Solid Waste

North mayor says Bawana waste plant to hike capacity

A day after lieutenant governor Anil Baijal chaired an emergency meeting to address the garbage crisis in the city, mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Preety Agarwal visited the Narela-

Publication Date: 
07/09/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Treatment, Municipal Corporation, Waste Management, Solid Waste
Solid Waste

Breakthrough innovations to take biomedical waste management system up by storm

Humans are prone to waste- we create, after all. Yet we create in excess amount and often things that we don’t need, leading to a growth in discharge of that excess. On this note, Biomedical waste management in India is receiving greater attention, owing to stringent regulations made by the Ministry of health.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2017
Monish Bhandari
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Waste Management, India, Waste To Energy, Waste Treatment, Waste Disposal
Hazardous Waste

MoEF green signals hazardous waste treatment plant

PANJIM: After almost two years, the path appears to be clear for setting up the State’s first Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage Facility (CHWTSDF) at Pissurlem industrial estate.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2017
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Waste Treatment, Environment Clearance (EC), Hazardous Waste
Sanitation

Experts find ‘faults’ in survey for Pune’s high rank in clean city club

Pune: It is a faulty survey system and methodology that makes Pune one of the top cleanest city in India on paper, experts have said.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2017
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Sanitation, Municipal Corporation, Waste Recycling, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain, Waste Treatment
Sanitation

Garbage piles make Swachh Bharat survey trash Lucknow

The state capital has fared poor with 269th rank in Swachh Bharat Ranking 2017, scoring only 43% marks in overall score of 2000.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2017
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Garbage, Lucknow (T), Waste Treatment, Sanitation
Sanitation

Mysuru dethroned, ranked 5th cleanest city in India

Mysuru was among the 434 cities and towns surveyed this year.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Mysore (T), Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Sanitation, Waste Treatment
Solid Waste

Locals protest against dumping site, block garbage trucks

Residents of Lộc Thủy Commune in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province are blocking garbage trucks from entering a local waste treatment plant, saying that it has severely polluted the neighbourhood.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2017
Vietnam News
Tags:
Vietnam, Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Treatment
Hazardous Waste

Regional e-waste monitor: East and Southeast Asia

Levels of electronic waste are rising sharply across Asia, as higher incomes mean hundreds of millions of people can afford smartphones and other gadgets, according to a UN study.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2017
Shunichi Honda, Deepali Sinha Khetriwal, Ruediger Kuehr
United Nations University (UNU)
Tags:
Electronic Waste, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, Waste Treatment, Health Effects, Asia, Occupational Health, Informal Sector
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution from Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant, Gurgaon-Faridabad border, 22/12/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/12/2016 regarding leachate from Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant situated on the Gurgaon-Faridabad border.The Counsel appearing for the State of Haryana submits that the financial bid for establishment of Waste to Energy Plant at Gurgaon and Faridabad would be opened on 30th December, 2016 and the contract would be awarded in January, 2017.

Judgement Date: 
22/12/2016
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Municipal Solid Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Treatment, Haryana, Gurgaon, Faridabad (D), Uttar Pradesh
Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 14/12/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 14/12/2016. As per the assessment made by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 2015, the sewage generation in the urban areas of the Country is estimated to be about 61,948 MLD (approx.) and sewage treatment capacity is for 23,277 MLD, which is about 37.6% of the total sewage generation. Further, as per the data available till Oct. 2016, the total amount of solid waste generated in the urban areas of the Country is about 1,58,878 MT/D, of which only 21.45% is being treated, currently.

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Waste Management, Solid Waste, Sewage, India, Parliament, Statistics, Urbanisation, Waste To Energy, Waste Treatment

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