Joint Committee inspection report in the matter of Kailash Kumar Changani Vs State of Rajasthan & Others. The matter related to violation of the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 by wrongly operating CBWTF at RNT Medical College, Udaipur - wherein more than half of the waste is not being treated and is being dumped at Balicha dumping ground, Udaipur which is owned by the Udaipur Municipal Corporation. There is a huge gap in the generation of bio medical waste and capacity to treat it.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on November 12, 2021 has issued Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2021 to further amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2016. This shall come into force on November 12, 2021.

Reply affidavit on behalf of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) regarding the working of M/s Golden Crown Hotel and Spa.

Action cum progress report on behalf of the Municipal Corporation Gurugram in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order September 30, 2020 in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others. The report talked about the updated action taken for treating legacy municipal solid waste at Bandhwari.

NITI Aayog released a book on faecal sludge and septage management in urban areas.

Affidavit by the Lonavla Municipal Council dated October 16, 2020 in the matter of Jayesh Shah & Others Vs The Chief Executive Officer, Lonavla Municipal Council & Others.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit @ Bhima Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 01/06/2020.

The application sought direction against cutting of trees outside Anand Vihar Railway station, adjacent to the public toilet near out gate of the railway station. There was also complaint for treatment and cleaning of effluents before discharge in Anand Vihar drain.

These guidelines are based on current knowledge on COVID-19 and existing practices in management of infectious waste generated in hospitals while treating viral and other contagious diseases like HIV, H1N1, etc. These guidelines will be updated if need arises.

Over the last decade, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has explored the use of fecal sludge (FS) in combination with other organic waste sources to optimize FS treatment and composting for the production of a safe organic fertilizer, which can – depending on demand – be enriched with crop nutrients or pelletized for volume red

Black soldier fly colonies can produce about 100 times more protein per year than chicken or soybeans, not to mention cattle, on the same area of land. The flies can directly feed on different types of organic wastes, leapfrogging closed loop processes within a circular food economy.

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