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)
Sanitation

Guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management from on-site sanitation facilities

In low- and middle-income countries, the management of fecal sludge from on-site sanitation systems has received little attention over many decades, resulting in insufficient or missing regulations to guide investments and management options.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2019
Nilanthi Jayathilake, Pay Drechsel, Bernard Keraita, & et al
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Tags:
Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Sewage, Health Effects, India, Global
Solid Waste

Annual report under Solid Waste Management Rules for the year 2018-19

A report released by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has revealed that out of the 4,635.79 tonnes of garbage produced in the state each day, only 17.5 per cent is successfully treated and recycled.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Haryana State Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Recycling, Waste Treatment, Haryana, Garbage
Solid Waste

Plan waste treatment in 180 days: Gujarat Pollution Control Board

Plastic manufacturers from state who got closure notice for violating plastic waste management rules get relief

Publication Date: 
27/06/2019
Daily News Analysis (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Waste Treatment, Waste Management, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Solid Waste
Solid Waste

Garbage-free Goa: Parrikar’s 2020 target in the bin as Sawant says ’24

Panaji: Two years after former CM Manohar Parrikar laid out a roadmap to make Goa garbage-free by 2020, his successor Pramod Sawant pushed that target back by at least four years.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2019
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Garbage, Waste Treatment, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding authorization given to Ferro Build Hards, a bio-medical waste treatment facility, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 21/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praduman Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/05/2019 regarding cancelling of authorization in favour of Ferro Build Hards (I) Pvt. Ltd., Naini, Allahabad, (Pragyaj), Uttar Pradesh. Grievance in this application is that the plant in question is very close to residential area, river bed, railway track and highway. In spite of unsuitable location, UPPCB has granted authorization under the provisions of Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 in violation of guidelines issued by the CPCB in the year 2003.

Judgement Date: 
21/05/2019
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Waste Treatment, Allahabad (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Uttar Pradesh, Court, Rivers, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding EC for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Ranchi, Jharkhand, 19/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 19/02/2019 regarding Environment Clearance for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Ranchi. NGT says that the authorities have been delaying the process and that the matter has been pend

Judgement Date: 
19/02/2019
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Treatment, Ranchi (T), Jharkhand, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC)
Solid Waste

Ghaziabad waste ferried to Meerut

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation(GMC) has started sending civic waste to Meerut after Meerut Municipal Corporation(MMC) considered the GMC’s request to allow dumping of civic waste in

Publication Date: 
25/01/2019
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (T), Waste Treatment, Meerut (D), Waste Management, Solid Waste

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