Waste Management

Bangalore’s toxic legacy intensifies: status of landfills, waste processing sites and dumping grounds, and working conditions of Pourakarmikas

A wide range of people from all over Bangalore, representing a range of organisations and communities from within the city, peri-urban areas and villages affected by waste disposal, were present when Justice N.

Publication Date:

01/02/2018

Source: Environment Support Group

Tags:

Landfill, Health Effects, Environment, Bangalore, Waste Disposal, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Solid Waste, Waste Management

Solid Waste

Cape Coast Metro Assembly initiates 'one-trader-one-litter bin' policy to deal with filth

The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly has rolled out a new policy to help rid the assembly of filth.

Publication Date:

31/01/2018

Source: Ghana Web (Ghana)

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Management, Ghana, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Africa

Water Pollution

Petition on pollution of coastal wetlands in Mumbai: NGT seeks reply from respondents within two weeks

“The local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the municipal waste is segregated and reaches the assigned place for composting or landfill,” reads the petition.

Publication Date:

31/01/2018

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Wetlands, Water Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Management

Solid Waste

NGT pulls up Haji Ali for poor waste management

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune on Monday issued a notice to the Haji Ali Dargah trust, which manages the Haji Ali shrine in Worli, asking them to file a reply to a petition filed by six

Publication Date:

30/01/2018

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Waste Management, Religious Places, Ecology, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Solid Waste

Sanitation

Kenya: Nairobi the 'Garbage City' Now Seeking Rwanda's Help in Clean Up Initiative

The county government of Nairobi has partnered with the Rwandan High Commission to Kenya to improve the cleanliness in the city.

Publication Date:

29/01/2018

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Sanitation, Garbage, Rwanda, Kenya, Waste Management, Africa

Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding bio-medical waste management in states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana, 25/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs Sheela Hospital & Trauma Centre & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding bio-medical waste management in states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana. The Applicant has stated that Sheela Hospital & Trauma Centre, Kailash Hospital and Heart Institute, Shri Ganga Charan Hospital (P) Ltd., Katiyar Nursing Home in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boar has violated the directions with regard to treating bio-medical waste.

Judgement Date:

25/01/2018

Tags:

Hospital Waste, Hazardous Waste, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Punjab, Haryana, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Waste Management

Solid Waste

Solid waste mgmt plant begins working

The much-awaited Solid Waste management Compost Plant at Shishambara here has begun functioning today.

Publication Date:

24/01/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Waste Processing, Waste Management, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Municipal Corporation, Dehradun (T), Solid Waste

Environment

Enhancing Saligao plant capacity needs no EC: Panel

SEAC recommends fresh EC for SWMF at Cacora

Publication Date:

24/01/2018

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Goa, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Waste Management, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Waste To Energy, Environmental Security, Environment

Climate Change

Govt panel to tackle climate change

With the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at the helm, a joint-working group of all scientific ministries has been formed to tackle issues such as air pollution, climate cha

Publication Date:

24/01/2018

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Air Pollution, Waste Management, Ministry of Science and Technology

Environment