022
Tags:
Waste Management, Land Resources, Delhi, Municipal Corporations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

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