Solid Waste

Solid waste management in Vientiane, Lao P.D.R

This report was prepared in support of GGGI’s Green Cities Development Program in Lao PDR. Following a request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (henceforth Lao PDR) Government, GGGI has been conducting a green city pilot program in the capital city, Vientiane, to demonstrate how this concept could be implemented in the Lao context.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Waste To Energy, Waste Recycling, Laos, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Organic Waste
Solid Waste

Lalru garbage plant sans green certificate

ZIRAKPUR: The municipal council proposes to take the company operating Lalru’s garbage-processing plant to court for breach of trust, since it had claimed to have sought environmental clearance fro

Publication Date: 
06/08/2018
Times of India (Chandigarh)
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Chandigarh, Waste Processing, Waste Treatment, Environment Clearance (EC), Solid Waste
Solid Waste

Mumbai: 567 societies & business units face cases for not treating waste

To push waste segregation and processing at source, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has initiated prosecution against 962 bulk waste generators – housing societies and commercial establishme

Publication Date: 
01/08/2018
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Waste Treatment, Mumbai, Municipal Corporation, Waste Management, Solid Waste
Solid Waste

No untreated waste at sites after 2020: LG

NEW DELHI: Refuting the insinuation that he was “doing nothing” to deal with the garbage menace in Delhi, lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Monday placed a comprehensive report on action taken by

Publication Date: 
17/07/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Garbage, Waste Treatment, National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Solid Waste
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding contamination of drinking water by heavy metals in Punjab, 16/07/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Punjab dated 16/07/2018 regarding contamination of drinking water by heavy metals in Punjab especially in Districts of Amritsar and Ludhiana because of polluting industries.

Judgement Date: 
16/07/2018
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Ludhiana (D), Amritsar (D), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Treatment, Punjab, Heavy Metals
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding hotels operating in the city of Kullu without following the environmental norms, Himachal Pradesh, 16/07/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chand Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 16/07/2018 regarding hotels operating in the city of Kullu without following the environmental norms.

Judgement Date: 
16/07/2018
Tags:
Hotels, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Encroachments, Geology, Waste Treatment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Delhi Pollution panel to inspect waste treatment plant

The matter was then listed for the next hearing on July 27.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2018
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Treatment, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Waste Management, Solid Waste
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding closure of the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility at Bhilai, State of Chhattisgarh, 08/05/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of M/s E Tech Projects Pvt. Ltd. vs. C.G.E.C.B. & Others dated 08/05/2018 regarding closure of the Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility at Bhilai, State of Chhattisgarh. The Appelant (M/s E Tech Projects Pvt. Ltd.) contends before the Court that they were not provided the opportunity to present their case.

Judgement Date: 
08/05/2018
Tags:
Hospital Waste, Waste Treatment, Chhattisgarh, Bhilai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Hazardous Waste

Chakan to get industrial waste treatment plant

PUNE: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the Federation of Chakan Industries (FCI) have will set up a waste treatment plant for disposal of non-hazardous industrial waste

Publication Date: 
08/05/2018
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Industrial Pollution, Waste Treatment, Hazardous Waste
Sanitation

Rwanda: Govt Secures Rwf98 Billion for Kigali Central Sewerage

Government has secured €96 million (approximately 98bn) for putting in place the first ever Kigali Sanitation and Central Sewerage System, funds that will come from both the African Development Ban

Publication Date: 
04/05/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Sewage, Rwanda, Waste Treatment, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Africa

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