Hazardous Waste

Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2021

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.

Publication Date: 
12/11/2021
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Treatment, Waste Recycling, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Affidavit filed by the Goa State Pollution Control Board on the working of Golden Crown Hotel's organic waste composer, 28/10/2021

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

Judgement Date: 
28/10/2021
Tags:
Hotels, Goa, Waste Treatment, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Action taken report by the Municipal Corporation Gurugram on the treatment of legacy municipal solid waste at Bandhwari landfill, Haryana, 08/03/2021

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.

Judgement Date: 
08/03/2021
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Waste Management, Faridabad (T), Gurgaon (T), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Waste Treatment
Sanitation

Faecal sludge and septage management in urban areas: service and business models

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

Publication Date: 
20/01/2021
NITI Aayog
Tags:
Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Urbanisation, India, Waste Treatment
Solid Waste

Affidavit by the Lonavla Municipal Council on waste management, 16/10/2020

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.

Judgement Date: 
16/10/2020
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Treatment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees outside Anand Vihar railway station, Delhi, 01/06/2020

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.

Judgement Date: 
01/06/2020
Tags:
Deforestation, Waste Treatment, Sewage Pollution, Urban Sanitation, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Heath

Guidelines for Handling, Treatment and Disposal of Waste Generated during Treatment/Diagnosis/ Quarantine of COVID-19 Patients

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.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2020
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Coronavirus, Respiratory Diseases, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Hospital Waste
Sanitation

Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application

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

Publication Date: 
01/01/2020
Josiane Nikiema, Robert Impraim, Olufunke Cofie, & et al
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Tags:
Waste Management, Organic Waste, Waste Treatment, Health Effects, Ghana, Sri Lanka
Solid Waste

Global experiences on waste processing with black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): from technology to business

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.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2019
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Tags:
Waste Management, Waste Treatment, Organic Waste, Global
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding closure of TSDF facility of M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers, Karnataka, 26/09/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the T. M. Umashankar Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/09/2019 regarding direction for closure of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. on the ground of violations of norms in operating the TSDF facility. The matter was transferred to the Tribunal by the High Court of Karnataka in January 2019.

Judgement Date: 
26/09/2019
Tags:
Waste Treatment, Karnataka, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Clearance (EC)

Pages