The Noida Authority has acquired land to set up a solid waste management plant in the city soon.

All the preparations for the installation of the plant are done and now only a technical report from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) is awaited. Once that is done, over 400 tonne waste being generated in Noida daily won

Collection centres from September, assures Chennai Corporation

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has shortlisted 10 sites, including one near Govandi in the city, to set up an electronic waste processing unit. The plant, to be set up on public-private partnership, will have a comprehensive process to collect, transport and recover precious metals from e-waste and its safe treatment.

Noida: The Noida Authority has acquired land to set up a solid waste management plant in the city soon.

ISLAMABAD, May 19: Recognising mercury as a fatal chemical, the government with the support of a UN agency has developed a draft national mercury waste management plan for various sectors to meet the challenge.

In the current recycling system of end-of-life (EoL) appliances, which is based on shredding, alloying elements tend to end up in the scrap of base metals. The uncontrolled mixing of alloying elements contaminates secondary metals and calls for dilution with primary metals.

Seven years after it was announced from the Red Fort and after seven unsuccessful pilot projects in the Tenth Plan, the government is now looking towards the corporate sector for implementation of former president A P J Abdul Kalam

Indore: The water supply from phase-III of Narmada Water Supply Augmentation Project in Indore will begin from the current month itself. The cost of the scheme developed under Project Uday is Rs 675 crore. Under the scheme, 360 MLD additional water can be supplied to Indore and Mhow.

Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday unveiled the State government's e-waste policy. The policy sets forth the position of the State government on e-waste management by identifying the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, including the public, in reducing the generation of e-waste and providing a system for its collection, segregation and recycling.

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has failed to implement a proper system of checks and balances in its solid waste management department. As a result there is ample scope of pilferage, including the existence of surplus staff in the payrolls of the solid waste management department.

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